... discourse around VF tends to be based on anecdotal evidence and reports. Second, the authors explore potential theoretical explanations surrounding the phenomena, to address the lack of understanding behind the processes by which VF affects individuals. Anxiety Burnout Communication technologies Media...

...). Thus, personal identities can be developed on SNSs as known networked selves in which “individual and collective identities are simultaneously presented and promoted” (Papacharissi, 2011 , p. 305). Relationship Communication technologies SNS Social media Communication Personality Social...

... technologies Customer loyalty Online survey Cooperative processing Mobile instant messaging (MIM) The invention of mobile phones has ushered in a new era of information and communication technology, drastically changing people’s lives (Schadler et al., 2014). Various applications...

... Communication technologies Online community has become a very popular internet application. According to a report issued by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) in July 2010, about half of the internet population has ever used online community (CNNIC, 2010). Especially, the proliferation...

... the business world, how the users themselves view 6SNS and what benefits they can get are crucial to its sustainability. Wesley Shu can be contacted at: shu@mgt.ncu.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Social networks Communication technologies Experimental design...

... of this paper goes one step further by suggesting how the discourse for each of the two approaches could be furthered by more deliberately and concretely drawing on the value of complementarities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Information technology Communication technologies Disruptive...

..., the index /library/books/ti+au/substring may give a title and author search, whereas /library/books/text/exact may give an exact‐word full‐text search. Addresses are discussed in more detail below. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Worldwide web Internet Communication technologies...

... together various indexing services, producing the fabric on which resource discovery techniques can be applied. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Internet Communication technologies Information management The Internet contains a massive amount of information, but it is hard to use...

... NCSA is making the complete Mosaic system freely available and distributable for all academic and research organizations and purposes. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Communication technologies Information retrieval Internet In recent years the explosive global growth...

.... At the close of hearings on the information services debate in the last Congress, EFF was asked to investigate the prospects of ISDN as an Open Platform. To date, we have reached the following conclusions: Communication technologies Computer communications software Public policy United States...

..., because of information content, to obtain compensation based on fault. Internet Communication technologies Digital communication systems © Authors 2010 The growth in digital networks as media for exchanging information has raised three concerns: 1. Under what circumstances...

... mail. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Internet Worldwide web Communication technologies The Internet is made up of more than 5,000 separate computer networks in more than 70 countries. These networks are interconnected in a variety of ways and speeds and are bound together...

.... Binshan Lin can be contacted at: Binshan.Lin@LSUS.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Channel relationships Communication technologies Electronic commerce Small to medium‐sized enterprise Malaysia The approach of conducting business has been constantly evolving from...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Computer networks Data security Communication technologies Local area networks The home network is a new IT technology environment offering convenient, safe, and pleasant lives to users, making possible the provision of a variety of home network...

... and Yuan (2007) , including three conceptual methodology designs: the privacy design, reputation management design, and trust management design. But in is paper we focus on the theoretical support of proximity value. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Trust Social networks Communication...

...‐commerce from e‐commerce. Originality/value The paper develops a revised ACSI model to identify individual critical factors and the degree of effect. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Customer satisfaction Customer loyalty Communication technologies Korea Electronic commerce...

... and will be of interest to those in the same field. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Computer networks User interfaces Communication technologies Control technology In recent years, we have experienced the emergence of federated approaches to resource sharing. In these approaches, trust links...

... Information transfer Expectation Communication technologies Weblogs (or blogs) are a new type of media that have recently become popular among differing groups and users on the World Wide Web. Millions of people use blogs in varying ways, including publishing information, transferring knowledge...

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... of the virtual community. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Internet Communication technologies Information exchange Developments in virtual communities have already had a significant effect on the digital environment (Bergquist and Liungberg, 2001 ; de Souza and Preece, 2004...