Library Hi Tech: Volume 41 Issue 3

Editorial: Special selections on contemporary social media and social network research

Dickson K. W. Chiu, Kevin K.W. Ho

Counterattacking long videos: exploring the characteristics of popular instant videos and roles of producers and viewers

Yanyan Chi, Eunil Park

Recently, analyses of the characteristics of viral content in the social media field have attracted considerable attention. However, the influence of instant videos has grown…

Analysis of YouTube video contents on Koha and DSpace, and sentiment analysis of viewers' comments

Maya Deori, Vinit Kumar, Manoj Kumar Verma

The purpose of the study is to evaluate certain characteristics of the videos of the software Koha and DSpace posted on YouTube. Since YouTube has the potential to provide the…

The effects of gratifications, flow and satisfaction on the usage of livestreaming services

Chin Lung Hsu, Judy Chuan-Chuan Lin

This study combines uses and gratifications theory and flow theory to create an integrated model that predicts continuance intention to use and satisfaction with livestreaming…

Toward the dialectical evaluation of online information: the roles of personality, self-efficacy and attitude

Hamid Keshavarz, Amir Vafaeian, Ali Shabani

User behavior in online information evaluation is the result of a multitude of factors related to social, cultural, personal and psychological issues. The present study aimed to…

Research on the influencing factors of the switching behavior of Chinese social media users: QQ transfer to WeChat

Cong Yin, Yujing Zhou, Peiyu He, Meng Tu

This research takes the transfer behavior of users from Tencent QQ to WeChat as an example to discuss the wider transfer behavior of social media users on the Internet.

What are the key indicators for evaluating the service satisfaction of WeChat official accounts in Chinese academic libraries?

Kun Zhang, Peixin Lu

WeChat official account (WCOA) is an emerging and important platform for academic library services, which greatly accelerates the development of this field. This article aims to…

Why should I contribute my voice? Analysis of members' knowledge contribution behavior from a perspective of social distance

Min Zhang, Yunxiao Xue, Jun Yang, Yan Zhang

Members' knowledge contribution behavior has positive significance for maintaining the activity of the knowledge community, as well as for improving knowledge interaction…

The effects of visual formats on Facebook health-related posts: evidence from eye movement analysis

JungWon Yoon, Sue Yeon Syn

This study aimed to provide user-centered evidence for health professionals to make optimal use of images for the effective dissemination of health information on Facebook (FB).

Users’ health information sharing intention in strong ties social media: context of emerging markets

Min Zhang, Wen Lin, Zhen Ma, Jun Yang, Yan Zhang

This paper aims to theorize and examine how central cognition elaboration cue and peripheral cognition elaboration cue influence users’ health information sharing intention in…

Too close to lie to you: investigating availability management on multiple communication tools across different social relationships

Chien Wen (Tina) Yuan, Nanyi Bi

In a world where different communication technologies support social connection, managing unavailability is as important as, if not more important than, managing availability. The…

Social network analysis of mythology field

Sümeyye Akça, Müge Akbulut

The main purpose of the study is to detect, monitor the mythology field and make predictions of the development of it using social network analysis metrics. Mythology, which is…

Characterizing response quantity on academic social Q&A sites: a multidiscipline comparison of linguistic characteristics of questions

Lei Li, Anrunze Li, Xue Song, Xinran Li, Kun Huang, Edwin Mouda Ye

As academic social Q&A networking websites become more popular, scholars are increasingly using them to meet their information needs by asking academic questions. However…

Social media emergency information assessment of major emergencies: a case study of additional emotional characteristics

Chunnian Liu, Qi Tian, Xiaogang Zhu

This study aimed to analyze existing problems in the dissemination and management of emergency information on social media platforms, improve social media users' experience…

When feminism meets social networks

Gila Prebor

The purpose of this study is to examine how different feminist Facebook groups in Israel operate in order to better understand the main issues in their discussions about feminism…