"PIN" pointing the motivational dimensions behind Pinterest

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-200

  Mull, Ian R ^a   Lee, Seung Eun ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivations; Pinterest; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893956803     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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