Psychological Determinants of Using Facebook: A Research Review

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 775-787

  Błachnio, Agata ^a   Przepiórka, Aneta ^a   Rudnicka, Patrycja ^b  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS; RESEARCH REVIEW; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES (SNSS); TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL;

RESEARCH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84884303078     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2013.780868     Document Type: Review

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