The paradox of computer-mediated communication and identity: Peril, promise and second life

Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-17

  Leonard, Lynnette G ^a   Withers, Lesley A ^b   Sherblom, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-827-2.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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