Everyday appropriations of information technology: A study of creative uses of digital cameras

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2347-2363

  Salovaara, Antti ^a   Helfenstein, Sacha ^b   Oulasvirta, Antti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION MODEL; STORAGE MEDIA;

DIGITAL CAMERAS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80755133619     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21643     Document Type: Article

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