Plugged in but not connected: Individuals' views of and responses to online and in-person ostracism

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1241-1253

  Filipkowski, Kelly B ^a,b   Smyth, Joshua M ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New York   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Gender; In person communication; Online communication; Ostracism; Technology

Indexed keywords

CHAT ROOMS; EXCLUSION; GENDER; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; ON-LINE CONDITIONS; OSTRACISM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84860306472     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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