Sharing or piracy? An exploration of downloading behavior

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  LaRose, Robert ^a   Lai, Ying Ju ^a   Lange, Ryan ^a   Love, Bradley ^a   Wu, Yuehua ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

'CURRENT; COLLEGE STUDENTS; CURRENT LEVELS; DEFICIENT SELF-REGULATIONS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS; SOCIAL OUTCOMES;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 27744589568     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.tb00301.x     Document Type: Article

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