Text me when it becomes dangerous: Exploring the determinants of college students' adoption of mobile-based text alerts short message service

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 563-569

  Lee, Doohwang ^a   Chung, Jee Young ^b   Kim, Hyuksoo ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency preparedness; Mobile phone; Short message service; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENTS; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES; SUBJECTIVE NORM; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

CIVIL DEFENSE; MOBILE PHONES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84872441660     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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