Mobile voice communication and loneliness: Cell phone use and the social skills deficit hypothesis

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1094-1111

  Jin, Borae ^a   Park, Namkee ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell phones; loneliness; mobile communication; social skills deficit hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885766170     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812466715     Document Type: Article

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