Content- and medium-specific decomposition of friendship relational maintenance: Integrating equity and media multiplexity approaches

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 938-955

  Ledbetter, Andrew M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

control mutuality; equity; friendship; interdependence; long distance friendship; media choice; media multiplexity; online communication; relationship maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349293109     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407510376254     Document Type: Article

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