Who puts the best "face" forward on Facebook?: Positive self-presentation in online social networking and the role of self-consciousness, actual-to-total Friends ratio, and culture

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 413-423

  Lee Won, Roselyn J ^a   Shim, Minsun ^b   Joo, Yeon Kyoung ^c   Park, Sung Gwan ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Nissan Research Center Silicon Valley   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Culture; Online social networking; Positive self presentation; Self consciousness; SNS Friends; Social network sites (SNSs)

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; SURVEYS;

ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; SELF PRESENTATIONS; SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS; SNS FRIENDS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84937002604     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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