Why are social networking applications successful? An empirical study of Twitter

PACIS 2011 - 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ou, Carol X J ^a   Davison, Robert M ^b   Cheng, Nikki C K ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Information systems (IS) success model; Networking quality; SNA success model; Social networking application (SNA)

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFORMATION QUALITY; RESEARCH MODELS; SERVICE QUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION (SNA); SUCCESS MODELS; SYSTEM QUALITY; THREE DIMENSIONS; USER SATISFACTION; WEB APPLICATION;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855857023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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