Mobile phone usage of young adults: The impact of motivational factors

Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat, OZCHI'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 57-64

  Van Biljon, Judy ^a   Kotzé, Paula ^a   Renaud, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mobile phone features; Mobile phone usage; Motivational factors

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS; POINT OF DEPARTURES; RESEARCH GOALS; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SPACE MODELS; TARGET GROUP;

ECOLOGY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PROFITABILITY; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 70349235673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1517744.1517761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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