Social identification with virtual communities

Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 252-270

  Utz, Sonja ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84909225579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203926864     Document Type: Chapter

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