Generational differences in content generation in social media: the roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism
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Previous studies have demonstrated relationship creation and maintenance, passing time, information seeking, entertainment, sharing personal information, affection, and social surveillance as key gratifications obtained from SNS use.
“Previous studies have clearly demonstrated relationship creation and maintenance, passing time, information seeking, entertainment, sharing personal information, affection,and social surveillance as some of the key gratifications obtained from SNS use (Cheng, Liang, & Leung, 2014;Joinson, 2008;Leung, 2013;Papacharissi & Mendelson, 2010;Quan-Haase & Young, 2010;Whiting & Williams, 2013).”
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- Authors
- Leung, L.
- Affiliations
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Leung, Louis
- ORCID
- Leung, Louis
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-05
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 997-1006
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2034164864
- Cited by
- 417
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 49 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 65.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Keywords
- generational differences, gratification sought, narcissism, Facebook use, blog use, online forums, need for affection, need for recognition, exhibitionism, baby boomers
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