Boundaries to the articulation of possible selves through social networking sites: The case of facebook profilers' social connectedness

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Zwier, Sandra ^a   Araujo, Theo ^a   Boukes, Mark ^a   Willemsen, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 80054815714     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0612     Document Type: Article

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