Factors influencing smartphone use and dependency in South Korea

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1763-1770

  Park, Namkee ^a   Kim, Yong Chan ^a   Shon, Hae Young ^b   Shim, Hongjin ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Cheil Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Media dependency; Smartphones; South Korea; Technology acceptance model; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION SYSTEMS; INNOVATIVENESS; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MEDIA DEPENDENCY; SOCIAL INCLUSION; SOUTH KOREA; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

MOTIVATION; SIGNAL ENCODING;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 84875758842     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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