Personality and social characteristics of Facebook non-users and frequent users

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1602-1607

  Ljepava, Nikolina ^a   Orr, R Robert ^a   Locke, Sean ^a   Ross, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer Mediated Communication (CMC); Facebook; Internet use; Personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

'CURRENT; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FACEBOOK; INTERNET USE; ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL-NETWORKING;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84874849492     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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