Facebook as a toolkit: A uses and gratification approach to unbundling feature use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2322-2329

  Smock, Andrew D ^a   Ellison, Nicole B ^b   Lampe, Cliff ^c   Wohn, Donghee Yvette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication technology; Facebook; Social network sites; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; FACEBOOK; FEATURE SETS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SURVEY DATA; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; USER PRACTICES; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80052791931     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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