Capturing global youth: Mobile gaming in the U.S., Spain, and the Czech Republic

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 827-855

  Okazaki, Shintaro ^a,d   Skapa, Radoslav ^b   Grande, Ildefonso ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d Unit of the Economics and Business Administration Faculty   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross country study; Experiential value; Global youth; Mobile games; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECONOMIC VALUES; EXPERIENTIAL VALUE; GLOBAL YOUTH; MOBILE GAMES; MOBILE GAMING; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; VISUAL APPEALS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 51149112269     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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