Do educational affordances and gratifications drive intensive Facebook use among adolescents?

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• 作者：Amandeep Dhir^a ; ^b ; ^{amandeep.dhir@tdt.edu.vn} ; Ashraf Khalil^c ; ^{ashraf.khalil@adu.ac.ae} ; Kirsti Lonka^b ; ^e ; ^{kirsti.lonka@helsinki.fi} ; Chin-Chung Tsai^d ; ^{cctsai@mail.ntust.edu.tw}
• 关键词：Adolescents ; Cross-sectional survey ; Educational affordances ; Facebook ; High school students ; Intensity of Facebook use ; Intensity of service use ; Uses and gratifications (U&G)
• 刊名：Computers in Human Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：68
• 期：Complete
• 页码：40-50
• 全文大小：398 K
• 卷排序：68

文摘

Cross-sectional study with 942 adolescent Facebook users from India. Instrument on educational affordances and U&G of Facebook were developed. Content U&G did not, but process, technology and social U&G did predict IFU. Educational affordances of Facebook did not significantly predict IFU. Theoretical and practical implications for scholars, developers and policy makers.