The many faces of social media in business and economics research: Taking stock of the literature and looking into the future

A Tumasjan - Journal of economic surveys, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since their inception more than 15 years ago, social media have become a vibrant research
topic in business and economics research. This article presents an integrative literature …

Show me that you are advertising: Visual salience of products attenuates detrimental effects of persuasion knowledge activation in influencer advertising

JD Brüns, M Meißner - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
In the realm of social media influencer advertising, the organic nature of sponsored content
can deceive users by concealing persuasive intent. Regulators seek to reinforce users' …

Too complex to handle: Goal conflict and tourist preference for simple aesthetics

S Chen, D Ahlstrom, T Xiao - Annals of Tourism Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Tourism practitioners can generally choose to provide the tourists with either complex,
fancier environments (eg, restaurants, destinations) and products (eg, souvenirs) or simpler …

Gastronomic image in the foodstagrammer's eyes–A machine learning approach

Z Chen, ICC Chan, R Egger - Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the rich content that foodstagrammers, people who actively share their dining
experiences using photographs and texts on social media, post, they considerably shape a …

Standing out from the crowd: When and why color complexity in social media images increases user engagement

VK Kanuri, C Hughes, BT Hodges - International Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Firms increasingly rely on images to drive user engagement with their social media content.
However, evidence is limited on when and why image characteristics can draw social media …

The creator economy: An introduction and a call for scholarly research

R Peres, M Schreier, DA Schweidel… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Bloggers, streamers, artists, celebrities, musicians and service providers are just a
few examples of creators who aim to monetize their talent by generating and posting digital …

Image features and demand in the sharing economy: A study of Airbnb

J He, B Li, XS Wang - International Journal of Research in Marketing, 2023 - Elsevier
Peer-to-peer marketplaces and the sharing economy are reshaping many markets. Airbnb is
attractive to many customers because of its non-standardized, diverse selections and …

Boosting Sports Card Sales: Leveraging Visual Display and Machine Learning in Online Retail

Y Yang, T Lan - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2024 - Elsevier
Trading cards are a fast-growing industry. However, previous research in sports
merchandise has largely overlooked the role of cards' visual appeal in online-commerce …

Visual Complexity, brand Gender, and ad effectiveness

S Chen, V Ponomarenko, L Lv, D Ahlstrom - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Visual complexity is an important factor in the design of advertisements. This research
systematically examines the interaction effect between an ad's visual complexity and brand …

Social media as a living laboratory for researchers: the relationship between linguistics and online user responses

A Ulqinaku, S Kadić-Maglajlić, G Sarial-Abi - Internet Research, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Today, individuals use social media to express their opinions and feelings, which
offers a living laboratory to researchers in various fields, such as management, innovation …