A framework of students' reasons for using CMC media in learning contexts: A structural approach

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2182-2200

  Guo, Zixiu ^a   Lu, Xiongwen ^b   Li, Yuan ^c   Li, Yifan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; LEARNING CONTEXT; MATRIX MULTIPLICATION; MEDIA USE; POLICY MAKERS; REPERTORY GRIDS; STRUCTURAL APPROACH; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80054704604     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21631     Document Type: Article

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