Hybrid engagement: How facebook helps and hinders students' social integration

Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-23

  McEwan, Bree ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84876960678     PISSN: 20449968     EISSN: 20449976     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2044-9968(2011)0000002004     Document Type: Article

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