A Tale of Four Platforms: Motivations and Uses of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat Among College Students?

The current research explores differences between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat in terms of intensity of use, time spent daily on the platform, and use motivations. The study applies the uses and gratifications (U&G) approach to contrast the four platforms. A cross-sectional survey...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Saleem Alhabash, Mengyan Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-02-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305117691544