...Isaac Vaghefi Purpose This study investigates the temporary discontinuance of social media. Building on stimulus-response binding and priming mechanisms, we propose a research model illustrating how compulsive social media use–through hedonic consumption, social interaction and content sharing...

.... This is made possible through the strategic use of social media, which involves (1) endorsing emergent norms and (2) enforcing those norms through a disciplining process. Practical implications We offer practical suggestions for virtual community moderators and members on strategically using social media...

...Xi Han; Ke Liao; Yuan Chen; Xinai Jin; Wenting Han Purpose The pervasive spread of commercial misinformation on social media poses significant risks to businesses and brands, with potentially devastating consequences for their reputation and financial stability. Given its unique nature and far...

... and survey methods are used to collect data. Study 2 analyzed UGC posted to Sina Weibo, which is a popular social media platform in China, testing the study’s proposed model with negative binomial regression analysis. Findings Study 1 indicates that posting UGC related to “what I did” (vs “what I have...

... these reactions. Design/methodology/approach Based on psychological reactance theory, we develop a four-stage model consisting of “external stimulus – threat perception – reactance – behavioral response” to investigate how echo chambers affect users’ psychology and behavior on social media. This study...

...Kofi Osei-Frimpong; Nazrul Islam; Caroline Korkor Ahorkonu; Lebene Richmond Soga; Graeme McLean Purpose This study explores the dark side effects of continuous social media brand community (SMBC) participation on consumer psychological ill-being. Design/methodology/approach A two-wave online...

...Matiena Marie Scheppe; Anna Luise Seiffen; Adele Berndt Purpose Social media (SM) provides a range of positive and negative benefits to users, and an SM detox has been suggested as a way to deal with its negative effects. Instagram (IG) is one of Generation Y’s most widely used SM platforms, noted...

...Jing Wang; Xinran Dai Purpose The widespread use of the Internet and social media has accelerated the dissemination of information. However, their openness, anonymity, and lack of effective regulation have also contributed to a disorderly online environment and frequent incidents of cyber-violence...

...Hongfei Liu; Yue Meng-Lewis; Wentong Liu Purpose Social media played an irreplaceable role in young people’s online social life and information consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research focuses on the impact of excessive information on social media about COVID-19 vaccines...

...Hsiao-Pei (Sophie) Yang; Tommy K. H. Chan; Hai-Anh Tran; Bach Nguyen; Han Lin Purpose This research examines how universities enhance the virality of their social media messages among students. Specifically, we explore whether and how positive affective content in universities’ social media posts...

... is framed on social media. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining how people frame the futures of work and intelligent machines when they post on social media. Design/methodology/approach We investigate public interpretations, assumptions and expectations, referring to framing expressed in social...

...Jitendra Yadav; Kuldeep Singh; Nripendra P. Rana; Denis Dennehy Purpose Social media has played a pivotal role in polarizing views on Russia–Ukraine conflict. The effects of polarization in online interactions have been extensively studied in many contexts. This research aims to examine how...

...Labeeba Kothur; Vidushi Pandey Purpose This paper aims to investigate the mechanisms through which social media news consumption across different platforms leads to opinion polarization in society. To this end, the authors draw from cultivation theory to examine whether social media news...

...Hsiao-Ting Tseng; Waqar Nadeem; M. Sam Hajli; Mauricio Featherman; Nick Hajli Purpose Consumers may enjoy the information sharing and social support made available when a social media platform is used for pre-purchase research; however, do consumers reevaluate the privacy and security...

...Brad McKenna; Wenjie Cai; Hyunsun Yoon Purpose Research into older adults' use of social media remains limited. Driven by increasing digitalisation in China, the authors focus on Chinese older adults (aged 60–75)’ use of WeChat. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative...

...Ashraf Khalil; Salam Abdallah; Rafiq Hijazi; Kundan Sheikh Purpose This study aims to understand the patterns of content-sharing behaviour on major social media platforms by young adult users with reference to how these sharing patterns are influenced by two main sociocultural factors...

...Liang Ma; Xin Zhang Purpose Work interruptions (WIs) due to social media are becoming more and more common in the daily lives of organizations. However, the relationship between WI and work performance of employees is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the effects of WIs due to social...

...” are easy signals to process, “liked” social media contents are more “visible” (Pfeffer and Salancik, 2015). In fact, many social media websites (e.g. Yahoo! Finance message boards) sort the threads partly based on the number of “likes” by default. As a result, “liked” threads or messages usually receive...

...Wilson Ozuem; Michelle Willis; Silvia Ranfagni; Kerry Howell; Serena Rovai Purpose Prior research has advanced several explanations for social media influencers' (SMIs’) success in the burgeoning computer-mediated marketing environments but leaves one key topic unexplored: the moderating role...

...Jian-Ren Hou; Sarawut Kankham Purpose Fact-checking is a process of seeking and displaying facts to confirm or counter uncertain information, which reduces the spread of fake news. However, little is known about how to promote fact-checking posts to online users on social media. Through...