Gratifications and seeding behavior of online adolescents

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-137

  Courtois, C ^a   Mechant, P ^a   De Marez, L ^a   Verleye, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRATIFICATIONS-OBTAINED; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-LOW; INTERACTIVITY; INTERNET BEHAVIORS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; RANK ORDERING; USER-GENERATED; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; WEB 2.0;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 70450186166     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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