Young people's use of online social networking sites – a uses and gratifications perspective

By Áine Dunne, M. Lawlor, Jennifer E. Rowley. 2010

494 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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In Communication

1. Hagit Meishar-Tal
2. Yusniza Kamarulzaman
3. Izzal Asnira Zolkepli
4. Efrat Pieterse

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Hagit Meishar-Tal
2. Yusniza Kamarulzaman
3. Izzal Asnira Zolkepli
4. Efrat Pieterse

Citations in the corpus

• Why Do Academics Use Academic Social Networking Sites (2017, background): “In a study among girls age 12–14 who use the Internet, the need to create an ideal image for themselves was found to be an important motive for gratification (Dunne et al., 2010), Another gratification that typifies the use of social networks is “killing time” and escapism.”
• Social media adoption: The role of media needs and innovation characteristics (2015, background): “In line with this, Dunne, Lawlor, and Rowley (2010) conclude that maintaining relationships in the social context is a key driver for using social networking sites.”
• Fake news and COVID-19: modelling the predictors of fake news sharing among social media users (2020, unknown): “Previous study reported that the desire for social connection predicted news sharing behaviour (Dunne et al., 2010).”