Pub Date : 2023-08-21DOI: 10.1108/oir-08-2022-0482
S. Arora, J. Debesay, Hande Eslen‐Ziya
PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced challenges to gender equality and gender relations both worldwide and in Norway. There have been massive public discussions on social media platforms, highlighting the potential of analysing public discourses in a non-reactive manner (Rauchfleisch et al., 2021). Further, discourses from social media may affect cultural representations and broad discourses in society (Rambukkana, 2015), such as that related to gender. In this article, by studying the Norwegian Twitter users' discussion on gender as related to COVID-19 pandemic, the authors will examine the everyday gendered discourses.Design/methodology/approachData for this project were collected from the social media platform Twitter. The authors conducted the search on 16th November 2020, and that resulted in a total of 485 results, inclusive of both original tweets and replies. The data were analysed qualitatively using thematic analysis.FindingsThe thematic analysis of the tweets revealed three main categories which were mirrored in recognisable and widespread discourses about gender: (1) stereotypical gendered behaviours, (2) construction of masculinities and (3) othering. The authors argued that the stereotypes on gendered behaviour, traits and ideology together attribute to the maintenance of unequal gender structures.Originality/valueThis article explored discourses on gender on Twitter, the networked public sphere of Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that discourses both reflect and shape social configurations, they have the power to shape gender realities. With the transcendence of social media across geographic boundaries, the authors’ findings are relevant both for Norway and globally.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-08-2022-0482
目的2019冠状病毒病大流行使全球和挪威的性别平等和性别关系再次面临挑战。社交媒体平台上有大量的公共讨论，突出了以非反应性方式分析公共话语的潜力(Rauchfleisch et al.， 2021)。此外，来自社交媒体的话语可能会影响文化表征和社会中的广泛话语(Rambukkana, 2015)，例如与性别有关的话语。在本文中，通过研究挪威Twitter用户对与COVID-19大流行相关的性别的讨论，作者将研究日常性别话语。本项目的设计/方法/方法数据来自社交媒体平台Twitter。作者于2020年11月16日进行了搜索，总共产生了485个结果，包括原始推文和回复。使用专题分析对数据进行定性分析。对推文的主题分析揭示了三个主要类别，这些类别反映在可识别的和广泛的性别话语中:(1)刻板的性别行为，(2)男性气概的构建和(3)他者。作者认为，对性别行为、特征和意识形态的刻板印象共同归因于维持不平等的性别结构。原创/价值本文探讨了2019冠状病毒病大流行期间挪威网络公共领域Twitter上关于性别的话语。鉴于话语既反映又塑造社会形态，它们有能力塑造性别现实。随着社交媒体超越地理界限，作者的研究结果对挪威乃至全球都有意义。同行评议本文的同行评议历史可在:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-08-2022-0482
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Pub Date : 2023-08-11DOI: 10.1108/oir-01-2023-0005
Anat Toder Alon, Hila Tahar
PurposeThis study aims to investigate how message sidedness affects the impact of fake news posted on social media on consumers' emotional responses.Design/methodology/approachThe study involves a face-tracking experiment in which 198 participants were exposed to different fake news messages concerning the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, participants were exposed to fake news using (1) a one-sided negative fake news message in which the message was entirely unfavorable and (2) a two-sided fake news message in which the negative message was mixed with favorable information. Noldus FaceReader 7, an automatic facial expression recognition system, was used to recognize participants' emotions as they read fake news. The authors sampled 17,450 observations of participants' emotional responses.FindingsThe results provide evidence of the significant influence of message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal. Specifically, two-sided fake news positively influences emotional valence, while one-sided fake news positively influences emotional arousal.Originality/valueThe current study demonstrates that research on fake news posted on social media may particularly benefit from insights regarding the potential but often overlooked importance of strategic design choices in fake news messages and their impact on consumers' emotional responses.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1108/oir-04-2022-0245
Xi Xu, Jing Liu, Jia Liu
PurposeMotivating users to self-disclose online is significant to the long-term development of social media. Therefore, research on emotional disclosure, a significant form of self-disclosure, is required. By developing a stimulus-organism-response model, this study aims to investigate the mechanisms by which the social media environment affects users' online emotional disclosure.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes two dimensions of social media environments, the online interpersonal environment (tie strength and network size) and the online information environment (self-reference). They are hypothesized to stimulate users' internal psychological needs (image management and emotional expression) which in turn will influence their emotional disclosure intentions. Using data from 489 users of WeChat Moments, the authors conduct partial least squares analysis to validate the research model.FindingsThe findings show that users' intrinsic psychological needs are stimulated by social media environments, but network size is not correlated with the need for emotional expression. The user's need for emotional expression promotes both positive and negative emotional disclosure intentions. The need for image management has a positive impact on positive emotion disclosure intentions but has a negative impact on negative emotion disclosure intentions.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the understanding of online emotional disclosure. It can also help social media managers create efficient plans to encourage users to create content.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2022-0245.
