A lifetime of relationships mediated by technology

Growing Together: Personal Relationships Across the Life Span

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 368-394

  Adams, Rebecca G ^a   Stevenson, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928279530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499852.015     Document Type: Chapter

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