Exploitation of social media among university students: A case study

Webology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Shafique, Farzana ^a   Anwar, Mushahid ^a   Bushra, Mahe ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Social media; Social networks; The Islamia University of Bahawalpur; University students; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953762734     PISSN: 1735188X     EISSN: 1735188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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