{"title":"The effect of social media environments on online emotional disclosure: tie strength, network size and self-reference","authors":"Xi Xu, Jing Liu, Jia Liu","doi":"10.1108/oir-04-2022-0245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-04-2022-0245","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeMotivating users to self-disclose online is significant to the long-term development of social media. Therefore, research on emotional disclosure, a significant form of self-disclosure, is required. By developing a stimulus-organism-response model, this study aims to investigate the mechanisms by which the social media environment affects users' online emotional disclosure.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes two dimensions of social media environments, the online interpersonal environment (tie strength and network size) and the online information environment (self-reference). They are hypothesized to stimulate users' internal psychological needs (image management and emotional expression) which in turn will influence their emotional disclosure intentions. Using data from 489 users of WeChat Moments, the authors conduct partial least squares analysis to validate the research model.FindingsThe findings show that users' intrinsic psychological needs are stimulated by social media environments, but network size is not correlated with the need for emotional expression. The user's need for emotional expression promotes both positive and negative emotional disclosure intentions. The need for image management has a positive impact on positive emotion disclosure intentions but has a negative impact on negative emotion disclosure intentions.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the understanding of online emotional disclosure. It can also help social media managers create efficient plans to encourage users to create content.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2022-0245.","PeriodicalId":54683,"journal":{"name":"Online Information Review","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78268550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1108/oir-05-2021-0288
Yang Cai, Xiujun Li, Wendian Shi
PurposeThis study employed self-determination theory (SDT) and the “Motivational affordance–Psychological outcomes–Behavioral outcomes” framework to investigate the relationship between gamification features and knowledge-sharing behavior in online communities.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model was tested with 281 Chinese users from an online social question and answer (Q&A) community. Partial least square structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the data.FindingsThe empirical results revealed that competence mediated the effects of immersion and achievement-related gamification features on knowledge sharing. Moreover, relatedness mediated the effects of immersion, achievement and social-related gamification features on knowledge sharing.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted on a Chinese Q&A platform, and the results may not be generalizable to other cultures or service providers with different goals.Practical implicationsThe study's findings indicate that gamification could serve as an effective toolkit for incentivizing and promoting knowledge sharing in online communities. The findings thus provide strategic insights for administrators of online communities seeking to leverage gamification designs to encourage user participation in knowledge-sharing activities.Originality/valueResearch on the role of gamification in promoting knowledge sharing has been limited in scope and has focused on tourism comment communities. Little evidence exists on the effect of gamification within social Q&A communities. Further, the finding of gamification's positive role in motivating knowledge sharing indicates the need for the knowledge-sharing field to focus on contextual factors.
{"title":"Does gamification affect knowledge-sharing behavior? The mediating role of intrinsic satisfaction needs","authors":"Yang Cai, Xiujun Li, Wendian Shi","doi":"10.1108/oir-05-2021-0288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/oir-05-2021-0288","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study employed self-determination theory (SDT) and the “Motivational affordance–Psychological outcomes–Behavioral outcomes” framework to investigate the relationship between gamification features and knowledge-sharing behavior in online communities.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model was tested with 281 Chinese users from an online social question and answer (Q&A) community. Partial least square structural equation modeling was applied to analyze the data.FindingsThe empirical results revealed that competence mediated the effects of immersion and achievement-related gamification features on knowledge sharing. Moreover, relatedness mediated the effects of immersion, achievement and social-related gamification features on knowledge sharing.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was conducted on a Chinese Q&A platform, and the results may not be generalizable to other cultures or service providers with different goals.Practical implicationsThe study's findings indicate that gamification could serve as an effective toolkit for incentivizing and promoting knowledge sharing in online communities. The findings thus provide strategic insights for administrators of online communities seeking to leverage gamification designs to encourage user participation in knowledge-sharing activities.Originality/valueResearch on the role of gamification in promoting knowledge sharing has been limited in scope and has focused on tourism comment communities. Little evidence exists on the effect of gamification within social Q&A communities. Further, the finding of gamification's positive role in motivating knowledge sharing indicates the need for the knowledge-sharing field to focus on contextual factors.","PeriodicalId":54683,"journal":{"name":"Online Information Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84782064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1108/oir-03-2023-0116
R. Chalmeta, Adriana M. Barbeito-Caamaño
Purpose This study aims to contribute to the field of computer systems for sustainability research. It proposes a framework for sustainability awareness using online social networks (OSNs) by analyzing major research streams of the current state of knowledge and different bibliometric variables, and identifies a future research agenda in the field.Design/methodology/approach The preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA) methodology, content analysis and bibliometric tools were employed to identify, select, collect, synthesize, analyze and evaluate all research published on sustainability awareness using OSNs to provide complete insight into this research area.Findings This study proposed a framework comprising four categories for sustainability awareness using OSNs. These four categories are: the key factors to success, analysis of existing tools, proposal of new methods, approaches and theoretical frameworks, and case examples. In addition, this study synthesized the future research challenges for each category of the proposed framework.Originality/valueFostering sustainability awareness and sustainable behavior using OSNs is a growing area of research that seeks cultural change in society to achieve sustainable development. Through OSNs, people can discover and become aware of the consequences of unsustainable practices and habits in society, and learn how to develop sustainable behavior.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR
