Falling in love with online games: The uses and gratifications perspective

By Jen-Her Wu, Shu-Chin Wang, Ho-Huang Tsai. Computers in Human Behavior, 2010

432 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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In Communication

1. Juho Hamari
2. Max Sjöblom
3. Bahiyah Omar
4. Dequan Wang
5. V. Pitardi
6. Gina Masullo Chen
7. Hannah R. Marriott

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1. Max Sjöblom
2. Juho Hamari
3. Thomas Hainey
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5. Elizabeth A. Boyle
6. Bahiyah Omar
7. Dequan Wang
8. V. Pitardi

Citations in the corpus

• What is eSports and why do people watch it? (2017, methodology): “…(LaRose and Eastin, 2004; Papacharissi and Mendelson, 2010; Papacharissi and Rubin, 2000; Whiting and Williams, 2013), including online games (Wu et al., 2010), Facebook ( Joinson, 2008), video streaming (Cha, 2014; Chiang and Hsiao, 2015; Sjöblom and Hamari, 2017), Twitter ( Johnson and…”
• Engagement in digital entertainment games: A systematic review (2012, background): “Wu, Wang, and Tsai (2010) examined why players want to continue playing a particular game.”
• Alexa, she's not human but… Unveiling the drivers of consumers' trust in voice‐based artificial intelligence (2021, background): “Previous research has outlined that users are driven by hedonic benefits when interacting with technology (Wu et al., 2010).”
• Customers' need for uniqueness theory versus brand congruence theory: The impact on satisfaction with social network sites (2020, neutral): “Indeed, for an SNS to flourish it needs to maintain a competitive advantage by satisfying the ‘gratification’ purpose(s) of its users that motivate continuous use (Wu, Wang, and Tsai, 2010; Chang and Zhu, 2012).”
• Watch, Share or Create: The Influence of Personality Traits and User Motivation on TikTok Mobile Video Usage (2020, background): “Most studies conceptualize media use as the degree of media exposure [35] or habitual use of media in everyday life [36].”
• Tweet this: A uses and gratifications perspective on how active Twitter use gratifies a need to connect with others (2011, methodology): “The U&G approach has been found to be a useful framework for Internet research (Bumgarner, 2007; Chung & Kim, 2008; Hollenbaugh, 2010; Johnson & Yang, 2009; Joinson, 2008; Kaye, 2005; Ko, 2000; Ko et al., 2005; LaRose & Eastin, 2004; LaRose et al., 2001; Raacke & Bonds-Raacke, 2008; Wu et al., 2010)”