Toward a detailed understanding of illegal digital downloading intentions: An extended theory of planned behavior approach

New Media and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-677

  Wang, Xiao ^a   McClung, Steven R ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antipiracy; attitude functions; illegal digital downloading; norms; peer to peer file sharing; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958054265     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444810378225     Document Type: Article

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