Antecedents and consequences of online social networking behavior: The case of facebook

Journal of Website Promotion

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-83

  Acar, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Internet; Online social network services (OSNS); Online social networks (OSN); Psychological issues; Size of the online social network (OSNsize); Social networks; Time spent by online social networking (OSNtime)

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749109254     PISSN: 15533611     EISSN: 1553362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533610802052654     Document Type: Article

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