Use of Facebook: A case study of Singapore students' experience

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-196

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Cheung, Wing Sum ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; Facebook; social interaction; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863573510     PISSN: 02188791     EISSN: 17426855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2012.685560     Document Type: Article

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