Motivations for using the mobile phone for mass communications and entertainment

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-46

  Wei, Ran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Mass communications; Mobile phone; Motivations; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

CONVERGENCE; GRATIFICATIONS; MASS COMMUNICATIONS; MOTIVATIONS;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 36148970052     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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