Impression Management in Chat Rooms: A Grounded Theory Model

Communication Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-260

  Becker, Jennifer A H ^a   Stamp, Glen H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chat rooms; Computer Mediated Communication; Grounded theory; Impression management; Misrepresentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449097537     PISSN: 10510974     EISSN: 17451035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10510970500181264     Document Type: Article

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