Trying to understand social media users and usage: The forgotten features of social media platforms

Online Information Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 256-264

  Weller, Katrin ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Literature review; Social media; Social media research; Social networking sites; User behaviour; User motivations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION;

LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; USER BEHAVIOUR; USER MOTIVATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AWARENESS; HUMAN; MONITORING; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS;

EID: 84962374062     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/OIR-09-2015-0299     Document Type: Review

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