The rules of Facebook friendship: A two-stage examination of interaction rules in close, casual, and acquaintance friendships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1013-1035

  Bryant, Erin M ^a   Marmo, Jennifer ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; friendship rules; interaction rules; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870890140     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: 14603608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407512443616     Document Type: Article

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