Adolescents and social network sites: Identity, friendships and privacy

Kids Online: Opportunities and Risks for Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 83-94

  Peter, Jochen ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a,b   Fluckiger, Cédric ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Center of Research on Children and the Media   (Netherlands)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d University of Lille   (France)

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