Tweet this: A uses and gratifications perspective on how active Twitter use gratifies a need to connect with others
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Different features of Twitter (e.g., retweets, replies, likes) were associated with the gratification of need to connect to other Twitter users.
“Previous studies investigating Twitter use from the U> perspective have reported different features of Twitter (e.g., retweets, replies, likes, etc.) were associated with the gratification of need to connect to other Twitter users (Chen 2011).”
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- Authors
- Chen, G. M.
- Affiliations
- Syracuse University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Gina Masullo
- ORCID
- Chen, Gina Masullo
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 755-762
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2094028256
- Semantic Scholar
- fe29c3909e356a1815c67d9b2862c527ea8a2072
- Cited by
- 747
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 65 · 2020: 57 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 65 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 69 · 2014: 66 · 2013: 51 · 2012: 28
- FWCI
- 40.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
- Keywords
- Twitter, uses and gratifications theory, social networking, microblogging, social media use
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