The social significance of the facebook like button

First Monday

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Eranti, Veikko ^a   Lonkila, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 84930791517     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v20i6.5505     Document Type: Article

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