Covering your face on facebook: Suppression as identity management

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 166-180

  Strano, Michele M ^a   Queen, Jill Wattai ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Identity; Impression management; Untagging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877298075     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: 21512388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000076     Document Type: Article

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