A theory of social media dependence: Evidence from microblog users

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-49

  Wang, Chuang ^a,b   Lee, Matthew K O ^b   Hua, Zhongsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognitive affective behavioral model; Dependence; Habit; Problematic technology use; Social media

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADDICTION; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; DEPENDENCE; HABIT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY USE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84919484959     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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