Adoption of Mobile Devices/Services — Searching for Answers with the UTAUT
HICSS '06 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 06
Determinants of adoption of mobile games under mobile broadband wireless access environment
Information and Management
Smartphones Enabling Mobile Collaboration
HICSS '08 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 41st Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Social networks, gender, and friending: An analysis of MySpace member profiles
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Data mining emotion in social network communication: Gender differences in MySpace
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Integrating TTF and UTAUT to explain mobile banking user adoption
Computers in Human Behavior
Mobile phones during work and non-work time: A case study of mobile, non-managerial workers
Information and Organization
Social Interaction in YouTube Text-Based Polylogues: A Study of Coherence
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Social Networking Sites: Their Users and Social Implications — A Longitudinal Study
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Web Technologies of the Self: The Arising of the “Blogger” Identity
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Computers in Human Behavior
Behaviour & Information Technology
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The technology adoption and use question has been extensively researched; however, gaining synthesis in the literature has been challenging owing to the myriad of theoretical frameworks and study contexts. A consolidation was surmised by the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), although recent studies have yielded new questions as technologies and societies change. We sought to determine whether factors grounded by the UTAUT would be predictive of the use of ''new'' media. To do this, we conducted a field study of non-work related and discretionary use of ''social media'' and ''smart device'' applications. Using linear regression with interactions, we learned that technology use may evolve on a continuum, and that use may depend on the technology itself. Moreover, our research indicated that perhaps age and gender may not play as significant a role in new technology use and adoption as previously reported in the literature. We concluded that each medium is reflected in differential use characteristics and may not be accurately predicted by a unified use concept. Our findings have both research and practical implications.