Students' uses and gratifications for using computer-mediated communication media in learning contexts

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 339-378

  Guo, Zixiu ^a   Tan, Felix B ^b   Cheung, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); e learning; Media choice; Motivations; Repertory grid technique (RGT); Uses and gratifications (U G) perspective

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTENT MANAGEMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; LEARNING CONTEXT; MEDIA CHOICE; REPERTORY GRID TECHNIQUE (RGT); USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 77958102374     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02720     Document Type: Article

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