Facebook use and gratifications: A study directed to determining the facebook usage of generations X and Y in Turkey

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 238-249

  Alemdar, Mine Yeniceri ^a   Köker, Nahit Erdem ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Facebook; Generations X and Y; SNS usage mativations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892513046     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p238     Document Type: Article

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