The joys of online dating

Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 234-251

  Whitty, Monica ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952945624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926864     Document Type: Chapter

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