Cross‐cultural differences in online self‐presentation: A content analysis of personal korean and us home pages

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-119

  Kim, Heeman ^a   Papacharissi, Zizi ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 30744476670     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292980309364833     Document Type: Article

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