Media Selection: A Method for Understanding User Choices Among Popular Social Media Platforms

How a person perceives social media platforms should provide insight on the platforms they choose to use or not. Literature reviews highlight studies focused on demographic, familiarity, social influence, application, and usefulness as a means to differentiate choice/use. This study combines quantitative and qualitative techniques to examine Social Media Platform (SMP) preferences.

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