Self-monitoring, honesty, and cue use on Facebook: The relationship with user extraversion and conscientiousness

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1556-1564

  Hall, Jeffrey A ^a   Pennington, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Honesty; Lens model; Online impression formation; Personality; Self monitoring

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; HONESTY; LENS MODEL; ONLINE IMPRESSION FORMATION; PERSONALITY; SELF-MONITORING;

ESTIMATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84874902396     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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