Social media divide: Characteristics of emerging adults who do not use social network websites

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 771-781

  Bobkowski, Piotr ^a   Smith, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion of innovations; digital divide; media adoption; qualitative; social media; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884257763     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443713491517     Document Type: Article

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