Drivers of intensive Facebook usage among university students: An implications of U&G and TPB theories

Technology in Society

Volumn 62, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Raza, Syed Ali ^a   Qazi, Wasim ^a   Shah, Nida ^a   Qureshi, Muhammad Asif ^b   Qaiser, Shahzad ^b   Ali, Ramsha ^c  

^a IQRA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Facebook usage; PLS SEM; TBP theory; U G theory; University students

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES; INFORMATION SEEKING; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STRUCTURED EQUATION MODELING; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

INFORMATION USE;

NETWORKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 85088371231     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101331     Document Type: Article

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