Grooming, gossip, facebook and myspace: What can we learn about these sites from those who won't assimilate?

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-564

  Tufekci, Zeynep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunbar; Facebook; Goffman; Internet; Myspace; Presentation of self; Social grooming; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549115596     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180801999050     Document Type: Article

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