Technology-driven gratifications sought through text-messaging among college students in the U.S. and Japan

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Highlights：

• College students seek six technology-driven gratifications through text-messaging.

• Those who seek technology-driven gratifications perceive text-messaging as rich.

• Technology-driven gratifications sought leads to greater satisfaction.

• Technology-driven gratifications sought leads to greater communication effectiveness.

• Some differences in text-messaging use between college students in the U.S. and Japan.

摘要

•College students seek six technology-driven gratifications through text-messaging.•Those who seek technology-driven gratifications perceive text-messaging as rich.•Technology-driven gratifications sought leads to greater satisfaction.•Technology-driven gratifications sought leads to greater communication effectiveness.•Some differences in text-messaging use between college students in the U.S. and Japan.

论文关键词：Text-messaging,Uses & gratifications,Media richness,Communication competence,College students

论文评审过程：Received 26 July 2016, Revised 5 December 2016, Accepted 7 December 2016, Available online 26 December 2016, Version of Record 31 December 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.022