Self-presentation and gender on MySpace

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 446-458

  Manago, Adriana M ^a   Graham, Michael B ^a   Greenfield, Patricia M ^a   Salimkhan, Goldie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging adults; Focus groups; Gender norms; Identity exploration and development; MySpace; Sex differences; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249124361     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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