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TUNES THAT BIND?

Predicting friendship strength in a music-based social network

Nancy K. Baym Department of Communication Studies, University of Kansas, 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS, 66045-7574, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew Ledbetter School of Communication Studies, Ohio University, 206 Lasher Hall, 43 West Union St., Athens, OH, 45701-2819, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 408-427 | Published online: 09 Mar 2011

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