Online Information Review: Volume 48 Issue 2

The utilitarian and hedonic value of immersive experiences on WeChat: examining a dual mediation path leading to users' stickiness and the role of social norms

Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Antoni Meseguer-Artola, Qian Fu

An 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'…

Effect of information literacy on lifelong learning, creativity, and work performance among journalists

Haleema Saadia, Muhammad Asif Naveed

This research examined the effects of information literacy on lifelong learning, creativity, and work performance among journalists in Pakistan.

Between remediating and participating: visuals of the Ford–Kavanaugh controversy on Instagram

Bimbisar Irom

The 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…

Examining the impacts of social media on the psychological well-being in a patriarchal culture: a study of women in Pakistan

Iffat Ali Aksar, Amira Firdaus, Jiankun Gong, Saadia Anwar Pasha

The unstoppable and exponential growth of social media use has given rise to concerns about the consequent effects on users. Among the major concerns are the psychological…

Understanding health misinformation sharing among the middle-aged or above in China: roles of social media health information seeking, misperceptions and information processing predispositions

Yulong Tang, Chen Luo, Yan Su

The ballooning health misinformation on social media raises grave concerns. Drawing upon the S-O-R (Stimulus-Organism-Response) model and the information processing literature…

Framework for using online social networks for sustainability awareness

Ricardo Chalmeta, Adriana M. Barbeito-Caamaño

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…

Does gamification affect knowledge-sharing behavior? The mediating role of intrinsic satisfaction needs

Yang Cai, Xiujun Li, Wendian Shi

This study employed self-determination theory (SDT) and the “Motivational affordance–Psychological outcomes–Behavioral outcomes” framework to investigate the relationship between…

Employing face reading technology to study the effects of the fake news' message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal

Anat Toder Alon, Hila Tahar

This study aims to investigate how message sidedness affects the impact of fake news posted on social media on consumers' emotional responses.

The effect of social media environments on online emotional disclosure: tie strength, network size and self-reference

Xi Xu, Jing Liu, Jia Hao Liu

Motivating users to self-disclose online is significant to the long-term development of social media. Therefore, research on emotional disclosure, a significant form of…

Introversion-extraversion and online course satisfaction

Tsahi Hayat, Tal Samuel-Azran, Shira Goldberg, Yair Amichai-Hamburger

The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic forced universities to hastily transition to eLearning on a mass scale, necessitating the identification of populations who are more challenged by…

Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case

Sanjana Arora, Jonas Debesay, Hande Eslen-Ziya

The 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…