Do educational affordances and gratifications drive intensive Facebook use among adolescents?

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Highlights：

• Cross-sectional study with 942 adolescent Facebook users from India.

• Instrument on educational affordances and U&G of Facebook were developed.

• Content U&G did not, but process, technology and social U&G did predict IFU.

• Educational affordances of Facebook did not significantly predict IFU.

• Theoretical and practical implications for scholars, developers and policy makers.

摘要

•Cross-sectional study with 942 adolescent Facebook users from India.•Instrument on educational affordances and U&G of Facebook were developed.•Content U&G did not, but process, technology and social U&G did predict IFU.•Educational affordances of Facebook did not significantly predict IFU.•Theoretical and practical implications for scholars, developers and policy makers.

论文关键词：Adolescents,Cross-sectional survey,Educational affordances,Facebook,High school students,Intensity of Facebook use,Intensity of service use,Uses and gratifications (U&G)

论文评审过程：Received 17 June 2016, Revised 10 November 2016, Accepted 11 November 2016, Available online 20 November 2016, Version of Record 20 November 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.014