The value of online friends: Networked resources via social network sites

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Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Stefanone, Michael A ^a   Kwon, Kyounghee ^a   Lackaff, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951489048     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v16i2.3314     Document Type: Article

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