A review of social networking service (SNS) research in communication journals from 2006 to 2011

New Media and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1007-1024

  Zhang, Yin ^a   Leung, Louis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Literature review; methodological preference; objects of study; social networking services; thematic pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937198013     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813520477     Document Type: Article

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