Teenagers and social network sites: Do off-line inequalities predict their online social networks?

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Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ahn, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84859339955     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v17i1.3752     Document Type: Article

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