Facebook: A literature review

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 982-1002

  Caers, Ralf ^a   De Feyter, Tim ^a   De Couck, Marijke ^b   Stough, Talia ^a   Vigna, Claudia ^a   Du Bois, Cind ^c  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

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Facebook; review

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EID: 84884135191     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813488061     Document Type: Review

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