Twitter versus Facebook: Exploring the role of narcissism in the motives and usage of different social media platforms

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 212-220

  Davenport, Shaun W ^a   Bergman, Shawn M ^b   Bergman, Jacqueline Z ^b   Fearrington, Matthew E ^c  

^a HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Walden University   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Millennials; Narcissism; Personality; Social networking; Twitter

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; MILLENNIALS; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; TWITTER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84891765366     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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