IMing, Text Messaging, and Adolescent Social Networks
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1083-6101,1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00028.x