Measuring Mobile Phone Use: Self-Report Versus Log Data

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-519

  Boase, Jeffrey ^a   Ling, Rich ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Log data; Measurement; Mobile phones; Self report

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; LOG DATA; MOBILE PHONE USE; MULTIVARIATE EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION; SELF-REPORT; SERVER LOGS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84880424414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12021     Document Type: Article

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