Family honor, cultural norms and social networking: Strategic choices in the visual self-presentation of young Indian Muslim women

Cyberpsychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mishra, Smeeta ^a   Basu, Surhita ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cultural norms; Family honor; Indian Muslim women; Online social networking; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905284851     PISSN: 18027962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5817/CP2014-2-3     Document Type: Article

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