Modeling use continuance behavior in microblogging services: The case of Twitter

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Barnes, Stuart J ^a   Böhringer, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuance; Critical mass; Habit; Microblogging; Microblogs; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051759960     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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