Social media research: Theories, constructs, and conceptual frameworks

EWT Ngai, SSC Tao, KKL Moon - International journal of information …, 2015 - Elsevier
In just one decade, social media have revolutionized the life of many people and thus
attracted much attention, not only from industry, but also academia. To understand how …

The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction

T Ryan, A Chester, J Reece, S Xenos - Journal of behavioral …, 2014 - akjournals.com
Background and aims Recent research suggests that use of social networking sites can be
addictive for some individuals. Due to the link between motivations for media use and the …

'What lies behind the filter?'Uncovering the motivations for using augmented reality (AR) face filters on social media and their effect on well-being

A Javornik, B Marder, JB Barhorst, G McLean… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Augmented reality (AR) filters are a popular social media feature affording users a variety of
visual effects. Despite their widespread use, no research to date has examined either …

Watch, share or create: The influence of personality traits and user motivation on TikTok mobile video usage

B Omar, W Dequan - 2020 - learntechlib.org
Internet users are increasingly becoming self-publishing consumers. Applying the Uses and
Gratifications (U&G) perspective, this study investigated how people use TikTok in terms of …

Understanding motivations to use online streaming services: integrating the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the uses and gratifications theory (UGT)

MA Camilleri, L Falzon - Spanish Journal of Marketing-ESIC, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its preventative social
distancing measures have led to a dramatic increase in subscriptions to paid streaming …

Chatbots in retailers' customer communication: How to measure their acceptance?

A Rese, L Ganster, D Baier - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, online retailers evaluate whether chatbots—software programs that interact with
users using natural languages—could improve their customers' satisfaction. In a retail …

Factors influencing TikTok engagement behaviors in China: An examination of gratifications sought, narcissism, and the Big Five personality traits

KS Meng, L Leung - Telecommunications Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
As an over-the-top (OTT) and non-subscription-based video-on-demand media service,
mobile short-form video application (eg, TikTok or Douyin) is a free video-sharing social …

Uses and gratifications of problematic social media use among university students: A simultaneous examination of the Big Five of personality traits, social media …

K Kircaburun, S Alhabash, ŞB Tosuntaş… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Recent studies suggest that users' preferences of social media use differ according to their
individual differences and use motives, and that these factors can lead to problematic social …

Motivations to use different social media types and their impact on consumers' online brand-related activities (COBRAs)

C Buzeta, P De Pelsmacker… - Journal of Interactive …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Using a six-dimension uses and gratifications (U&G) framework, we explore how social
media use motivations drive consumers' online brand-related activities (COBRAs …

Social media engagement: What motivates user participation and consumption on YouTube?

ML Khan - Computers in human behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
This study unearths the motives for YouTube user engagement that has been
conceptualized as active participation and passive content consumption. In light of the Uses …