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WhatsApp

verfasst von : Cristóbal Fernández Robin, Scott McCoy, Diego Yáñez

Erschienen in: Social Computing and Social Media. Applications and Analytics

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

More than one billion people use WhatsApp nowadays, out of which 70% uses it daily. In this scenario, this study seeks modelling the variables that influence the intention to use WhatsApp. To this end, 579 surveys based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology are conducted. The descriptive results show that individuals use WhatsApp mainly motivated by leisure. In this sense, according to the SEM, the variable with greatest influence on behavioral Intention is hedonic motivation, followed by social influence, performance expectancy and effort expectancy. These results indicate that people use WhatsApp principally because it is fun, enjoyable, very entertaining, something more inherent to an entertainment application than to a messaging application.

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Metadaten
Titel
WhatsApp
verfasst von
Cristóbal Fernández Robin
Scott McCoy
Diego Yáñez
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58562-8_7

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