Consuming bits: An exploratory study of user goals for virtual consumption

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jung, Yoonhyuk ^a   Pawlowski, Suzanne D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Means end chain analysis; Social virtual worlds; Virtual consumption

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; RESEARCH STUDIES; SECOND LIFE; USER BEHAVIORS; USER GOALS; VIRTUAL CONSUMPTION; VIRTUAL GOODS; VIRTUAL PROPERTIES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

ECONOMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84870961161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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