Can online buddies and bandwagon cues enhance user participation in online health communities?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-333

  Kim, Hyang Sook ^a   Shyam Sundar, S ^b,c  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bandwagon cues; Online buddy; Online communities; Sense of community; Social facilitation; User participation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH;

BANDWAGON CUES; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE BUDDY; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; SOCIAL FACILITATIONS; USER PARTICIPATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84903129407     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.039     Document Type: Article

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