Promote physical activity among college students: Using media richness and interactivity in web design

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-50

  Lu, Yu ^a   Kim, Youjeong ^b   Dou, Xue ^c   Kumar, Sonali ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Balfour Resource Group   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Interactivity; Media richness; Physical activity; Web based health intervention

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; WEB DESIGN; WEBSITES;

COLLEGE STUDENTS; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; INTERACTIVITY; MEDIA RICHNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84907772127     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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