Diffusion of responsibility on social networking sites

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-131

  Martin, Katie K ^a   North, Adrian C ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion of responsibility; Prosocial; Social media

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CRITICAL NUMBERS; FEATURE REQUESTS; PHYSICAL SCENARIO; PROSOCIAL; SOCIAL IMPACT THEORIES; SOCIAL INFLUENCE MODEL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84915799003     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.049     Document Type: Article

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