Ostracism in cyberspace: Being ignored and excluded in electronic-based interactions

Strategic Uses of Social Technology: An Interactive Perspective of Social Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 127-144

  Wesselmann, Eric D ^a   Williams, Kipling D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865271023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139042802.007     Document Type: Chapter

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