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Publication details [#55438]
Leung, Louis. 2011. Loneliness, social support, and preference for online social interaction: the mediating effects of identity experimentation online among children and adolescents. Chinese Journal of Communication 4 (4) : 381–399. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This paper examines children and adolescents' practices of online social activities in order to reveal the links between online social interaction preferences and loneliness, social support, and the mediating impact of online identity experimentation.