Affirming the self through online profiles: Beneficial effects of social networking sites

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 1749-1752

  Toma, Catalina L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

media effects; self affirmation; self presentation; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; FACEBOOK; MEDIA EFFECTS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

FEEDBACK; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77953997241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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