Why do people play on-line games? An extended TAM with social influences and flow experience

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 853-868

  Hsu, Chin Lung ^a   Lu, Hsi Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow experience; On line game; Social influence; TAM

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; USER INTERFACES;

FLOW EXPERIENCE; ONLINE GAMES; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODELS (TAM);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342622104     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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