Shyness and the internet: Social problem or panacea?

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  2008

• Venue

  Computers in Human Behavior

• Publication date

  2008-09-17

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2008.03.005
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