Our study titled ‘The Janus Face of Facebook: Positive and negative Sides of Social Networking Site Use’ contributes to understanding of the dark side of social networking site (SNS) use by discussing the role voyeurism …
Having a large number of applications in the marketplace is often considered a critical success factor for mobile ecosystems such as iOS and Android as well as for software ecosystems in general. Our study titled …
In our study “Gratifications from using freemium music streaming services: Differences between basic and premium users” we identify four gratifications, namely enjoyment, ubiquity, discovery of new music and social connectivity pertinent to online music streaming …
The increased use of the freemium business model and the introduction of new tools have made analytics pervasive in the video game industry. The research on game analytics is scant and descriptive. Thus, reasons for …
Our study “Digital natives in social virtual worlds: A multi-method study of gratifications and social influences in Habbo Hotel” advances the understanding of digital natives as virtual world users. The study can be summarized with …
Our study “Social virtual world continuance among teens: uncovering the moderating role of perceived aggregate network exposure” focuses on the role of network externalities in affecting the continued user engagement in virtual worlds. In many …
The aim of our study titled “Promoting Health in Virtual Worlds: Lessons from Second Life” was to find out whether Second Life is a working and functional platform supporting the empowerment of people in health-related …
Our study titled “Purchasing behavior in social virtual worlds: An examination of Habbo Hotel” examines to what extent the characteristics of the user experience that motivate usage behavior can also be used to predict purchasing …
Social virtual worlds (SVWs) have become important environments for social interaction. At the same time, the supply and demand of virtual goods and services is rapidly increasing. For SVWs to be economically sustainable, retaining existing …