Internet use and psychological well-being: Effects of activity and audience

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 94-100

  Kraut, Robert ^a   Burke, Moira ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b FACEBOOK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SCIENCE;

HUMAN AGENCY; INTERNET USE; LONGITUDINAL DESIGNS; MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84948174625     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2739043     Document Type: Review

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