Everything is just a click away. Online shopping efficiency and consumption levels in three consumption domains

Frick, Vivian; Matthies, Ellen

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2020.05.002

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“…Similarly, if people knew how much energy is consumed when they surf the web through their smart phones or tablets while commuting in public transporting, they might choose other things to do during the trip. Furthermore, the internet allows consumers to access to information about sustainability which can help them to re-orient their consumption decisions towards greener options [46]. Being informed about one's own level of energy consumption and of the alternatives to save energy are recognized as key determinants of users' attitudes towards smart technologies [47,48].…”

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The Effects of Informational Feedback on the Energy Consumption of Online Services: Some Evidence for the European Union

García-Muñiz

Cuervo

2021

Energies

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have scarcely been considered in studies on green consumption. Likewise, little attention has been paid to the effects of informational feedback on household energy ICT-related consumption. This paper aims to fill these gaps in the literature. Using microdata from a representative sample of the European Union population, this paper analyzes, in a novel way, whether the provision of information about the energy consumed by online services would make internet users change to a greener ICT consumption behavior. To assess this issue, Heckman type selection models are estimated. The results show that people’s concerns about environmental problems, their environmental activism and self-perceived efficacy as consumers are directly related to the influence that information provision exerts. We also find that frequent internet users and those with better digital skills are more willing to change their online behavior if given information on energy consumption.

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The Effects of Informational Feedback on the Energy Consumption of Online Services: Some Evidence for the European Union

García-Muñiz

Cuervo

2021

Energies

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“…As daily exposure to online environments increases, they may affect sustainability‐related consumption behavior in several ways. Exposure may facilitate (un) sustainable consumption, for example, as access to (online‐) shopping improves (Bandura, 2002; Frick & Matthies, 2020; Midden et al, 2007). At the same time, online content may influence consumption motives by way, for example, of commercial advertisement (Dinner et al, 2014) or peer communication in social media (Bauer et al, 2012).…”

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Do online environments promote sufficiency or overconsumption? Online advertisement and social media effects on clothing, digital devices, and air travel consumption

Frick

Matthies

Thøgersen

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J of Consumer Behaviour

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Sustainable consumption is increasingly shaped by online environments. Everyday exposure to online advertisement and social media content by peers may influence individual consumption decisions. By representative online surveys (N = 2,694), we examined how perception of online environments influences individual consumption levels of clothing, digital devices and leisure air travel, mediated by individual aspiration levels, personal and social norms. Structural equation modeling confirms relationships between perceived consumption‐promoting online content and consumption levels, fully mediated through aspiration levels. Sufficiency‐promoting online content is associated with higher social and personal norms for sufficiency, but neither of the latter are linked to aspiration or consumption levels. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that aspiration levels and consumption decisions are influenced by consumption‐promoting online content. Due to the use of cross‐sectional data, it cannot be ruled out that these results reflect that more consumption‐oriented individuals pay more attention to consumption‐promoting online content. Hence, the dominant causal direction needs to be determined by experimental or longitudinal methods.

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“…The analysis of a travel survey confirmed that online shopping reduces the number of shopping trips (changed practice effect) [57,58], but it does not increase the number of non-shopping trips (no rebound effect) [58]. Although online shopping can foster the consumption of digital services and travel (induction rebound effect), as discovered by the analysis of an online-survey by Frick and Matthies [59]. Only Motte-…”

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“Quantifying the implications of behavioral changes induced by digitalization on energy transition: A systematic review of methodological approaches”

Stermieri

Kober

Schmidt

et al. 2023

Energy Research & Social Science

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Everything is just a click away. Online shopping efficiency and consumption levels in three consumption domains

Cited by 25 publications

References 42 publications

The Effects of Informational Feedback on the Energy Consumption of Online Services: Some Evidence for the European Union

The Effects of Informational Feedback on the Energy Consumption of Online Services: Some Evidence for the European Union

Do online environments promote sufficiency or overconsumption? Online advertisement and social media effects on clothing, digital devices, and air travel consumption

“Quantifying the implications of behavioral changes induced by digitalization on energy transition: A systematic review of methodological approaches”

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