Why Do Young People Avoid Photo Tagging? A New Service Avoidance Scale

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 480-497

  Dhir, Amandeep ^a,b,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

adolescent; avoiding service; cross sectional survey; photo tagging; untagging; young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023761600     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439316653636     Document Type: Article

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