Why do people post and read personal messages in public? the motivation of using personal blogs and its effects on users' loneliness, belonging, and well-being

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1626-1633

  Jung, Younbo ^a   Song, Hayeon ^b   Vorderer, Peter ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Impression management; Personal blog; Social support; Subjective well being; Voyeuristic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANONYMITY; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL BLOG; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODEL STRUCTURES;

BLOGS;

EID: 84863725210     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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