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Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1108/oir-01-2023-0028
Tsahi Hayat, Tal Samuel-Azran, S. Goldberg, Yair Amichai-Hamburger
PurposeThe 2020 Coronavirus pandemic forced universities to hastily transition to eLearning on a mass scale, necessitating the identification of populations who are more challenged by the transition. This study aims to identify how students’ level of introversion/extraversion and digital literacy come to play in their satisfaction with the eLearning environment.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis examined 272 Israeli students who moved from a face-to-face learning environment to a Zoom learning environment between March–July 2020, following the outbreak of the pandemic. All the participants completed two rounds of surveys, and 62 of the 272 participants were then interviewed, and their social network was mapped using a sociogram.FindingsFindings indicated that, in accordance with the “poor get richer” hypothesis, introverts expressed more satisfaction from the transition to the video-conferencing Zoom platform than extraverts. In addition, for highly introverted people, high digital literacy was significantly associated with increased course satisfaction, whereas for highly extraverted people, a high number of social ties with peers from the course was associated with course satisfaction.Originality/valueAs expected, the study’s findings shows that there is no “one size fits all” approach for online learning. Learners with different personalities can benefit from learning environments that foster greater satisfaction with the learning experience. Online platforms can, and should, be designed in a way that offers this needed personalization, and this study provides initial principles that can inform such personalization.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-01-2023-0028
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Pub Date : 2023-07-26DOI: 10.1108/oir-09-2021-0477
N. Saqib, Faseeh Amin
PurposeMillions of social media users over the last two decades have become dependent on social media that has negatively affected their lives, both physically and mentally. Earlier attempts on social media addiction (SMA) scale development have not been made in India which makes it essential to undertake such a study in this region. One of the objectives of this study was to explore and identify the relevant dimensions of the SMA in the literature. The main study objective was to develop and validate a scale on SMA in India.Design/methodology/approachThe research design applied in this work was both qualitative and quantitative. Based on the literature review, some themes of SMA were recognized that were used to conduct semi-structured interviews with the concerned subjects. The interviews conducted were then transcribed, and using NVivo software application, content analysis was carried out. This helped in the identification of relevant themes that were used for preparing the questionnaire. After that an exploratory study was conducted to explore the factors of SMA. This was followed by a confirmatory analysis on a different sample that validated the instrument.FindingsThis work developed and validated a six-factor measure of SMA. The total numbers of items in the final instrument are 22. Salience, Tolerance, Mood Modification, Relapse, Withdrawal and Conflict are the six factors of the final scale.Practical implicationsThe current designed instrument can be exceptionally functional for evaluating the occurrence and level of the SMA. This can also serve to assist in the handling and management of such online addictive behavior. A lot of productivity is lost due to the unwarranted time spent on the social media. By better understanding the dimensions of SMA, one can limit one's time on such networks.Social implicationsThis work can provide valuable insight into this domain and help in understanding and treatment of this malaise. It can also help parents and other stakeholders at large to comprehend the danger linked with the excessive social media use and therefore, contribute towards the society. These dimensions can also help counsellors and psychologists to better understand the addiction behavior and accordingly counsel the concerned individual.Originality/valueAlthough many instruments have been developed in the past by researchers to measure SMA,still some aspects of the concept remain under-researched. Moreover, most of such research has been confined to the developed world regions.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-26DOI: 10.1108/oir-04-2023-0157
Yulong Tang, C. Luo, Yan Su
PurposeThe ballooning health misinformation on social media raises grave concerns. Drawing upon the S-O-R (Stimulus-Organism-Response) model and the information processing literature, this study aims to explore (1) how social media health information seeking (S) affects health misinformation sharing intention (R) through the channel of health misperceptions (O) and (2) whether the mediation process would be contingent upon different information processing predispositions.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from a survey comprising 388 respondents from the Chinese middle-aged or above group, one of China's most susceptible populations to health misinformation. Standard multiple linear regression models and the PROCESS Macro were adopted to examine the direct effect and the moderated mediation model.FindingsResults bolstered the S-O-R-based mechanism, in which health misperceptions mediated social media health information seeking's effect on health misinformation sharing intention. As an indicator of analytical information processing, need for cognition (NFC) failed to moderate the mediation process. Contrarily, faith in intuition (FI), an indicator reflecting intuitive information processing, served as a significant moderator. The positive association between social media health information seeking and misperceptions was stronger among respondents with low FI.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on health misinformation sharing research by bridging health information seeking, information internalization and information sharing. Moreover, the authors extended the S-O-R model by integrating information processing predispositions, which differs this study from previous literature and advances the extant understanding of how information processing styles work in the face of online health misinformation. The particular age group and the Chinese context further inform context-specific implications regarding online health misinformation regulation.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2023-0157.
