The links that bind: Uncovering novel motivations for linking on Facebook

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2243-2248

  Baek, Kanghui ^a   Holton, Avery ^a   Harp, Dustin ^b   Yaschur, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Facebook; Motivation; Sharing links; Social network sites; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FACEBOOK; SHARING LINKS; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80052809766     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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