It is all about being popular: The effects of need for popularity on social network site use

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-42

  Utz, Sonja ^a   Tanis, Martin ^a   Vermeulen, Ivar ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855948108     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0651     Document Type: Article

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