Online language: The role of culture in self-expression and self-construal on facebook

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-442

  DeAndrea, David C ^a   Shaw, Allison S ^a   Levine, Timothy R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Facebook; Self construal; Self expression; Self presentation; Social network site

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549295251     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X10377989     Document Type: Article

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