All about me: Disclosure in online social networking profiles: The case of FACEBOOK

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-418

  Nosko, Amanda ^a   Wood, Eileen ^a   Molema, Seija ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disclosure; FACEBOOK ; Internet; Online; Privacy; Social communication; Social networking; Threat

Indexed keywords

DISCLOSURE; FACEBOOK; GROUPING STRATEGIES; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ONLINE PRIVACY; PERSONAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL PROFILE; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

INTERNET;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 76949093866     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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