Influence of gender and English proficiency on Facebook mobile adoption

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 495-521

  Leong, Lai Ying ^a   Hew, Teck Soon ^b   Ooi, Keng Boon ^a   Lin, Binshan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English proficiency; Facebook mobile; Gender differences; Malaysia; Mobile communication

Indexed keywords

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY; FACEBOOK; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MALAYSIA; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80052717060     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2011.042456     Document Type: Article

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