Tool, toy, telephone, territory, trade, or treasure of information: A cross-sectional study of Taiwanese students' attitudes toward the Internet

Chinese Journal of Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-220

  Chou, Chien ^a   Wu, Huan Chueh ^a   Chen, Chao Hsiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

6 T model; attitudes toward the Internet; confirmatory factor analysis; cross sectional comparison; Taiwan students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878800067     PISSN: 17544750     EISSN: 17544769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2013.785671     Document Type: Article

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