Facebook use by persons with disabilities

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 610-624

  Shpigelman, Carmit Noa ^a   Gill, Carol J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Behavior; Disability; Networks; Online communities

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ACCESS; BEHAVIOR; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; DISABILITY; FACEBOOK; NETWORK; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE SURVEYS; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84898026489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12059     Document Type: Article

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