Chih-Yuan Chou Dissertation edited final.pdf (5.79 MB)
An Exploratory Study on The Trust of Information in Social Media
This study examined the level of trust of information on social media. Specifically, I investigated the factors of performance expectancy with information-seeking motives that appear to influence the level of trust of information on various social network sites. This study utilized the following theoretical models: elaboration likelihood model (ELM), the uses and gratifications theory (UGT), the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT), the consumption value theory (CVT), and the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) Model to build a conceptual research framework for an exploratory study. The research investigated the extent to which information quality and source credibility influence the level of trust of information by visitors to the social network sites. The inductive content analysis on 189 respondents’ responses carefully addressed the proposed research questions and then further developed a comprehensive framework. The findings of this study contribute to the current research stream on information quality, fake news, and IT adoption as they relate to social media.
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Degree Type
- Doctor of Philosophy
Department
- Technology Leadership and Innovation
Campus location
- West Lafayette
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
Linda L. NaimiAdditional Committee Member 2
Chad AllredAdditional Committee Member 3
Emily M. BuehlerAdditional Committee Member 4
Jon PadfieldAdditional Committee Member 5
James J. TanoosUsage metrics
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- Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence)
- Business information systems
- Technology management
- Innovation management
- Sociology and social studies of science and technology
- Human-computer interaction
- Human information behaviour
- Information systems not elsewhere classified
- Information systems organisation and management
- Social and community informatics
- Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified
- Communication technology and digital media studies
Keywords
trust of informationinformation qualityperformance expectancyStimulus-Organism-Response Modelsocial network sitessocial mediafake newsBusiness Information Management (incl. Records, Knowledge and Information Management, and Intelligence)Business Information SystemsInnovation and Technology ManagementSociology and Social Studies of Science and TechnologyComputer-Human InteractionHuman Information BehaviourInformation SystemsInformation Systems ManagementSocial and Community InformaticsWeb Technologies (excl. Web Search)Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
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