Why do we blog? from the perspectives of technology acceptance and media choice factors

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 371-386

  Chang, Yao Sheng ^a   Yang, Chyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

blog; critical mass; media choice; media experience; media richness; social influence; technology acceptance model (TAM)

Indexed keywords

BLOG; CRITICAL MASS; MEDIA CHOICE; MEDIA EXPERIENCE; MEDIA RICHNESS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

BLOGS;

EID: 84876370739     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2012.656326     Document Type: Article

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