An analysis of self-construals, motivations, facebook use, and user satisfaction

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1077-1099

  Kim, Jang Hyun ^a   Kim, Min Sun ^a   Nam, Yoonjae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MOTIVATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (SNSS); USER SATISFACTION;

MOTIVATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78149373823     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2010.516726     Document Type: Article

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