Online Information Review: Volume 47 Issue 4

Development of the cybercrime awareness scale (CAS): a validity and reliability study in a Turkish sample

Ibrahim Arpaci, Ersin Ateş

Cybercrimes increase day by day in parallel to cyber-attacks and cyber-threats. Due to such an increase, required cybersecurity precautions against all kinds of cyber-attacks and…

Citizen involvement in digital transformation: a systematic review and a framework

Caihua Liu, Didar Zowghi

The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the factors influencing the success of digital transformation (DT) and problems/challenges in DT as well as the…

Search engine optimization (SEO) for digital marketers: exploring determinants of online search visibility for blood bank service

Dušan Mladenović, Anida Rajapakse, Nikola Kožuljević, Yupal Shukla

Given that online search visibility is influenced by various determinants, and that influence may vary across industries, this study aims in investigating the major predictors of…

Will reviewer recommendation source and cured status bias review helpfulness in online health community?

Yajie Hu, Shasha Zhou

Online reviews in online health communities (OHCs) have been a vital information source for patients. The extant literature on the bias effects of helpful reviews mainly…

Empirical investigation of the impact of overload on the discontinuous usage intentions of short video users: a stressor-strain-outcome perspective

Dingyu Ye, Dongmin Cho, Jianyu Chen, Zhengzhi Jia

This study focuses on perceived overload from environmental stimuli and individual psychology and behavioral interactions. It constructs a theoretical model with overload as the…

Uses and gratifications of a tablet computer for children: an analysis of online customer reviews

Kirsten Schlebbe

The number of children using and owning mobile devices has grown significantly in the last decade. By applying a uses and gratifications approach, this paper aims to explore what…

Digital data and practice change: the impact of innovative web portals on user knowledge building and decision-making processes

Angela Murphy, Alison Ollerenshaw

The impact of innovative web portals on users, from access to application, is gaining interest as the global call for increased data availability gains momentum. This study…

The coming of age for paid digital campaigning: equalization or normalization in the 2019 Belgian federal elections?

Gunther Vanden Eynde, Gert-Jan Put, Bart Maddens

Paid digital campaigning tools play an increasingly pivotal role in individual election campaigns worldwide. Extant literature often juxtaposes the equalization theory, which…

Does publication history influence the integrity of the journals: studying publication timelines and their impact on journal metrics?

Ubaid Ullah Shah, Rabiya Mushtaq, Suhail Ahmad Bhat, Sumeer Gul

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the relationship of Journal Publication Timeline (submission to first decision and submission to final decision) with various Journal…

Evaluating the elevation of authoritative health content online during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michael James Walsh, Stephanie Alice Baker, Matthew Wade

To respond to the COVID-19 “infodemic” and combat fraud and misinformation about the virus, social media platforms coordinated with government healthcare agencies around the world…