..., people started panic buying to avoid these negative consequences. People believed that there were differences between the information shared by politicians and government officials and reality, such as “everything is under control,” whereas social media showed people standing in long queues...

...Chunxiao Yin; Yongqiang Sun; Yulin Fang; Kai Lim Purpose Although microblogs have become an important information source, the credibility of their postings is still a critical concern due to the open and unregulated nature. To understand the antecedents of microblog information credibility...

...Neil F. Doherty; Sharul T. Tajuddin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fill a gap in the literature, by investigating the relationship between users’ perceptions of the value of the information that they are handling, and their resultant level of compliance with their organisation’s...

... the only macroeconomic data on mobile banking currently available. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mobile communications Mobile banking Empirical study Inequality Poverty Information Information sharing Quality of growth G20...

...Mahfuz Ashraf; Helena Grunfeld; Md. Rakibul Hoque; Khorshed Alam Purpose Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have received much attention as a tool for development for several decades. One way in which ICTs were introduced in developing countries, particularly prior to the advent...

...Jun Huang; Si Shi; Yang Chen; Wing S. Chow Purpose The purpose of this paper is to tend to further develop an understanding of information trustworthiness in the context of Wikipedia and examine the moderating effects of gender on the association between trustworthiness and intention to adopt...

...Vincent Cho; Humphry Hung Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness of mobile messaging for the purposes of information sharing and social networking based on the types of social ties involved. The authors identify two psychological traits in the model: perceived...

... ”, Journalism and Communication , Vol. 13 No. 4 , pp. 43 - 53 . Yu, L. (2010), “ How poor informationally are the information poor? Evidence from an empirical study of daily and regular information practices of individuals ”, Journal...

...Allen C. Johnston; James L. Worrell; Paul M. Di Gangi; Molly Wasko Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how participation in an online health community provides for direct benefits in the form of information utility and social support and an indirect influence on perceptions of patient...

... empirical information systems research. Design/methodology/approach Applies the critical lens to a multi‐year examination of variation in the career narratives of women in the American IT labor force. While an interpretive epistemology was initially chosen for this research project, over time, analysis...

...‐intensive firm. Based on a case study analysis of an expert consultancy where e‐mail was used successfully for information and knowledge search, and Lotus Notes was used with mixed results in project working, argues that the complexity of articulating the knowledge creation process can be reduced by using e...

...Peter H. Gray Knowledge management systems designed to facilitate the storage and distribution of codified knowledge affect the distribution of power within organizations. Drawing on the literature that describes the impact of information technology on power and control, this article proposes two...

... that a Health Care Practitioner meeting the criteria for a Health Care Professional should largely determine the information he or she needs to allow the practice of good health care (“need‐to‐know”). On the other hand those whose work does not accord them Health Care Professional status should, where...

...Angela Lin Parts three and four focus on consumption and policy issues in the information society. Part three (chapters 12‐16), “Living in an information society: ICTs in the home, education, and democratic processes”, examines different factors that are most likely to influence consumption...

... the third person singular neuter pronoun form when referring to Dasein.) First, we will consider the relevancy of Heidegger’s existential analysis and investigation of technology in the information age. We will then discuss structures of being in the world and examine inauthentic and authentic...

...; dwelling with mystery; capacity to drop the tools; valuing marginal practices. Will the last agenda play a key role in coping with the information infrastructures of the next millennium? © MCB UP Limited 1998 Schematically, a typical management (and consulting) agenda concerning the creation...

... telecommunication deregulation in Brazil to explain the changing organizational information and intelligence needs of Telebrás SA, the Brazilian holding company that manages the telecommunication monopoly. Brazil Competitive strategy Deregulation Information Intelligence Telecommunications © MCB UP...