Understanding the appeal of user‐generated media: a uses and gratification perspective
Abstract
Purpose User‐generated media (UGM) like YouTube, MySpace, and Wikipedia have become tremendously popular over the last few years. The purpose of this paper is to present an analytical framework for explaining the appeal of UGM. Design/methodology/approach This paper is mainly theoretical due to a relative lack of empirical evidence. After an introduction on the emergence of UGM, this paper investigates in detail how and why people use UGM, and...
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Title
Understanding the appeal of user‐generated media: a uses and gratification perspective
Published Date
Jan 30, 2009
Journal
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
7 - 25
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