Social-networkers of the world, unite and take over: A meta-introspective perspective on the Facebook brand

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-534

  Patterson, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facebook; Introspection; Life casting; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857050847     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.02.032     Document Type: Article

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