Off the radar and ubiquitous: Text messaging and its relationship to 'drama' and cyberbullying in an affluent, academically rigorous US high school

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-117

  Allen, Kathleen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent aggression; adolescent bullying; cyberbullying; technically mediated communication; text message; texting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859151762     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2011.630994     Document Type: Article

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