Examining the role of information quality, personal/social relevance, current events expertise in news sharing on social media

Sarbottam Bhagat, James Parrish

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Abstract

Because of the growing popularity of the social media and built in features that allow people to share information across different social platforms, information sharing has become one of the top ten activities people perform when they are online. Sharing news on variety of social media platforms has become a phenomenon of paramount social, economic and political importance, demonstrating that social media platforms play pivotal roles in supporting news production and dissemination. Yet, knowledge about different sources of motivations and belief systems of the users who actively share news or information online have not been fully unraveled in the literature. In this study, we examine the motivations and beliefs of users towards sharing news on social media based on information quality dimensions pertaining on one hand and users' perception of credibility and reputation of the social networking sites on the other.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmericas Conference on Information Systems 2018
Subtitle of host publicationDigital Disruption, AMCIS 2018
PublisherAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (Print)9780996683166
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event24th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018 - New Orleans, United States
Duration: Aug 16 2018Aug 18 2018

Publication series

NameAmericas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018

Conference

Conference24th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2018: Digital Disruption, AMCIS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Orleans
Period8/16/188/18/18

Keywords

  • Elaboration likelihood model
  • Information quality
  • Information sharing
  • Peripheral cues

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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