Actual friends matter: An internet skills perspective on teens' informal academic collaboration on Facebook

Computers and Education

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-147

  Khan, M Laeeq ^a   Wohn, Donghee Yvette ^b   Ellison, Nicole B ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF RAS AL KHAIMAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic collaboration; Facebook; Instrumental support; Internet skills; Social capital

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES; ACADEMIC COLLABORATION; ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; FACEBOOK; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INFORMATION SEEKING; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84906684856     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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