News sharing in social media: The effect of gratifications and prior experience

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 331-339

  Lee, Chei Sian ^a   Ma, Long ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Experience; Gratifications; Motivations; News sharing; Social media

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; GRATIFICATIONS; INFORMATION SEEKING; NEWS SHARING; PRIOR EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 84855538216     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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