Ubiquitous use of mobile social network services

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 422-433

  Nikou, Shahrokh ^a   Bouwman, Harry ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Habitual behaviour; Mobile social network services; Social influence; Use context

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SMARTPHONES;

CRITICAL MASS; HABITUAL BEHAVIOUR; MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; USE CONTEXT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84893795744     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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