The role of pluralistic ignorance in Internet abuse

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 38-43

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Yoon, Seong No ^a   Kim, Jongheon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet abuse; Personal use of the internet; Pluralistic ignorance; Social norm

Indexed keywords

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; COMPUTER ABUSE; NEW APPROACHES; PERSONAL USE; PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; SOCIAL NORM; TECHNICAL COUNTERMEASURES;

SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INTERNET;

EID: 44449083828     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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