Social sharing through interpersonal media: Patterns and effects on emotional well-being

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 530-541

  Choi, Mina ^a   Toma, Catalina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Emotional well being; Media affordances; Media use; Social sharing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

CAPITALIZATION; EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING; MEDIA AFFORDANCES; MEDIA USE; SOCIAL SHARING; WELL BEING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84902138183     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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