Thumbs up for privacy?: Differences in online self-disclosure behavior across national cultures

Social Science Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 155-170

  Reed, Philip J ^a   Spiro, Emma S ^a   Butts, Carter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Facebook; GLOBE; Privacy; Self disclosure; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PRIVACY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; PRIVACY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84976504700     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.04.022     Document Type: Article

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