The lonely selfie king: Selfies and the conspicuous prosumption of gender and race

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1775-1787

  Williams, Apryl A ^a   Marquez, Beatriz Aldana ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspicuous prosumption; Gender presentation; Presentation of self; Race; Selfies; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011592552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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