• DocumentCode
    3311111
  • Title

    A schema change of Skype users in user intention and social behavior

  • Author

    Lin, Su-Sui ; Tai, Wei-Shen ; Fang, Kwo-Ting

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Manage., Nat. Yunlin Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Douliou
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-20 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    2199
  • Lastpage
    2204
  • Abstract
    Computer-mediate communication (CMC), an electronic information exchange tool has been becoming an integral part of work and living for moderns. A preliminary study is proposed to discover schema changes of Skype users. The longitudinal interpretive Grounded theory approach was applied in this study. Three findings were discovered in this paper. First, the social influence model plays an important role. Second, Skype users will increase their enjoyment if it is at a lower fee or free. And lastly, Skype´s application provider should improve its capability and provide more new functions to sustain the user´s agreeable experience.
  • Keywords
    computer mediated communication; electronic data interchange; human factors; Skype application provider; Skype user; computer-mediate communication; electronic information exchange tool; longitudinal interpretive Grounded theory approach; social behavior; Application software; Cities and towns; Consumer electronics; Context modeling; Costs; Electrical capacitance tomography; Employment; Information management; Peer to peer computing; Predictive models; CMC; ECT; Schema change; Sense making; Social Influence Model; TAM;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Advanced Communication Technology, 2008. ICACT 2008. 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Gangwon-Do
  • ISSN
    1738-9445
  • Print_ISBN
    978-89-5519-136-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICACT.2008.4494226
  • Filename
    4494226