From the wired to wireless generation? Investigating teens' Internet use through the mobile phone

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 651-661

  Lin, Wan Ying ^a   Zhang, Xinzhi ^a   Jung, Joo Young ^b   Kim, Yong Chan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Displacement effect; Mobile internet; New media; Teenager

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE SETS;

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES; DIGITAL GENERATION; DISPLACEMENT EFFECT; INFORMATION SEEKING; MOBILE INTERNET; NEW MEDIA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; TEENAGER;

INTERNET;

EID: 84885188018     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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