Understanding the psychological motives behind microblogging

Annual Review of CyberTherapy and Telemedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-114

  Qiu, Lin ^a   Leung, Angela K Y ^b   Ho, Jun Hao ^a   Yeung, Qi Min ^a   Francis, Kevin Joseph ^a   Chua, Pei Fen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Existential anxiety; Microblogging; Motive; Ostracism; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MICROBLOGGING; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 77952943048     PISSN: 15548716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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