| Title |
There’s an App for that: The Uses and Gratifications of Online Social Networks for Gay Men
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Sexuality & Culture, January 2012
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s12119-012-9127-4 |
| Authors |
David Gudelunas |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 231 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 221 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Researcher | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 14% |
| Unknown | 39 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 92 | 40% |
| Psychology | 40 | 17% |
| Arts and Humanities | 19 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 12 | 5% |
| Linguistics | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 19 | 8% |
| Unknown | 44 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
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#7,215,067
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#249
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#61,686
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Outputs of similar age from Sexuality & Culture
#3
of 5 outputs
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