社交媒体上不断膨胀的健康错误信息引发了严重担忧。基于S-O-R(刺激-机体-反应)模型和信息加工文献，本研究旨在探讨(1)社交媒体健康信息寻求(S)如何通过健康误解(O)渠道影响健康错误信息分享意愿(R);(2)中介过程是否取决于不同的信息加工倾向。设计/方法/方法数据收集自一项调查，包括388名中国中年及以上人群的受访者，这是中国最容易受到健康错误信息影响的人群之一。采用标准多元线性回归模型和PROCESS Macro来检验直接效应和调节的中介模型。研究结果支持了基于s - o - r的机制，在该机制中，健康误解介导了社交媒体健康信息寻求对健康错误信息分享意愿的影响。作为分析性信息加工的指标，认知需要(NFC)对中介过程没有调节作用。相反，直觉信念(FI)，一个反映直觉信息处理的指标，起到了显著的调节作用。社交媒体健康信息寻求与误解之间的正相关关系在低FI的受访者中更强。原创性/价值本研究通过连接健康信息寻求、信息内化和信息共享，揭示了健康错误信息共享研究。此外，作者通过整合信息处理倾向扩展了S-O-R模型，这与之前的文献不同，并推进了对信息处理风格如何面对在线健康错误信息的现有理解。特定年龄组和中国背景进一步说明了在线健康错误信息监管的具体情况。同行评议本文的同行评议历史可在:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2023-0157。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-11DOI: 10.1108/oir-11-2021-0631
Bimbisar Irom
PurposeThe study seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between remediations and participation in new media. By lending some transparency, the analysis hopes to contribute toward generating a critical optics aware of the potentials and pitfalls of emergent media.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology is visual semiotic analysis. The author make no claim for one, true interpretation or critical judgment about the images.FindingsIn demonstrating some shortfalls of Instagram affordances, the analysis shows how social media sites can develop tools that encourage users to engage in civic consciousness and respectful political debate. The study makes clear that new media tools can hamper or aid participatory logics.Originality/valueTo author’s knowledge, no other study that has analyzed remediated images related to the controversial confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. It is also important to place these images in the contexts of “iconicity” in emergent media (a concept increasingly being eroded in new media environment).
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Pub Date : 2023-07-06DOI: 10.1108/oir-04-2022-0208
Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Antoni Meseguer-Artola, Qianqian Fu
PurposeAn integrative model that predicts users' stickiness to WeChat is built. In the proposed model, perceived value plays a dual mediating role in the causal pathway from users' immersive experiences of presence and flow to their engagement and stickiness. Furthermore, presence is treated as a bi-dimensional construct made up of spatial feelings and the sense of being in company, and users' engagement is conceived as cognitive, affective and behavioural contributions to WeChat's marketing functions.Design/methodology/approachThe authors develop a measurement instrument and analyse data from a survey of 917 WeChat users. They use a hybrid partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and neural network approach to confirm the reliability and validity of the measurement items and all the relationships between the constructs.FindingsThe paper provides robust evidence about the mediating influences of both utilitarian and hedonic value on users' engagement with the immersive experiences of presence and flow. An additional finding highlights the role of social norms in engagement and stickiness.Originality/valueRather than studying the effects of the immersive experiences of presence and flow from either a hedonic or a utilitarian perspective, the authors consider how immersive experiences shape both utilitarian and hedonic value, as well as their joint impact (along with that of social norms) on users' engagement and stickiness.
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