“…Traditionally, WOM is the conversation and recommendations between consumers on products and services in a casual setting (Zhu, Chang, & Luo, 2016), and has a noticeable impact on consumer behavior, since consumers tend to hold the opinion of other peers as more trustful than information gathered from traditional advertising (Doh & Hwang, 2009). With the observed increased usage of the Internet, individuals started having this type of information sharing using online platforms and so WOM gained a new dimension, thus giving way to eWOM (Teixeira, 2017). According to Hennig-thurau, Gwinner, Walsh, and Gremler (2004) eWOM refers to "any positive or negative statement made by potential, actual, or former customers about a product or company, which is made available to a multitude of people and institutions via the Internet."…”