Understanding e-book users: Uses and gratification expectancy model

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-278

  Shin, Dong Hee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

affective factors; continuance intention; diffusion theory; e book; e book reader; expectation confirmation theory; uses and gratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952956686     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810372163     Document Type: Article

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