Social network sites usage habits of undergraduate students: Case study of Facebook

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 943-947

  Bicen, Huseyin ^a   Cavus, Nadire ^a  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Communication; Facebook; Facebook usage habits; Social network sites; Web 2.0 tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055219361     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.11.174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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