...Richard Kornrumpf; Jason Gainous; Kevin M. Wagner; Tricia J. Gray Purpose We argue that the information flow on Twitter is largely driven by elite communication with a top-down flow, while Facebook’s bottom-up flow is driven by mass public communication. Both are crucial news sources...

.... Hee-Woong Kim can be contacted at: kimhw@yonsei.ac.kr 24 12 2018 15 03 2019 08 05 2019 12 05 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Consumer behaviour Mixed methods Communications technology Communication...

...Stefan Stieglitz; Milad Mirbabaie; Tobias Kroll; Julian Marx Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the communication behaviour on Twitter during the rise of a preventable corporate crisis. It aims to contribute to situational crisis response strategies, and to broaden the authors...

... identity, remote identity, or multiple ego identity in the era of online communication (e.g. Chalmers and Clark, 1998). Moreover, several studies argued that personality factors can predict the use of SNSs. (e.g. Chen et al., 2016 ; Liu and Baumeister, 2016). In this way, self-identity...

...@gmail.com 21 10 2014 26 11 2014 11 05 2015 18 09 2015 03 11 2015 14 11 2015 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Internet marketing ANOVA Advertising Communication Online operations Integrating...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Online communication is considered to be a strategic resource for the success of non-profit organizations (NPOs) (Lee et al., 2001 ; Lovejoy and Saxton, 2012). In particular, it is a very useful tool...

...Kim Holmberg; Iina Hellsten Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a study about gender differences in the climate change communication on Twitter and in the use of affordances on Twitter. Design/methodology/approach – The data set consists of about 250,000 tweets and retweets...

... in general, and the European Parliament elections specifically, suggest that in the UK the Internet is primarily used for monologic communication and supporting the normalisation thesis. This study suggests, within an era of Web 2.0, a slight refinement to this interpretation. Nigel Jackson can...

... their information more on their website. Consequently, consumers trust more toward the company and then have higher disclosure intentions. Originality/value Traditionally, most interpersonal communication research indicates when someone discloses more, the other communication participant also discloses more...

..., that is, assesses the attitude of blog readers through their subjective experiences within the communication process. Design/methodology/approach An empirical survey is used to test the hypotheses. The sample is 349 users who browse blogs frequently. Data are analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM...

... ; Dispensa and Brulle, 2003). In this sense, online discussions are composed of large amounts of postings that can be considered as “voices” in this cyberspace. Group discussion Internet Communication Social dynamics The role and dynamics of public debates have been of central interest...

...Hsiu‐Chia Ko; Chun‐Po Yin; Feng‐Yang Kuo Purpose Viewing the blog technology as an integral part of the current social‐technical environment, this research aims to investigate whether the main influences on message diffusion within a blog community originate from external mass media channels...

... Privacy Communication Discrete control systems Trade secrets Open telecommunication networks, and in particular the Internet, have been growing substantially during the last years. At the same time, a wide variety of electronic services have emerged, and the number of people who are using...