A multi-national study of attitudes about mobile phone use in social settings

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-563

  Nickerson, Robert C ^a,b,c   Isaac, Henri ^b   Mak, Brenda ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c Department of Information Systems ^*

Author keywords

Cell phones; International; Mobile communications; Mobile phones; Multi national; Social attitudes; Social settings

Indexed keywords

MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); SOCIAL SETTINGS;

TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 46949085127     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2008.019321     Document Type: Article

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