Love Internet, love online content: Predicting Internet affinity with...
AbstractPurpose– This study aims to examine how information and social gratifications sought by Internet users affect their affinity for the Internet or for particular types of online content....
View ArticleForecasting the pulse: how deviations from regular patterns in online data...
AbstractPurpose - The steady increase of data on human behavior collected online holds significant research potential for social scientists. We add to this research by a systematic discussion of...
View ArticlePredicting Information Credibility in Time-Sensitive Social Media
AbstractPurpose - Twitter is a popular microblogging service which has proven, in recent years, its potential for propagating news and information about developing events. In this work, we focus on the...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Predictive Power of Social Media
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this article is to consolidate existing knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of the use of Social Media (SM) data for predictions in various areas, such as...
View ArticleMeasuring blog service innovation in social media services
AbstractPurpose - Blog is a web-based social activity that has become mainstream media. This study developed a measurement instrument for assessing blog service innovation, which social media services...
View ArticleFormation of augmented-reality interactive technology’s persuasive effects...
AbstractPurpose - This study examines the extent to which presence, media richness, and narrative experiences yield the highest experiential value in augmented-reality interactive technology...
View ArticleCharacteristics of food advergames that reach children and the nutrient...
AbstractPurpose - This study investigates the content of food advergames and the nutritional quality of foods promoted in those advergames with the presence of child visitors....
View ArticleIncremental performance of an eChannel addition: long-term and volatility...
AbstractPurpose - The current research attempts to use the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to evaluate the incremental performance of an eChannel addition.Design/methodology/approach - Data...
View ArticleThe effects of hedonic/utilitarian expectations and social influence on...
AbstractPurpose - Our focus in this study is a model that predicts continuance intention of online multi-player games. In this integrated model, the social cognitive theory (SCT) lays out the...
View ArticleInternet addiction among young people in China: Internet connectedness,...
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to investigate the interrelationships between Internet connectedness, online gaming, Internet addiction symptoms and academic performance decrement among the...
View ArticleThe online purchase as a context for co-creating experiences. Drivers of and...
AbstractPurpose - We elaborate on the concept of engagement platforms and the theories of co-creation of value to analyze the purchase as a context for customers to co-create their own experiences....
View ArticleAdoption readiness, personal innovativeness, perceived risk and usage...
AbstractPurpose - This research seeks to accomplish two objectives – to test the functional relationship between adoption readiness, perceived risk and usage intention for mobile payments in India and...
View ArticleWhose online reviews have the most influences on consumers in cultural...
AbstractPurpose - To improve the effectiveness of online reviews in the cultural industries, this study attempts to examine the effects of online cultural reviews of professional and consumer...
View ArticleUnderstanding online shopping intention: the roles of four types of trust and...
AbstractPurpose - This study aims to provide a better picture of factors influencing behavioral decisions in online shopping by identifying different targets of trust and discussing their antecedents...
View ArticleWhy do people play mobile social games? An examination of network...
AbstractPurpose - This study aims to identify the factors that influence people to play socially interactive games on mobile devices. Based on network externalities and theory of uses and...
View ArticleFirm web visibility and its business value
AbstractPurpose - This article theoretically analyzes and empirically tests the business value of firm web visibility, including its relationship to advertising efficiency and long-term financial...
View ArticleSequential combination of consumer experiences and their impact on product...
AbstractPurpose - This study explored the impact of the sequential combination of consumer experiences on product knowledge and brand attitude. Additionally, the moderating role of desire for unique...
View ArticleCross-border e-commerce: consumers’ intention to shop on foreign websites
Internet Research, Ahead of Print. Purpose Little research has been done to investigate how consumers decide to shop across national borders. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that...
View ArticleNot so positive, please!
Internet Research, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of positive online consumer reviews (OCRs) on changes in the individual’s evaluations from the pre-purchase...
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