Why people use Yelp.com: An exploration of uses and gratifications

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2274-2279

  Hicks, Amy ^a   Comp, Stephen ^a   Horovitz, Jeannie ^a   Hovarter, Madeline ^a   Miki, Maya ^a   Bevan, Jennifer L ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

User generated media; Uses and gratifications; Yelp.com

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SEEKING; ONLINE SURVEYS; USER-GENERATED MEDIA; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS; YELP.COM;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84865642463     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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