College Student Motives for Chatting on ICQ
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2001-12-01
scimago Q1
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SJR: 2.400
CiteScore: 13.7
Impact factor: 4.3
ISSN: 14614448, 14617315
Sociology and Political Science
Communication
Abstract
Results from a random sample of 576 college students show that relaxation, entertainment and fashion are instrumental motives for ICQ (`I seek you') use while inclusion, affection, sociability and escape are the intrinsic motives. Students who are heavy users of ICQ are motivated by affection and sociability whilst light users are motivated by fashion. Use of emails and ownership of cellular phones seem to be significant predictors of ICQ use. Students who spend longer time on ICQ sessions also play online games more often for entertainment, live in dormitories, have a lower household income, and do not subscribe to any ISP service at home. Female ICQ users tend to chat longer and more frequently for reasons of sociability while males spend less time on each session for entertainment and relaxation. The findings suggest that ICQ is a technology that facilitates social relations and is a major source of entertainment for college students.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1177/14614440122226209
UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/14614440122226209
TI - College Student Motives for Chatting on ICQ
T2 - New Media and Society
AU - Leung, Louis Y
PY - 2001
DA - 2001/12/01
PB - SAGE
SP - 483-500
IS - 4
VL - 3
SN - 1461-4448
SN - 1461-7315
ER -
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@article{2001_Leung,
author = {Louis Y Leung},
title = {College Student Motives for Chatting on ICQ},
journal = {New Media and Society},
year = {2001},
volume = {3},
publisher = {SAGE},
month = {dec},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/14614440122226209},
number = {4},
pages = {483--500},
doi = {10.1177/14614440122226209}
}
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Leung, Louis Y.. “College Student Motives for Chatting on ICQ.” New Media and Society, vol. 3, no. 4, Dec. 2001, pp. 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614440122226209.