Table 1

Measurement scales statistics

MeasuresLoadingsMeansαCR (AVE)
SMF: social media fatigue (Zhang et al., 2016; Adhikari and Panda, 2020)  0.8390.903 (0.756)
Sometimes I feel bored and tired of using social media0.8864.10  
I am at times disinterested on whether something is happening on social media0.9033.94  
Sometimes I feel worn out from using social media0.8174.12  
When it comes to brands’ presence on social media…    
BCO: branded content overload (Bright et al., 2015; Adhikari and Panda, 2020)  0.7660.866 (0.683)
I am likely to receive too much information on brands when using social media
when I am using social media
0.7953.82  
The amount of information on brands on social media is overwhelming0.8243.83  
I feel social media is cluttered with too much information, including on brands0.8593.87  
BAI: brand advertising intrusiveness (Bright and Logan, 2018; Li et al., 2002)  0.8240.895 (0.739)
When branded ads are shown on social media, I find them invasive0.8793.50  
When branded ads are shown on social media, I find them intrusive0.8383.51  
When branded ads are shown on social media, I find them interfering0.8623.59  
BCI: branded content irrelevance (McKinney et al., 2002)  0.7870.875 (0.700)
I feel that the brands’ content on social media is not always applicable to me0.8774.10  
Brands’ content on social media is often not related to my interest0.8323.91  
In general, brands’ content on social media is irrelevant to me0.7993.84  
LB: lurking behavior (Kefi and Maar, 2020)  0.8120.888 (0.726)
I browse posts published by brands, but I hardly ever comment0.8614.54  
I watch photos or videos published by brands, but I seldom share them0.9174.06  
I read comments of other followers about brand content, but I rarely post any0.7724.34  
Source: Authors’ own work

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