Discreet Openness: Scholars’ Selective and Intentional Self-Disclosures Online

Social Media and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Veletsianos, George ^a   Stewart, Bonnie ^b  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

academic mental health; higher education; networked scholarship; networks; scholars use of technology; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026777556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2056305116664222     Document Type: Article

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