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Chuang Wang

Bio: Chuang Wang is an academic researcher from South China University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social learning theory & Social media. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 22 publications receiving 400 citations. Previous affiliations of Chuang Wang include University of Science and Technology of China & City University of Hong Kong.

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TL;DR: The social media cyberbullying model (SMCBM), which modifies Akers’ [Akers RL (2011) Social Learning and Socia...
Abstract: The dramatic increase in social media use has challenged traditional social structures and shifted a great deal of interpersonal communication from the physical world to cyberspace. Much of this so...

233 citations

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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: This study uses a longitudinal study to theorize and validate the mechanism of social media dependence and draws on the cognitive-affective-behavioral modeling paradigm to hypothesize that maladaptive cognition and affect tend to distort habit into psychological dependence.
Abstract: Anecdotal evidence suggests that problematic use of social media has become prevalent among a large proportion of users and led to significant behavioral and psychological problems. Nevertheless, theory-driven investigation into this issue is still relatively scarce, and the few existing studies tend to adopt only a conceptual or descriptive approach. This study uses a theory-guided approach and seeks to clarify the development of psychological dependence in the context of social media, with a particular focus on microblogging. Building on the theory of rational addiction, this study hypothesizes that dependence is initially developed from habit. Furthermore, the study draws on the cognitive-affective-behavioral modeling paradigm to hypothesize that maladaptive cognition and affect tend to distort habit into psychological dependence. We conduct a longitudinal empirical test to validate the underlying mechanism of social media dependence as theorized in our study. The study concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications. This study seeks to clarify the development of psychological dependence in social media.We use a longitudinal study to theorize and validate the mechanism of social media dependence.Habit induces dependence by distorting individuals' cognition and affect.Deficient self-regulation has a positive influence on social media dependence.

144 citations

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TL;DR: A research model is developed to investigate the factors (affective cues in particular) that drive users to instantly share information on microblogs and explores the moderating role of gender and the results confirm the positive effects of informational, ambient, and social interactivity cues on individuals positive emotion, which subsequently promotes their urge to share information to microblogs.
Abstract: An impulsive-based model is proposed to explain instant information sharing.Information uniqueness and social interactivity increase positive emotion and urge.Males are stimulated by information uniqueness and information crowding.Social interactivity plays a dominant role in sparking the urge for female users.Males experience more positive emotion and engage in impulsive information sharing. Instant information sharing on microblogs is important for promoting social awareness, influencing customer attitudes, and providing political and economic benefits. However, research on the antecedents and mechanisms of such instant information sharing is limited. To address that issue, this study develops a research model to investigate the factors (affective cues in particular) that drive users to instantly share information on microblogs and explores the moderating role of gender. An online survey was conducted on a microblogging platform to collect data for testing the proposed research model and hypotheses. The results confirm the positive effects of informational (i.e., information uniqueness), ambient (i.e., information crowding), and social (i.e., social interactivity) cues on individuals positive emotion, which subsequently promotes their urge to share information on microblogs. Moreover, the moderating effects of gender are identified. This study contributes to the understanding of instant information sharing from an impulsive behavior perspective. The results also provide important insights for service providers and practitioners who wish to promote instant information sharing on microblogs.

66 citations

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TL;DR: It is shown that anonymity, asynchronicity, and lack of monitoring are the technology choices that foster CH, and thus these should be mitigated in designing social media and other communication technologies and thus the role of technology in fostering CH is crucial, regardless of the sample.
Abstract: Scholars are increasingly calling for a deeper understanding of cyberharassment (CH) with the goal of devising policies, procedures, and technologies to mitigate it. Accordingly, we conducted CH re...

31 citations

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TL;DR: Results indicate that the urge of users to update their status is significantly influenced by the capabilities of microblogs to share unique content, strengthen positive emotion, maintain interconnectivity, and enhance unidirectional relationships.

25 citations


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TL;DR: This paper explains how to perform and report empirical analyses using PLS-PM including the latest enhancements, and illustrates its application with a fictive example on business value of social media.

631 citations

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01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: An established research framework is adapted to structure the insights of the current body of research on blockchain technology, the present research scope as well as disregarded topics are outlined, and multidisciplinary research approaches are sketched out.
Abstract: While blockchain technology is commonly considered potentially disruptive in various regards, there is a lack of understanding where and how blockchain technology is effectively applicable and where it has mentionable practical effects. This issue has given rise to critical voices that judge the technology as over-hyped. Against this backdrop, this study adapts an established research framework to structure the insights of the current body of research on blockchain technology, outline the present research scope as well as disregarded topics, and sketch out multidisciplinary research approaches. The framework differentiates three groups of activities (design and features, measurement and value, management and organization) at four levels of analysis (users and society, intermediaries, platforms, firms and industry). The review shows that research has predominantly focused on technological questions of design and features, while neglecting application, value creation, and governance. In order to foster substantial blockchain research that addresses meaningful questions, this study identifies several avenues for future studies. Given the breadth of open questions, it shows where research can benefit from multidisciplinary collaborations and presents data sources as starting points for empirical investigations.

529 citations

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TL;DR: Evidence is generated that the short 9-item SMD scale is a psychometrically sound and valid instruments to measure SMD.

431 citations

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TL;DR: This study aims to identify and test the main factors related to social media advertising that could predict purchase intention and provide a number of theoretical and practical guidelines on how marketers can effectively plan and implement their ads over social media platforms.

369 citations