Social media metrics: Third-person perceptions of health information

Stavrositu, Carmen; Kim, Jinhee

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.025

Cited by 43 publications

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“…The results are similar to previous studies where WTPE was also found in the context of social media (Schweisberger et al, 2014;Tsay-Vogel, 2015). Also, the findings are consistent with prior work conducted by Stavrositu and Kim (2014) and Antonopoulos et al (2015) where social media metrics were found to influence WTPE. In the present study, it has been assumed that users get affected by social media metrics (number of shares/comments) in shaping an opinion, grounded on what the other users perceive about media influence.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

“…It should be noted that TPE appears on all typical media regardless the method employed, the observed content, the medium under study, the flow of questions, and the phrasing or the quality of the message (Perloff, 1999). Regarding digital media, Web-Third person effect (WTPE) (Antonopoulos et al, 2015) can be detected across blogs, online newspapers (Banning & Sweetser, 2007), online news in social media contexts (Schweisberger et al, 2014), social media metrics (number of shares and comments) in the process of opinion formulation about health information (Stavrositu & Kim, 2014), among Facebook users (Tsay-Vogel, 2015 and finally in structural aspects of the information on media websites (Antonopoulos et al, 2015) (see Table 1). A significant part of the research on TPE has focused on the perception of negative media content.…”

Section: Third-person Effect and The Webmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This may also have an impact on the audience involved, in the number of the involved users, in the corresponding news-related social media (i.e., the number of followers on Twitter), an issue that is further associated with perceived credibility (Westerman et al, 2012). Users' observations of such published content function as feedback through recommendation-ratings procedures (Lee, 2012) adding at the same time value to the content, thus influencing ourselves and others (Stavrositu & Kim, 2014). …”

Section: Third-person Effect and The Webmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this case and because of the focus on Web media, the term Web Third-person effect (WTPE) has been adopted. Over the last decade, WTPE has been researched in social media contexts, social media metrics and also across online news (Banning & Sweetser, 2007;Schweisberger, Billinson, & Chock, 2014;Stavrositu & Kim, 2014;Tsay-Vogel, 2015). Nevertheless, further studies need to be conducted in this field where the viewer is able to affect media content.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Web Third-Person Effect Hypothesis: Do likes and Shares Affect Users’ Perceptions?

Antonopoulos¹,

Giomelakis²,

Veglis³

et al. 2016

JMC

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This paper studies the web third-person effect (WTPE) hypothesis in the context of news websites and social media.Specifically, the study examines the role of social media metrics (i.e., shares and likes of news articles) in shaping users' opinion about the websites. Users' news sharing intention in social media is also investigated. Based on a structured online questionnaire (N = 7,404), the results confirm that WTPE can be found in social media metrics without the presence of specific message content. It should be noted that the effect was found at three perceptual levels, self, friends, and other users. Regarding intention for news sharing, text was indicated as the most important reason among Internet users. Finally, the work demonstrates significant correlations between WTPE and article characteristics that influence people's attitudes to share news online.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Third-person Effect and The Webmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Third-person Effect and The Webmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Web Third-Person Effect Hypothesis: Do likes and Shares Affect Users’ Perceptions?

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Giomelakis²,

Veglis³

et al. 2016

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“…That is, when readers were more interested in the health topic, they thought of the health information as something that was highly associated with themselves, which would eventually lead to changes in their own decision-making processes and health behaviors. [19,20] …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do readers choose to undergo treatments based on medical articles?

Lee

Kim²,

Joo³

et al. 2016

Medicine

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The purpose of this study is to study the reader's cognitive process in reading medical articles and its influence on the decision-making process. Twenty-four participants completed a survey pertaining to 36 medical articles on new treatments with similar text structures and similar titles. Participants rated each article on its level of interest, informativeness, and reliability, and were asked whether they would choose the treatments in the news article. A cognitive decision-making model can be applied to health contexts, in which the reader's subjective ratings on interest, informativeness, and reliability were positively associated with choosing new treatments. The decision-making process path from the perception of informativeness was mediated by the reliability of the news article. Interest was positively linked to informativeness, although it was not directly associated with reliability. This study shows that readers’ subjective ratings on health information can indicate their decision-making. Artifacts in the information that might incite emotions or interest, such as framing, can affect the reader's decision-making process.

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