Effects of gratification-opportunities and gratifications-obtained on preferences of instant messaging and e-mail among college students

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 156-166

  Lo, Olivine Wai Yu ^a   Leung, Louis ^b  

^a HONG KONG SHUE YAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); E mail; Gratification opportunities; Gratifications obtained; Instant messaging (IM)

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MESSAGE PASSING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION (CMC); E-MAIL; GRATIFICATION-OPPORTUNITIES; GRATIFICATIONS-OBTAINED; INSTANT MESSAGING (IM);

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 56649123404     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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