Visual Intimacy on Social Media: From Selfies to the Co-Construction of Intimacies Through Shared Pictures

Social Media and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Miguel, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pictures; privacy; public intimacy; self disclosure; selfies; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030113075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2056305116641705     Document Type: Article

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