Business models of most-visited U.S. social networking sites

The Social Media Industries

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 60-85

  Cha, Jiyoung ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84906423048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203121054     Document Type: Chapter

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