Internet abuse among teenagers and its relations to internet usage patterns and demographics

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Gencer, Suzan Lema ^a   Koc, Mustafa ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Demographics; High school students; Internet abuse; Turkey; Usage patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871591605     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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