Understanding motivations for Facebook use: Usage metrics, network structure, and privacy

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3287-3296

  Spiliotopoulos, Tasos ^a   Oakley, Ian ^a  

^a MADEIRA INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Facebook; Privacy; Social network sites; Social networks; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FACEBOOK; SOCIAL NETWORK SITES; SOCIAL NETWORKS; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

DATA PRIVACY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84877952303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2466449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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