Understanding the motivation to use web portals

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-273

  Nam, Junghyun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Entertainment; Intention to use; Motivation; Social escapism; Web portals; Web use

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SERVICES; PORTALS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

ENTERTAINMENT; INFORMATION PRODUCTS; INTENTION TO USE; INTERACTIVE CONTROL; PERSONAL SERVICES; PRIVACY CONCERNS; SOCIAL ESCAPISM; WEB USE;

MOTIVATION; PORTALS;

EID: 84899433974     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.074     Document Type: Article

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