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Profiling the user types of instant messaging app from the uses and gratification theory approach

Published Online: 2026-01-28

Published Print: 2026-02

Authors

Yueh, Hsiu-Ping https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-3836
Hsu, Long-Jing
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC112-2410-H-002-121-MY3)

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC114-2622-H-002-002)

National Taiwan University (NTU-114L8947)
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Article History

Received: 16 June 2023

Accepted: 14 December 2025

First Online: 28 January 2026

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: Each named author has substantially contributed to conducting the underlying research and drafting this manuscript.Each of the authors confirms that this manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by any other journal.Additionally, to the best of our knowledge, the named authors have no conflict of interest, financial or otherwise.

: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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