Cultural influences on Facebook practices: A comparative study of college students in Namibia and the United States

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 259-271

  Peters, Anicia N ^a,b   Winschiers Theophilus, Heike ^b   Mennecke, Brian E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Culture; Facebook; Social networking sites; United States and Namibia

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDENTS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; FACEBOOK; NAMIBIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84925302911     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.065     Document Type: Article

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