Sexual self-presentation on social network sites: Who does it and how is it perceived?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 91-100

  Baumgartner, Susanne E ^a   Sumter, Sindy R ^a   Peter, Jochen ^a   Valkenburg, Patti M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Need for popularity; Peer norms; Sexual self presentation; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; NEED FOR POPULARITY; PEER NORMS; SELF PRESENTATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84927741421     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.061     Document Type: Article

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