It is not for fun: An examination of social network site usage

Information and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Xu, Chenyan ^a   Ryan, Sherry ^a   Prybutok, Victor ^a   Wen, Chao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loneliness; Social network sites; Social presence; Uses and gratifications; Utilitarian and hedonic gratifications; Utilitarian and hedonic information systems

Indexed keywords

LONELINESS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL PRESENCE; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; UTILITARIAN AND HEDONIC GRATIFICATIONS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84864743860     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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