Individual motivations for using social virtual worlds: An exploratory investigation in second life

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Zhongyun ^a   Jin, Xiao Ling ^b   Vogel, Doug ^b   Guo, Xitong ^a   Chen, Xiaojian ^c  

^a Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; ONLINE SURVEYS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; REAL WORLD DOMAIN; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL NEEDS; USER PARTICIPATION; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 77951707372     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2010.230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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