Performing and interpreting identity through Facebook imagery

Convergence

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 446-471

  Farquhar, Lee ^a  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computermediated; Facebook; Identity; Performance; Social media; Social norms; Symbolic Interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886909952     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856512459838     Document Type: Article

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