Social Network Services in China: An Integrated Model of Centrality, Trust, and Technology Acceptance

Guo, Chengqi; Shim, Jung P.; Otondo, Robert F.

doi:10.1080/1097198x.2010.10856515

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“…Our findings confirm the research outcome of Chinese society (Guo et al 2010) and U.S. (Gefen 2000) and suggest that customer familiarity or past experience is an important antecedent facilitating the development of customer trust. The research findings also confirm the important role of social relationship in Chinese society (Guo et a1201O).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Antecedents determine the formation of trust. In e-commerce settings, consumer familiarity (Gefen 2000), situational normality of the Web (McKnight et al 2002), transaction security, and social networks (Guo et al 2010) are important factors inducing consumer trust. Trusting believe consists of competence, benevolence, integrity, and predictability (Aramo-Immonen et al 2011).…”

Section: Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Building Online Transaction Trust through a Two-Step Flow of Information Communication

Chien¹,

Chen²,

Wu³

2013

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

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E-commerce businesses have endeavored to facilitate online transactions by establishing website reputations through use of digital security mechanisms to alleviate the uncertainty about online transactions. This study incorporates the twostep flow of communication theory to elaborate on the antecedents that underlie consumers' intention to purchase online. Using data collected from 457 online shoppers in Taiwan, the findings suggest that third party issued e-certification and consumers' previous experience significantly influence party trust. In addition, partytrust significantly impacts online purchase intention. These results provide a clearer understanding of how to successfully build transaction trust and consequential behaviors. This paper concludes with several research implications.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Trustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building Online Transaction Trust through a Two-Step Flow of Information Communication

Chien¹,

Chen²,

Wu³

2013

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

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“…Previous research has also found that desire for sociality, entertainment and information are the key motives for using SNSs (Chang and Zhu, 2011). For example Guo et al (2010) argued that seeking useful information is a key motivation for Chinese SNS users. Therefore the richness of information is among the main factors attracting individuals to use SNSs.…”

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Continuous usage of social networking sites

Chiang

2013

Online Information Review

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Purpose – Although increasing numbers of users have begun to use social networking sites (SNSs), the user growth of a few SNSs continues to decrease. Therefore identifying factors that influence users' intention to adopt and continuously use a particular SNS is a critical issue. To explore the factors, this study aims to apply the theories of reasoned action, uses and gratifications, and innovation diffusion to explain why people continue to join SNSs. Design/methodology/approach – The study participants were members of Facebook in Taiwan. An online questionnaire was used to conduct empirical research, and the data of 348 respondents were analysed using the partial least squares regression approach. Findings – It was found that the reasons why people continuously use SNSs vary with different innovation diffusion stages. In particular attitude toward SNSs had the strongest direct effect on continuous intention while the impact of social norms was not significant in the different innovation diffusion stages. Practical implications – From a practical perspective, insights provided by the study can help SNS developers understand user motivation and thus design more effective marketing strategies. Originality/value – The proposed model provides an improved understanding of the needs of different SNS users, and testing verified the effects of the factors related to gratification and innovation diffusion.

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“…An understanding of this diversity is particularly vital in the contemporary context where learning becomes increasingly facilitated by online technologies (Hughes, 2013). China's Internet landscape presents a different picture compared to that of the West (The Economist, 2013), with many social networking sites that serve as close equivalents of those in the West (Guo et al, 2014). For example, Sina Weibo (similar to Twitter) provides users with micro-blogging using multimedia.…”

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Chinese Students’ Use of Digital Resources for Their Learning in UK Higher Education

Simmons¹,

Edirisingha²,

Jiang³

2021

GRHE

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This paper explores Chinese students’ use of digital resources during their postgraduate studies in the UK. The study is important in contemporary Higher Education (HE) context where internet-based technologies, resources, online platforms and digital devices play a significant role in providing access to learning resources. A significant portion of students in HE also come from diverse cultures with arguably varying orientations to learning and using technologies. Based on qualitative data collected from focus group interviews with Chinese postgraduate students at Leicester, we explore some of the challenges that they face during their transition from learning in China (Nguyen et al., 2006; Leedham, 2015) to the UK HE learning environment. We identify the strategies that these students use, including a variety of digital tools and resources that they use to help in their formal studies during and beyond this transition stage. We also highlight their development of digital literacy skills and the responsibility that the UK HEIs have in this regard.

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Social Network Services in China: An Integrated Model of Centrality, Trust, and Technology Acceptance

Cited by 41 publications

References 28 publications

Building Online Transaction Trust through a Two-Step Flow of Information Communication

Building Online Transaction Trust through a Two-Step Flow of Information Communication

Continuous usage of social networking sites

Chinese Students’ Use of Digital Resources for Their Learning in UK Higher Education

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