The determinants of continuous use of social networking sites: An empirical study on Taiwanese journal-type bloggers' continuous self-disclosure behavior

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-111

  Ko, Hsiu Chia ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blogs; Habits; Positive feedback; Self disclosure; Social network sites

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HABITS; SELF-DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BENEFITS; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (SNSS);

BLOGS; FEEDBACK;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84876149761     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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