Web-based youth communities in the light of cyberspace psychology

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-57

  Kovatcheva, Eugenia ^a   Kommers, Piet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cyberspace psychology; group formation; identity; web based youth communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651576267     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2004.004798     Document Type: Article

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