Mixi Diary Versus Facebook Photos: Social Networking Site Use Among Japanese And Caucasian American Females

Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-63

  Barker, Valerie ^a   Ota, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facebook; Mixi; Social compensation; Social identity; Social identity gratifications; Social networking site use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953034882     PISSN: 17475759     EISSN: 17475767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2011.558321     Document Type: Article

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