Pictures Speak Louder than Words: Motivations for Using Instagram

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 552-556

  Lee, Eunji ^a   Lee, Jung Ah ^a   Moon, Jang Ho ^b   Sung, Yongjun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KOREA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KOREA; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941122358     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2015.0157     Document Type: Article

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