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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Validating the Gratifications Associated with the Use of the Smartphone and the Internet by University Students in Chile, Ecuador and Spain

Andrés García-umañaSantiago Mengual-andrésRamón Tirado-morueta

subject

Cultural StudiesInternet usebusiness.industryCommunication05 social sciencesInternet privacy050801 communication & media studies050109 social psychology0508 media and communications0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesThe InternetSociologybusinessUses and gratifications theory

description

The pervasiveness of the smartphone and the Internet among young university students can cause both benefits and problematic behaviour mediated by the motivations of the users. This study, using th...

https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2021.1898449