How lonely people use and perceive Facebook

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2463-2470

  Jin, Borae ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facebook; Loneliness; Self disclosure; Social skills deficit; The poor get richer; The rich get richer

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; LONELINESS; RICH GET RICHER; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SKILLS; THE POOR GET RICHER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84879488522     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.05.034     Document Type: Article

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