When ‘friends’ collide: Social heterogeneity and user vulnerability on social network sites
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When 'friends' collide: Social heterogeneity and user vulnerability on social network sites
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عنوان ژورنال: Computers in Human Behavior
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0747-5632
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.039