Does 'cyber-conformity' vary cross-culturally? Exploring the effect of culture and communication medium on social conformity

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2011-2025

  Cinnirella, Marco ^a   Green, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Conformity; Culture; Individualism collectivism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); CONFORMITY; INDIVIDUALISM COLLECTIVISM;

CYBERNETICS;

EID: 33846597135     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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