Revealing the 'real' me, searching for the 'actual' you: Presentations of self on an internet dating site

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1707-1723

  Whitty, Monica T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Internet dating; Internet relationships; Online dating; Possible selves; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

INTERNET DATING; INTERNET RELATIONSHIPS; ONLINE DATING; POSSIBLE SELVES; SELF-PRESENTATION;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

EID: 42249098525     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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