Un-friend my heart: Facebook, promiscuity, and heartbreak in a neoliberal age

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 865-894

  Gershon, Ilana ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deactivation; Disconnection; Facebook; Neoliberalism; New media; Romance; US college students

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255163740     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2011.0048     Document Type: Article

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