Why does half the world's population have a mobile phone? An examination of consumers' attitudes toward mobile phones

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 513-516

  Tian, Lei ^a,b   Shi, Junqi ^a   Yang, Zizhen ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Academy of Telecommunication Research of MII   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; CONSUMER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; CELLULAR PHONE; CHINA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350103857     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0335     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU). (1999) World telecommunication development report. Geneva, Switzerland: ITU.
2. International Telecommunication Union (ITU). (2009) World telecommunication/ICT indicators database. Geneva, Switzerland: ITU.
3. Madell D, Muncer S. Back from the beach but hanging on the telephone? English adolescents' attitudes and experiences of mobile phones and the Internet. Cyber Psychology & Behavior 2004; 7:359-367
4. Ree H, Noyes JM. Mobile telephones, computers, and the Internet: Sex differences in adolescents' use and attitudes. Cyber Psychology & Behavior 2007; 10:482-484
5. Haste H. Joined-up texting: mobile phones and young people. Young Consumers 2005; 2:56-67.
6. Wang L, Chen Y, Shi J. Attitudes toward computers: A new attitudinal dimension. Cyber Psychology & Behavior 2007; 10:700-704
7. Ministry of Information Industry (MII). (2008) Statistics communique of communication development in China. Beijing: MII.
8. Totten JW, Lipscomb TJ, Cook RA. General patterns of mobile phone usage among college students: A four-state study. Services Marketing Quarterly 2005; 26:13-39.
9. Campbell SW, Russo TC. The social construction of mobile telephony: An application of the social influence model to perceptions and uses of mobile phones. Communication Monographs 2003; 70:317-334
10. Katz JE. Social and organizational consequences of wireless communications: A selective analysis of residential and business sector in the United States. Telematics & Informatics 1997; 14:223-256
11. Ling R, Yttri B. (1999) Nobody sits at home and waits for the telephone to ring: micro and hypercoordination through the use of the mobile telephone. Fornebu, Norway: Telenor Research & Development.
12. Green N. (2003) Outwardly mobile: young people and mobile technologies. In: Katz J, ed. Machines that became us: The social context of communication technology. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, pp. 201-208
13. Ling R. We will be reached: The use of mobile telephony among Norwegian youth. Information Technology & People 2001; 13:102-105
14. Bianchi A, Philips JG. Predictors of problem mobile phone use. Cyber Psychology & Behavior 2006; 9:753-758
15. Plant S. (2000) On the mobile: The effect of mobile telephones on social and individual life. www.motorola.com/mot/doc/0/234-MotDoc.pdf (accessed June 6, 2009).
16. Butt S, Phillips JG. Personality and self reported mobile phone use. Computers in Human Behavior 2008; 24:346-360