FRIENDSHIP TYPE, CLIQUE FORMATION AND THE EVERYDAY USE OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN A PEER GROUP: A social network analysis

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1258-1277

  van Cleemput, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ICTs; mobile technology; social networking; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866464964     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.606327     Document Type: Article

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