Individuals' personal network characteristics and patterns of Facebook use: A social network approach

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1700-1707

  Park, Namkee ^a   Lee, Seungyoon ^b   Kim, Jang Hyun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Network characteristics; Patterns of use; Personal network structure; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; PATTERNS OF USE; PERSONAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863718852     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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