Online Information Review: Volume 41 Issue 5

An investigation of the online presence of UK universities on Instagram

Emma Stuart, David Stuart, Mike Thelwall

Rising tuition fees and a growing importance on league tables has meant that university branding is becoming more of a necessity to attract prospective staff, students, and…

Exploring the use of online video games to detect personality dichotomies

Juan Feldman, Ariel Monteserin, Analía Amandi

Personality trait detection is a problem that has been gaining much attention in the computer science field recently. By leveraging users’ personality knowledge software…

Making sense of comments on YouTube educational videos: a self-directed learning perspective

Chei Sian Lee, Hamzah Osop, Dion Hoe-Lian Goh, Gani Kelni

Through the lens of self-directed theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate if social technologies such as YouTube will be viable to disseminate educational instructions…

External supports in reward-based crowdfunding campaigns: A comparative study focused on cultural and creative projects

Zheshi Bao, Taozhen Huang

The purpose of this paper is to discuss some drivers which can promote reward-based crowdfunding campaigns and then compare their effects on two categories of cultural and…

Journal portals – an important infrastructure for non-commercial scholarly open access publishing

Bo-Christer Björk

The purpose of this paper is to look at third party journal portals, which facilitate the low-cost publishing of open access journals. Portals have become very important enablers…

Factors affecting users’ online privacy literacy among students in Israel

Maor Weinberger, Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Dan Bouhnik

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes and influential factors of users’ knowledge and use of the tools designated for controlling and enhancing online privacy…

“Click like if you like it”: the effect of directional posts on social network sites

Manuela López, Maria Sicilia, Peeter W.J. Verlegh

Social network sites (SNSs) are an important part of consumers’ everyday lives, and have been recognized as a useful marketing channel. However, little is known about how brands…

Knowledge sharing among innovative customers in a virtual innovation community: The roles of psychological capital, material reward and reciprocal relationship

Depeng Zhang, Fuli Zhang, Mengfei Lin, Helen S. Du

Based upon social cognition and social exchange theories, the purpose of this paper is to develop and test a conceptual model, suggesting that customer psychological capitals…

Effects of the characteristics of online multimedia synergy on consumers’ message acceptance and message response

Xuebing Dong, Yaping Chang, Xiaojun Fan

Marketers recognize that the internet is crucial in the lives of consumers; thus, they invest money on online advertisements. Using multiple online media primarily influences the…

Explaining teaching uses of Wikipedia through faculty personal and contextual features

Josep Lladós-Masllorens, Eduard Aibar, Antoni Meseguer-Artola, Julià Minguillón, Maura Lerga

The purpose of this paper is to explore which personal and contextual factors affect the use of Wikipedia as a teaching resource in higher education institutions.

Social networking for scientists: an analysis on how and why academics use ResearchGate

Nicole Muscanell, Sonja Utz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the usage and utility of ResearchGate (RG), which is a social networking site where scientists disseminate their work and build their…