Antecedents of Online Information Seeking

Stefanone, Michael A.; Hurley, Carolyn M.; Yang, Janet Z.

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2012.656137

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“…Kim and Stanton (2015) in a multilevel analysis discuss about institutional and individual factors affecting scientists' data-sharing behaviours. Stefanone et al (2013) studied the antecedents of online information seeking and found individual differences as strong motives for uncertainty or assurance in the same. They also ascertain that personality affects users' online behaviour as in the offline world.…”

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Influence of personality traits on open access mode of publishing

Gul

Mahajan²,

Shah

et al. 2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the influence of personality traits on perception and acceptance of open access (OA) mode of publishing by the author community of University of Kashmir, India. The study is an attempt to highlight the relationship between personality traits of authors and OA mode of publishing. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on the responses of 48 faculty members affiliated with different Departments of Science Discipline of University of Kashmir. Big Five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience) were tapped through ten-item personality inventory, and information regarding OA was gauged through six self-devised statements. Findings Pearson correlation test confirms statistically significant relation between personality traits and different dimensions of OA mode of publishing. Personality traits are found to have an influence on author’s perception of OA mode of publishing. However, the study could not ascertain any relation between the notions of an author about the quality of OA content with any of the personality traits. Emotionally stable authors are found to explicitly submit their work in OA journals without any anxiety or negativity. Agreeable and conscientious authors also prefer to keep their work open to make it helpful to the broader audience and get maximum recognition from peers and citations to their work respectively. However, some authors (agreeable) hesitate in submitting their work in open platforms due to the fear of getting their works easily copied. Originality/value The study is first of its kind highlighting a new dimension in the field of OA and investigates the influence of personality traits on author’s attitude towards open mode of publishing.

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Influence of personality traits on open access mode of publishing

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Mahajan²,

Shah

et al. 2018

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“…Previous studies have found that demographic variables, such as gender and age, show significant impact on the composition of media repertoires (e.g., Yuan, 2011). In addition, users with different psychological characteristics may prefer different information-seeking approaches (Stefanone, Hurley, & Yang, 2013). Future studies need to further control these variables and examine the interaction effects between the self-reported and objective measures employed to build information repertoires.…”

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Information Overload, Similarity, and Redundancy: Unsubscribing Information Sources on Twitter

Liang

Fu²

2016

J Comput-Mediat Comm

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The emergence of social media has changed individuals' information consumption patterns. The purpose of this study is to explore the role of information overload, similarity, and redundancy in unsubscribing information sources from users' information repertoires. In doing so, we randomly selected nearly 7,500 ego networks on Twitter and tracked their activities in 2 waves. A multilevel logistic regression model was deployed to test our hypotheses. Results revealed that individuals (egos) obtain information by following a group of stable users (alters). An ego's likelihood of unfollowing alters is negatively associated with their information similaritySocial media have changed the current media environment and can consequently influence individuals' selection of information sources. First, social media offer users a large number of information choices. All social media users can provide some kinds of content, and thus could be considered as information sources. However, the available human attention to consume information is always limited (Webster, 2010), leading to varying degrees of information overload on social media (Holton & Chyi, 2012). To cope with information overload, users will rely upon relatively small subsets or "repertoires" of their preferred channels (e.g

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“…Although Information,Communication & Society 377 initial interactions between strangers may be awkward and include inquiries about the weather or one's career, today we have the option of reducing these initial uncertainties by gathering information about potential conversation partners online. In the tradition of uncertainty reduction theory (Berger & Calabrese, 1975), research shows that individuals use the Internet to gather information about new and existing relationships for exactly this purpose (Stefanone, Hurley, & Yang, 2013). The consequences of information asymmetries are numerous in the economic and sociological literature.…”

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Information asymmetry and social exchange: exploring compliance gaining online

Stefanone

Hurley²,

Egnoto

et al. 2014

Information, Communication & Society

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Proliferation of social media has increased the amount of personal information available about users online, and this information is increasingly available to anyone including advertisers and other (unknown) users. Having knowledge about others creates information asymmetries that can be used strategically in compliance gaining scenarios. In an online text-based interaction, 66 (31 male and 35 female) same-sex dyads engaged in conversation with one partner tasked in gaining his partner's compliance. When the persuading partner benefited from information asymmetry, he was more successful at getting his conversation partner to comply with requests (42% success rate vs. 9% in the control condition). Text analysis using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count indicates that while asymmetry affected conversational topics, compliance was linked to linguistic style -not content -as well as individual differences such as sex and behavioral sensitivity. This study demonstrates how individuals might utilize publicly available information about others in conversation to achieve self-serving goals. Implications for information sharing online are discussed.Traditional mass media -like television and radio -connect individuals globally through information sharing about news and events. Technological innovation in the form of new and social media platforms has shifted the direction of information flow such that our roles have shifted from content consumers to producers. Web blogs and social network sites (SNSs) are prime examples of platforms that enable users to self-disclose high levels of personal information and push this content to large and often anonymous audiences (Stefanone, Lackaff, & Rosen, 2010), which raises questions about possible information asymmetric situations.Facebook strategically leverages a host of information about users, as its business model allows advertisers pay premiums for the ability to direct targeted ads to Facebook (2013) users based on data gathered from their profiles and from patterns of information found on those users' 'friends' profiles. Users accept the terms of this relationship because it is perceived as an equal exchange as users are allowed free access to the social media platform. In reality, sites like Facebook are providing standardized and publicly accessible databases of user preferences and behavior -including where they live, favorite hobbies, relationship status, etc. -that

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Antecedents of Online Information Seeking

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Influence of personality traits on open access mode of publishing

Influence of personality traits on open access mode of publishing

Information Overload, Similarity, and Redundancy: Unsubscribing Information Sources on Twitter

Information asymmetry and social exchange: exploring compliance gaining online

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