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Overview

Robert LaRose is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research focus spans several main fields of study including Decision Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, and the Social Sciences.

The subfields within these areas include Information Systems and Management, Marketing, and Sociology and Political Science. Their work addresses topics such as Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Sharing Economy and Platforms, and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Robert LaRose has contributed to scholarly literature through publications in venues such as Educational Gerontology. Their recent paper, "Bringing older consumers onboard to online banking: a generational cohort comparison," was published in 2022 in Educational Gerontology and has been cited 18 times.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert LaRose include:

  • Mengtian Jiang
  • Nora J. Rifon
  • Shelia R. Cotten
  • Saleem Alhabash
  • Hsin-yi Sandy Tsai

Publication venues associated with Robert LaRose's work include:

  • Educational Gerontology

The combination of fields, subfields, and topics in Robert LaRose's research reflects an interdisciplinary approach concentrating on the interaction between technology and society, consumer behavior, and digital environments.

Best Publications

  • Internet Self-Efficacy and the Psychology of the Digital Divide

    Matthew S. Eastin;Robert LaRose

  • A Social Cognitive Theory of Internet Uses and Gratifications: Toward a New Model of Media Attendance

    Robert LaRose;Matthew S. Eastin

  • Unregulated Internet Usage: Addiction, Habit, or Deficient Self-Regulation?

    Robert LaRose;Carolyn A. Lin;Matthew S. Eastin

  • Loneliness as the cause and the effect of problematic Internet use: the relationship between Internet use and psychological well-being.

    Junghyun Kim;Robert LaRose;Wei Peng

  • Understanding Internet usage: a social-cognitive approach to uses and gratifications

    Robert LaRose;Dana Mastro;Matthew S. Eastin

  • Internet Gratifications and Internet Addiction: On the Uses and Abuses of New Media

    Indeok Song;Robert Larose;Matthew S. Eastin;Carolyn A. Lin

  • How does online social networking enhance life satisfaction? The relationships among online supportive interaction, affect, perceived social support, sense of community, and life satisfaction

    Hyun Jung Oh;Elif Ozkaya;Robert Larose

  • Getting Hooked on News: Uses and Gratifications and the Formation of News Habits Among College Students in an Internet Environment.

    Arvind Diddi;Robert LaRose

  • Serious social media: On the use of social media for improving students' adjustment to college

    David C. DeAndrea;Nicole B. Ellison;Robert LaRose;Charles Steinfield

  • Personal Internet use at work: Understanding cyberslacking

    Jessica Vitak;Julia Crouse;Robert LaRose

  • Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology

    Joseph Straubhaar;Robert LaRose;Lucinda Davenport

  • Reformulating the Internet paradox: Social cognitive explanations of Internet use and depression.

    Robert LaRose;Matthew S. Eastin;Jennifer Gregg

  • The Problem of Media Habits

    Robert LaRose

  • Your Privacy Is Sealed: Effects of Web Privacy Seals on Trust and Personal Disclosures

    Nora J. Rifon;Robert LaROSE;Sejung Marina Choi

  • Closing the rural broadband gap: Promoting adoption of the Internet in rural America

    Robert LaRose;Jennifer L. Gregg;Sharon Strover;Joseph Straubhaar

  • Understanding online safety behaviors

    Hsin-yi Sandy Tsai;Mengtian Jiang;Saleem Alhabash;Robert LaRose

  • Promoting i-Safety: Effects of Privacy Warnings and Privacy Seals on Risk Assessment and Online Privacy Behavior

    Robert Larose;Nora J. Rifon

  • Is Online Buying out of Control? Electronic Commerce and Consumer Self-Regulation

    Robert LaRose;Matthew S. Eastin

  • Privacy issues in Internet surveys

    Hyunyi Cho;Robert LaRose

  • Electronic Bulletin Boards and “Public Goods” Explanations of Collaborative Mass Media

    Sheizaf Rafaeli;Robert J. LaROSE

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew S. Eastin
Matthew S. Eastin The University of Texas at Austin
Charles Steinfield
Charles Steinfield Michigan State University
David Atkin
David Atkin University of Connecticut
Shelia R. Cotten
Shelia R. Cotten Clemson University
Nicole B. Ellison
Nicole B. Ellison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Wei Peng
Wei Peng Michigan State University
Jessica Vitak
Jessica Vitak University of Maryland, College Park
Carolyn A. Lin
Carolyn A. Lin University of Connecticut
Tony H. Grubesic
Tony H. Grubesic University of California, Riverside
Aletha C. Huston
Aletha C. Huston The University of Texas at Austin

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