Texting everywhere for everything: Gender and age differences in cell phone etiquette and use

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 314-321

  Forgays, Deborah Kirby ^a   Hyman, Ira ^a   Schreiber, Jessie ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cell phone; Gender; Texting

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

AGE DIFFERENCES; CELL PHONE; CELL PHONE USAGES; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; SOCIAL CONTACTS; TEXTING; YOUNG ADULTS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

EID: 84888325789     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.053     Document Type: Article

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