Online Information Review: Volume 43 Issue 7
Table of contents
Understanding social media users’ unfollow intentions: take WeChat subscriptions as an example
Ge Zhang, Liang Ma, Xin Zhang, Xiao Yan Ding, Yi Ping YangAn increasing number of users join and become immersed in WeChat official accounts, but many users quit using these services as well. Nevertheless, most of the previous studies…
Using social media to explore regional cuisine preferences in China
Chengzhi Zhang, Zijing Yue, Qingqing Zhou, Shutian Ma, Zi-Ke ZhangFood plays an important role in every culture around the world. Recently, cuisine preference analysis has become a popular research topic. However, most of these studies are…
Collaborative query reformulation in tourism information search
Jia Tina Du, Abu Shamim Mohammad Arif, Preben HansenCollaborative information search (CIS) is a growing and significant research area. Query formulation and reformulation is an important search strategy in information search…
Shocking secret you won’t believe! Emotional arousal in clickbait headlines: An eye-tracking analysis
Supavich (Fone) PengnateClickbait has become a popular strategy for attracting online users by enticing them to follow the link to a particular website to read further. The purpose of this paper is to…
Unpackaging stakeholders’ motivation for participating in the social media of the higher education sector: A comparison of the European and US experience
Laura Saraite-Sariene, María del Mar Gálvez-Rodríguez, Arturo Haro-de-Rosario, Carmen Caba-PerezIncreasingly, universities are adopting social media as a strategy to improve their competitive advantage. However, little is known of whether or not stakeholders are actually…
Examining differences among book reviews from various online platforms
Chengzhi Zhang, Tiantian Tong, Yi BuWebsites have their own features in aspect preference (e.g. the relative importance platforms place on product aspects in product evaluation). The purpose of this paper is to…
A comparative analysis of Twitter users who Tweeted on psychology and political science journal articles
Yanfen Zhou, Jin-Cheon NaThe purpose of this paper is to understand the similarities and differences between the Twitter users who tweeted on journal articles in psychology and political science…
Information and knowledge management in higher education institutions: the Polish case
Marek DejaThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the problem of information and knowledge management (IKM) in higher education institutions. The research aims to determine the way in which…
The role of flow for mobile advergaming effectiveness
Sara Catalán, Eva Martínez, Elaine WallaceBased on flow theory, the purpose of this paper is to explain why the use of mobile advergames can enhance players’ brand perceptions and purchase intentions, as well as the…
Factors of trust in data reuse
Ayoung Yoon, Yoo Young LeeThe purpose of this paper is to quantitatively examine factors of trust in data reuse from the reusers’ perspectives.
@Digital libraries: harnessing Twitter to build online communities
Iris Xie, Jennifer A. StevensonThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the types of roles that Twitter played in digital libraries (DLs) and their relationships in building DL online communities.
Developing a mobile SNS addiction scale utilizing factor analysis and the Rasch model
Xinghua WangThe purpose of this paper is to develop a mobile social networking service (SNS) addiction scale to measure respondents’ addiction levels.
Why pay? An empirical study of paid-for SQA sites in China
Faming Zhang, Qifan Hu, Xupeng FangThe once failed paid-for social question and answer (SQA) service is in full swing in China. The traditional profit model, which typically relies on advertising, is abandoned in…
Privacy in the context of reciprocity: conceptualizing users’ choices
Ashraf Khalil, Huma Zia, Salam AbdallahThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of reciprocity in privacy settings on the compromises and losses in utility encountered by users. The authors base our study…
@Houstonpolice: an exploratory case of Twitter during Hurricane Harvey
Seungwon Yang, Brenton StewartThe purpose of this paper is to examine the Houston Police Department (HPD)’s public engagement efforts using Twitter during Hurricane Harvey, which was a large-scale urban crisis…
Conceptualizing self-documentation
Tim GorichanazSelf-documentation is an increasingly common phenomenon, but it is not yet well understood. The purpose of this paper is to provide a philosophical framework for analyzing…
How can WeChat contribute to psychosocial benefits? Unpacking mechanisms underlying network size, social capital and life satisfaction among sojourners
Hua PangThe purpose of this paper is to systematically unpack whether and how WeChat network size is correlated with perceived social capital and life satisfaction among Chinese overseas…

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