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Taking risks when communicating on the Internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks

Sonia Livingstone Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK
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Ellen J. Helsper Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK
Pages 619-644 | Published online: 16 Oct 2007

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