... Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Communication Democracy Internet Latin America Political attitudes Social media The body of work on the effects of social media on political attitudes has shown a positive relationship between...

... analyzing 52 papers published between 2010 and 2024, with the majority disseminated after 2021. Findings The primary findings indicate a gradual shift from focusing on internet research to exploring social networking sites, with consistent attention on gaming and mobile device usage. Moreover...

... only The extensive distribution of fake news on the internet (FNI) has significantly affected many lives. Although numerous studies have recently been conducted on this topic, few have helped us to systematically understand the antecedents and consequences of FNI. This study contributes...

...Yue Qian Purpose The spread of the Internet has transformed the dating landscape. Given the increasing popularity of online dating and rising immigration to Canada, this study takes an intersectional lens to examine nativity and gender differentials in heterosexual online dating. Design...

...Mamoun N. Akroush; Bushra K. Mahadin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine a multidimensional model of customer perceived value (CPV), customer satisfaction (CS) and loyalty from internet subscribers’ perspectives. Design/methodology/approach In total, 1,297 out of 2,000 online...

...Ibrahim Arpaci; Şahin Kesici; Mustafa Baloğlu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of psychological needs in the association between individualism and internet addiction. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method design was used by comprising of 602 college...

...Zhi-Jin Zhong; Tongchen Wang; Minting Huang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet censorship, which is represented by the Great Fire Wall, on Chinese internet users’ self-censorship. Design/methodology/approach A 3×2 factorial experiment (n=315...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Internet Internet marketing Consumer behaviour Social networks Community networks User involvement As of June 2014, more than 277 million Americans spent an average of 32 hours each week online (www.internetworldstats.com). With such a large percentage...

...Daniel Edgardo Cano Murillo; Juyoung Kang; Sora Yoon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the major factors in the intention to adopt pro-social behavior through the internet by dividing them into personal factors and internet factors. Design/methodology/approach...

... of processing 6,200 independent data streams. The targeted applications are crowd tracking and miniature-scale pipeline monitoring. Zhuming Bi can be contacted at: biz@ipfw.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Internet Algorithms IT System design Applications software...

... et al., 2011 ; Vriens and van Petegem, 2012). A recent review attempted to gain more information about the prevalence and characteristics of e-internship and involved several internet searches using several search terms and languages (Jeske and Axtell, 2013). The paper provides an overview...

...Pan Ji; W. Wayne Fu Purpose This study aims to examine how information and social gratifications sought by Internet users affect their affinity for the Internet or for particular types of online content. Design/methodology/approach A survey was administered in Singapore to collect data...

..., but the systematic processing via scrutinizing the product‐attribute information is not likely to influence their evaluation as it may not decrease perceived financial risk: Online informediary Price dispersion Internet Price comparison Prices Consumers The explosive growth of the e‐commerce has...

... and use SNSs, using insights from previous studies related to internet innovation adoption cycles. Findings The study confirmed that SNS adoption follows a general path of Internet innovation adoption by brands. Industry markets exert influence, with technology and consumer intensive brands being more...

.... Findings Group‐buying operators need to understand their consumers and the scheduling shopping rules between internet shoppers and firms. Moreover, word‐of‐mouth (WOM) can be created online by offering web visitors the ability to access the opinions of satisfied customers. Practical implications...

... is especially important in the hospitality and tourism industry, whose intangible products are difficult to evaluate prior to their consumption. When WOM becomes digital, the large‐scale, anonymous, ephemeral nature of the Internet induces new ways of capturing, analyzing, interpreting, and managing...

... relationship management Internet Apriori algorithm C5.0 decision tree RFM model Customer values The purpose of this research is to employ data mining technologies to discover customers’ markets and rules of dynamic CRM systems for online retailers. The data mining technologies have been widely...

...; and 2. social network analysis. Text mining Social networks Data analysis Internet Consumer behaviour Information exchange Digital communication systems The importance of information exchange via the internet is becoming even more significant with the growth of virtual communities...

...Sung‐Eon Kim; Kirk P. Arnett Purpose Horizontal mega portals power the Internet by guiding millions of users who wish to communicate, search, shop, and perform a multitude of other tasks made possible via the Internet. The purpose of this study is to find which portal service functions generate...

...Rahul Gadekar; Kiran Thakur; Peng Hwa Ang Purpose The purpose of this exploratory study is to look at how the Internet was used by political parties and candidates during the Indian parliamentary elections of 2009. Design/methodology/approach A total of 31 web sites belonging to political...