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A Sense of Place: An Affordance Perspective on Social Media Attachment and Social Media Addiction

2023 | International Conference on Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Sikhondze, Bachazile; Miranda, Shaila M.

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Topics: social media affordance social media addiction smartphone user experience

Methods: survey partial least squares regression design theory PLS tool factor analysis

Theories: theory of affordance theory of place
Digital Borders, Location Recognition, and Experience Attribution within a Digital Geography
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2019 | Journal of Management Information Systems | Citations: 13
Authors: Dunn, Brian Kimball; Ramasubbu, Narayan; Galletta, F. Dennis; Lowry, Paul Benjamin

Abstract: During an online session, a user may visit a number of websites, often following ... Expand

Abstract: During an online session, a user may visit a number of websites, often following hyperlinks from one website to the next or using a search results page to find and visit pages of interest. In doing so, the user can lose track of which sites were visited and which were helpful in meeting the objective. Thus, sites that may have provided value to the user may not receive expected positive effects such as loyalty and intention to return. It is thus crucial to understand if and how an individual website is perceived by users within the context of multi-website online sessions—particularly in predicting desired outcomes, such as user loyalty, trust, brand image, and revisit intentions. To address this problem, we conceptualize the Web as a geography traversed by users who cross digital borders as they move from one website location to another. We introduce the concept of border strength, or the degree to which digital media artifacts mark a transition to a website, and propose a positive effect of border strength on users’ recognition of their locations. We then consider users’ attribution of credit for assistance in successfully completing an online task to those websites and their owners that supported the task. This attribution is a function of border strength and location recognition. We test these hypotheses using experimental data, which show that, indeed, some websites go unrecognized and that stronger borders increase users’ recognition of having visited a website and users’ credit attribution for their experience to the site. Our findings demonstrate the usefulness of the geography metaphor, suggest the need to further study dynamics regarding individual sites within the context of multi-site sessions and show the usefulness of erecting stronger borders to mark the entry into digital locations. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of place

Topics: website user behavior Microsoft Windows web page accounting

Methods: experiment statistical hypothesis test mediation analysis experimental task survey

Theories: theory of place
From Space to Place: Predicting Users' Intentions to Return to Virtual Worlds

2011 | Management Information Systems Quarterly | Citations: 64
Authors: Goel, Lakshmi; Johnson, Norman A.; Junglas, Iris; Ives, Blake

Abstract: Virtual worlds have received considerable attention as platforms for entertainme ... Expand

Abstract: Virtual worlds have received considerable attention as platforms for entertainment, education, and commerce. But organizations are experiencing failures in their early attempts to lure customers, employees, or partners into these worlds. Among the more grievous problems is the inability to attract users back into a virtual environment. In this study, we propose and test a model to predict users' intentions to return to a virtual world. Our model is based on the idea that users intend to return to a virtual world having conceived of it as a "place" in which they have had meaningful experiences. We rely on the interactionist theory of place attachment to explain the links among the constructs of our model. Our model is tested via a lab experiment. We find that users' intentions to return to a virtual world is determined by a state of deep involvement (termed cognitive absorption) that users experience as they perform an activity and tend to lose track of time. In turn, cognitive absorption is determined by users' awareness of whom they interact with and how they interact within a virtual world, what they interact about, and where, in a virtual sense, such interaction occurs. Our work contributes to theory in the following ways: it identifies state predictors of cognitive absorption, it conceives of virtual worlds in such a way as to account for users' experiences through the notion of place, and it explains how the properties of a virtual world contribute to users' awareness. Collapse

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Topics: cognitive absorption virtual world Second Life website communication service infrastructure

Methods: survey quasi experiment experiment design theory scale reliability

Theories: theory of place
Understanding Consumer Virtual Shopping Behavior in 3D Virtual Worlds: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

2008 | International Conference on Information Systems | Citations: 3
Authors: Hendaoui, Adel; Limayem, Moez

Abstract: While (Koufaris 2002) noted that electronic commerce must be understood from the ... Expand

Abstract: While (Koufaris 2002) noted that electronic commerce must be understood from the perspective that web consumers are simultaneously information technology users, we argue that emerging 3D virtual worlds add another dimension of viewing consumers, as embodied avatars (i.e. 3D representations of the consumers), who interact with other avatars (buyers or sellers), and are able to purchase products within a shared virtual place. These mediated interactions and behaviors involve cognitive and emotional experiences for which current theories such as the theory of planned behavior and the theory of technology acceptance model might be limited in capturing their complexity. The purpose of this research in progress is to suggest and empirically validate a theoretical model grounded in psychology, virtual reality and environmental theories. This theoretical model is aimed at understanding the emerging complexity of consumer’s behavior in 3D virtual worlds. Expected implications for research and practice are also discussed. Collapse

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Topics: virtual reality electronic commerce virtual world personality

Methods: PLS tool survey design theory cross sectional survey

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A Sense of Place: An Affordance Perspective on Social Media Attachment and Social Media Addiction

Digital Borders, Location Recognition, and Experience Attribution within a Digital Geography

From Space to Place: Predicting Users' Intentions to Return to Virtual Worlds

Understanding Consumer Virtual Shopping Behavior in 3D Virtual Worlds: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation