Managing Impressions and Relationships on Facebook: Self-Presentational and Relational Concerns Revealed Through the Analysis of Language Style

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-141

  Bazarova, Natalya N ^a   Taft, Jessie G ^a   Choi, Yoon Hyung ^a   Cosley, Dan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; Facebook; functional words; language style; LIWC; self presentation; social networking site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878067116     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X12456384     Document Type: Article

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