How demanding is social media: Understanding social media diets as a function of perceived costs and benefits - A rational actor perspective

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2298-2305

  Bowman, Nicholas David ^a   Westerman, David Keith ^b   Claus, Christopher James ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive demand; Facebook; Rational actor perspective; Social media; Social media diet; Twitter

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEMANDS; FACEBOOK; RATIONAL ACTOR PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

FILE EDITORS; NUTRITION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84865617037     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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