Cultural influences on Facebook photographs

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-343

  Huang, Chih Mao ^a,b   Park, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Context processing; Cultural differences; Culture and cognition; Facebook; Self concept

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880582014     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2011.649285     Document Type: Article

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