Caught in the Web? Addictive behavior in cyberspace and the role of goal-orientation

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-109

  Barnes, Stuart J ^a   Pressey, Andrew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognitive absorption; Consumer behavior; Goal orientation; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; MARKETING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADDICTION; ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS; COGNITIVE ABSORPTIONS; GOAL-ORIENTATION; GOAL-ORIENTED; POLICY MAKERS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WORLD OF WARCRAFT;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COGNITION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; POLICY MAKING; SURVEY METHOD; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84902074212     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.024     Document Type: Article

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