Online social networks: Why do students use facebook?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1337-1343

  Cheung, Christy M K ^a   Chiu, Pui Yee ^a   Lee, Matthew K O ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Facebook; Online social networks; Social influence; Social presence; Uses and gratifications; We Intention

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; WE-INTENTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79955783337     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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