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Pros and Cons of Online Social Support Exchange on Social Networking Sites: A User’s Perspective Cover

Pros and Cons of Online Social Support Exchange on Social Networking Sites: A User’s Perspective

By: Roman Lyubenko  
Open Access
|Nov 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subbs-2023-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2066-0464 | Journal ISSN: 1224-8703
Language: English
Page range: 103 - 125
Submitted on: Jan 1, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2023
Published on: Nov 23, 2023
Published by: Babeș-Bolyai University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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