Social identity gratifications of social network sites and their impact on collective action participation

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-235

  Chan, Michael ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collective action; Group identification; Internet; Social identity; Social network sites; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937403081     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12068     Document Type: Article

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