Net gain? Selective exposure and selective avoidance of social network sites

Networked Sociability and Individualism: Technology for Personal and Professional Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 218-237

  Kaye, Barbara K ^a   Johnson, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-338-6.ch011     Document Type: Chapter

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