Discord Use and Intent
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https://doi.org/10.47611/jsrhs.v11i3.3795Keywords:
Discord, Discord Usage, Discord Use Intent, Discord Messaging Tool, Discord ApplicationAbstract
Discord is a text, voice, and video-based online application that facilitates voice and video calls, media sharing, and text messaging. Although Discord was initially developed and released for gamers, the uses of Discord can apply to many other scenarios: friends just chatting, online schooling, and more. This study focuses on the facets that influence current and future Discord usage. A 10-minute IRB-approved survey was given to a total of 175 students from a public midwestern university. Results of this study show that current Discord use and future Discord use intent are predicted by different attitudes. Current use was only found to be significantly associated with social norms surrounding the user and the user’s amount of time spent gaming. On the other hand, future Discord use intent was significantly associated with perceived usefulness, facilitating resources, amount of time spent gaming, and amount of time spent on any other social media application.
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