“As soon as you get on Bebo you just go mad”: Young consumers and the discursive construction of teenagers online

Young Consumers

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-296

  Willett, Rebekah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Children (age groups); Consumer psychology; Social networks; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102493     PISSN: 17473616     EISSN: 17587212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17473610911007120     Document Type: Article

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