The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale: An empirical investigation

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2501-2511

  Rosen, L D ^a   Whaling, K ^a   Carrier, L M ^a   Cheever, N A ^a   Rokkum, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attitudes toward technology; Facebook; Smartphone; Technology and media usage; Video gaming

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FACEBOOK; INDEPENDENT SAMPLES; INTERNET ADDICTION; MEDIA USAGE; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; VIDEO GAMING;

SEARCH ENGINES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WORLD WIDE WEB;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84879962832     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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