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Social networking technology: place and identity in mediated communities

  1. Lewis Goodings1,
  2. Abigail Locke1,
  3. Steven D. Brown2,*

Article first published online: 25 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/casp.939

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Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

Special Issue: Mediated Communities: Considerations for Applied Social Psychology

Volume 17, Issue 6, pages 463–476, November/December 2007

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Goodings, L., Locke, A. and Brown, S. D. (2007), Social networking technology: place and identity in mediated communities. J. Community. Appl. Soc. Psychol., 17: 463–476. doi: 10.1002/casp.939

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  1. 1

    Department of Human Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

  2. 2

    School of Management, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

*School of Management, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE17DR, UK.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 OCT 2007
  2. Article first published online: 25 OCT 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 MAY 2007

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