Can You Guess Who I Am? Real, Ideal, and False Self-Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults

Emerging Adulthood

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-64

  Michikyan, Minas ^a   Dennis, Jessica ^a   Subrahmanyam, Kaveri ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emerging adults; identity; self presentation; social networking sites; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920973402     PISSN: 21676968     EISSN: 21676984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167696814532442     Document Type: Article

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