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===The Internet as a facilitator of cultural hybridization and interpersonal relationship management for Asian international students in South Korea===

This study suggests that Internet-mediated communication played an important role for Asian international students in South Korea in maintaining and strengthening tightly-knit, emotionally close relationships such as family and close friends. Alternatively, Internet-mediated communication allowed these students to make connections with members of the same ethnic groups in South Korea as well as South Korean students; however, the main goal of these new connections was to gain informational resources.

[[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292980902826880]]