Privacy protection and self-disclosure across societies: A study of global Twitter users

New Media and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1476-1497

  Liang, Hai ^a   Shen, Fei ^b   Fu, King Wa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boundary regulation; cross cultural comparison; geolocation; privacy protection; self disclosure; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025114231     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816642210     Document Type: Article

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