{"title":"What Affects the Level of Social Networking Site Daily Usage?: An Empirical Analysis of Greek University Students","authors":"I. Antoniadis, Vaggelis Saprikis, I. Koukoulis","doi":"10.4018/ijebr.2020010103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Socialnetworkingsites(SNSs)constituteacrucialtopicofdebateconcerningtheeffectonbusiness andsociety.Thereasonsforuseandthetimepeoplespendonthemhavealsobeenatopicthathas beenhighlyresearchedanddiscussedasseveralsocial,psychological,educational,andethicalissues ariseduetothepropagationofsocialmediaandSNSsinalldemographicgroups,andespeciallyin youngerpeopleandstudents.Thisarticleaimstoinvestigatethefactorsthataffectthelevelofdaily usageofSNSsbyuniversitystudents.FourmajorfactorsthataffectSNSsusagewereidentified: debating,socializing,expression,andentertainmentseeking.Theresultsshowthat twoof them, namelydebatingandentertainmentseeking,haveasignificanteffectonthelevelofSNSsdailyusage providingusefulinsightintothewaysthatuniversitystudentsutilizeSNSs. KEyWoRDS Consumer Behavior, Debating, Discriminant Analysis, E-Marketing, Entertainment Seeking, Level of Use, Post Adoption Stage, Social Networking","PeriodicalId":13628,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Bus. Res.","volume":"10 1","pages":"47-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Bus. Res.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijebr.2020010103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Socialnetworkingsites(SNSs)constituteacrucialtopicofdebateconcerningtheeffectonbusiness andsociety.Thereasonsforuseandthetimepeoplespendonthemhavealsobeenatopicthathas beenhighlyresearchedanddiscussedasseveralsocial,psychological,educational,andethicalissues ariseduetothepropagationofsocialmediaandSNSsinalldemographicgroups,andespeciallyin youngerpeopleandstudents.Thisarticleaimstoinvestigatethefactorsthataffectthelevelofdaily usageofSNSsbyuniversitystudents.FourmajorfactorsthataffectSNSsusagewereidentified: debating,socializing,expression,andentertainmentseeking.Theresultsshowthat twoof them, namelydebatingandentertainmentseeking,haveasignificanteffectonthelevelofSNSsdailyusage providingusefulinsightintothewaysthatuniversitystudentsutilizeSNSs. KEyWoRDS Consumer Behavior, Debating, Discriminant Analysis, E-Marketing, Entertainment Seeking, Level of Use, Post Adoption Stage, Social Networking