The impact of addiction to Twitter among university students

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Volumn 276 LNEE, Issue , 2014, Pages 231-236

  Saaid, Shahnil Asmar ^a   Al Rashid, Nalisa Alia Amin ^a   Abdullah, Zaridah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Twitter; University students

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; STUDENTS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

ADDICTION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; PHONE SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWITTER; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84899826272     PISSN: 18761100     EISSN: 18761119     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40861-8_35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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