Why do people access news with mobile devices? Exploring the role of suitability perception and motives on mobile news use

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-117

  Shim, Hongjin ^a   You, Kyung Han ^b   Lee, Jeong Kyu ^c   Go, Eun ^b  

^a Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)   (South Korea)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mobile news; Motivations; Perceived suitability; Smart phone; Social networking service; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; SMARTPHONES;

BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS; INFORMATION SEEKING; MOBILE NEWS; PERCEIVED SUITABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; USERS' PERCEPTION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84922337817     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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