From Facebook to cell calls: Layers of electronic intimacy in college students' interpersonal relationships

New Media and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-23

  Yang, Chia chen ^a   Brown, B Bradford ^a   Braun, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; cell phone; communication norms; gender differences; instant messaging; international students; media selection; relationship development; social media; social networking site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893155343     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812472486     Document Type: Article

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