Expressive participation in Internet social movements: Testing the moderating effect of technology readiness and sex on student SNS use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-49

  Borrero, Juan D ^a   Yousafzai, Shumaila Y ^b   Javed, Uzma ^c   Page, Kelly L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CIIT ^*  (Pakistan)

^d Chair Emeritus in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Internet social movement; Sex; Social networking sites; Technology readiness; UTAUT

Indexed keywords

GENDER; SEX; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; TECHNOLOGY READINESS; UTAUT;

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84884245368     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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