That's so OCD: The effects of disease trivialization via social media on user perceptions and impression formation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-258

  Pavelko, Rachelle L ^a   Myrick, Jessica Gall ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Gender; Impression formation; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Social media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DISEASES; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; GENDER; IMPRESSION FORMATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84925296702     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.061     Document Type: Article

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