To connect or promote?: An exploratory examination of Facebook pages dedicated to moms

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 479-482

  Kaufmann, Renee ^a   Buckner, Marjorie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook pages; Mothers; Online communication; Purpose

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACEBOOK PAGES; MOTHERS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; PURPOSE; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84899936196     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.030     Document Type: Article

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