Show us you are real: The effect of human-versus-organizational presence on online relationship building through social networking sites

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Park, Hyojung ^a   Lee, Hyunmin ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84876101831     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2012.0051     Document Type: Article

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