Falling in love with online games: The uses and gratifications perspective

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1862-1871

  Wu, Jen Her ^a   Wang, Shu Ching ^a,b   Tsai, Ho Huang ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuance motivation; Online games; Presence; Proactive stickiness; Service mechanisms; Uses and Gratifications theory

Indexed keywords

CONTINUANCE MOTIVATION; ONLINE GAMES; PRESENCE; PROACTIVE STICKINESS; SERVICE MECHANISM; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

INTERNET; MOTIVATION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 77956190775     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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