The Participation Divide Among "Online Experts": Experience, Skills and Psychological Factors as Predictors of College Students' Web Content Creation

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-92

  Correa, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION;

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; ON-LINE CONTENTS; PERCEIVED COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 79951835376     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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