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Publication details [#53784]

Sheer, Vivian C. 2010. Hong Kong adolescents' use of MSN vs. ICQ for developing friendships online: considering media richness and presentational control. Chinese Journal of Communication 3 (2) : 223–240.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

control1 | internet | message1 | self-presentation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study demonstrates that Hong Kong adolescents' use of two free instant messengers (IMs)', MSN and ICQ, and their clear preference for the first, are guided by media richness and presentational control.