Students' self-presentation on Facebook: An examination of personality and self-construal factors

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2091-2099

  Chen, Baiyun ^a   Marcus, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Facebook; Individualism; Self disclosure; Self presentation; Social media

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVISM; FACEBOOK; INDIVIDUALISM; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SELF-PRESENTATION; SOCIAL MEDIA;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

STUDENTS;

EID: 84865636086     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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