How do young people identify with online and offline peer groups? a comparison between UK, Spain and Japan

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-108

  Lehdonvirta, Vili ^a,b   Räsänen, Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gender; Identity; Leisure; Media; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649679447     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2010.506530     Document Type: Article

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