Users' motivations and attitude towards the online press

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-174

  Flavián, Carlos ^a   Gurrea, Raquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Customer satisfaction; Internet; Motivation (psychology); Newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349087130     PISSN: 07363761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/07363760910954109     Document Type: Article

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