Exploring the relationship between urbanized Malaysian youth and their mobile phones: A quantitative approach

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 263-272

  Balakrishnan, Vimala ^a   Raj, Ram Gopal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

24 Hour diary; Mobile phone; Questionnaire; Urbanized Malaysian youth; Uses and gratification theory

Indexed keywords

24-HOUR DIARY; CONSUMER ITEMS; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; MIXED MODE; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; USAGE PATTERNS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MOBILE DEVICES; SURVEYS;

MOBILE PHONES;

EID: 84857786761     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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