Who wants to be "friend-rich"? Social compensatory friending on Facebook and the moderating role of public self-consciousness

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1036-1043

  Lee, Jong Eun Roselyn ^a   Moore, David Clark ^b   Park, Eun A ^c   Park, Sung Gwan ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gordon Food Service Canada   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Friending; Number of Facebook friends; Public self consciousness; Self esteem; Social compensation; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; FRIENDING; PUBLIC SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; SELF-ESTEEM; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84862783295     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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