Who sells knowledge online? An exploratory study of knowledge celebrities in China

Chen, Xiaoyu; Chua, Alton Y. K.; Pee, Loo Geok

doi:10.1108/intr-07-2020-0378

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Our findings indicated an interesting issue regarding payment for accounting knowledge learning aids in Mainland China. Even if student interviewees spent much time, they tended to find free accounting knowledge on social media and were less concerned about time and opportunity costs (Chen et al, 2022 ). For example, one interviewee preferred posting questions on social media and chatting privately with experienced practitioners than spending money to gain accounting knowledge.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It can overcome time, space, and other general restrictions of traditional courses and meet the needs of large-scale course learners (Veletsianos et al, 2015). Many excellent accounting practitioners share their accounting experience in Zhihu, a high-quality Chinese Internet question-and-answer community and original content platform where creators gather (Chen et al, 2022). It allows accounting practitioners to share their knowledge and experience with people in need by writing posts, and they can further share knowledge with those in need through private chats or comments.…”

Section: Sharing Accounting Knowledge On Social Media (Rq2)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Role of Social Media as Aids for Accounting Education and Knowledge Sharing: Learning Effectiveness and Knowledge Management Perspectives in Mainland China

Xie

Chiu

2023

J Knowl Econ

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This research aims to explore the role of social media as aids for accounting education and how people use social media to share accounting knowledge. We use the 5E Learning Model and the Knowledge Management (KM) Processes Model to investigate this issue using qualitative research methods and interviews. Our findings indicate that accounting practitioners and learners discovered knowledge through previous classrooms and exchanges between colleagues in knowledge discovery. In sharing knowledge, they shared their experiences by freely publishing posts, testing cognition, and interacting and communicating. In knowledge capture, learners capture knowledge by viewing online courses, using social media to contact accounting practitioners, learning from others’ experiences, and posting questions. In knowledge application, learners apply knowledge in examinations, internships, work guidance, error avoidance, and daily fund management. We also discovered that accounting practitioners and learners have different attitudes toward the issue of knowledge payment. We put forward suggestions for establishing accounting forums and groups on social media. Accounting practitioners should be willing to share knowledge, and accounting learners should gain knowledge through interaction. The public should use social media to know more about the profession and gain basic accounting knowledge to facilitate daily living.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sharing Accounting Knowledge On Social Media (Rq2)mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Social Media as Aids for Accounting Education and Knowledge Sharing: Learning Effectiveness and Knowledge Management Perspectives in Mainland China

Xie

Chiu

2023

J Knowl Econ

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, we also controlled for two factors that changed over time, namely past knowledge contribution experience and self-presentation. Self-presentation measures the extent Continuous knowledge contribution to which members disclose their personal information to the community (Chen et al, 2022;Dong et al, 2020;Lee et al, 2021). Zhihu members can display up to nine types of information about themselves, such as sex, a one-sentence introduction, residence, industry, occupation, position, education, research orientation and bio.…”

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Impacts of normative and hedonic motivations on continuous knowledge contribution in virtual community: the moderating effect of past contribution experience

Dong

Hou

Huang

et al. 2023

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PurposeThis paper aims to explore the effects of normative and hedonic motivations on continuous knowledge contribution, and how past contribution experience moderates the effects of the motivations on continuous knowledge contribution.Design/methodology/approachBased on goal-framing theory, the present study proposes a comprehensive theoretical model by integrating normative and hedonic motivations, past contribution experience and continuous knowledge contribution. The data for virtual community members' activities were collected using the Python Scrapy crawler. Logit regression was used to validate the integrative model.FindingsThe results show that both normative motivation (reflected by generalized reciprocity and social learning) and hedonic motivation (reflected by peer recognition and online attractiveness) are positively associated with continuous knowledge contribution. Moreover, these effects are found to be significantly influenced by members' past knowledge contribution experience. Specifically, the results suggest that past knowledge contribution experience undermines the influence of generalized reciprocity on continuous knowledge contribution but strengthens the effect of peer recognition and online attractiveness.Originality/valueAlthough the emerging literature on continuous knowledge contribution mainly focuses on motivations as antecedents that promote continuous knowledge contribution, most of these studies assume that the relationship between motivating mechanisms and continuous knowledge contribution does not change over time. The study is one of the initial studies to examine whether and how the influence of multiple motivations evolves relative to levels of past contribution experience.

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“…Many studies have examined the connection between COVID-19 and digital media and have addressed anxiety, stress, or A virtuous circle during a pandemic threat mental health issues (Cleofas and Rocha, 2021;Nabity-Grover et al, 2020), whereas others have examined misinformation or misconceptions (Apuke and Omar 2021;Chien et al, 2022;Kothari et al, 2022;Zeng and Chan, 2021). Social media, including influencers, undoubtedly play significant roles, especially during an epidemic and beyond (Azer et al, 2021;Chen et al, 2022;Gupta et al, 2022). Individuals generate, seek, retrieve and disseminate information as well as make purchases on social media.…”

Section: Covid-19 and Social Media Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating a virtuous circle during a pandemic threat: netizens' resilience via information-induced psychological distance and social media approach

Lin,

Hsu,

Chen

2023

OIR

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PurposeDuring COVID-19 restrictions, people spent more time in cyberspace and consuming health-related information. An increase was also observed in mediated caring messages or health-relevant information sent to one another. This study aims to explore how the information and interactions around COVID-19 can provide a good learning opportunity for public health, specifically related to eHealth literacy and eHealth promotion.Design/methodology/approachWhile mainstream literature has concentrated on experimental designs and a priming effect, this study inspects psychological distance related to a health threat under real-life circumstances. The article adopted a survey approach and utilized PLS-SEM techniques to examine the proposed hypotheses.FindingsResults indicated that whereas closer social support correlates with closer psychological distance and less usage of the social media approach, more substantial COVID-19 impacts were associated with closer psychological distance but greater use of social media. Since both closer psychological distance and social media approach contribute to eHealth literacy, social support from closer and virtual social networks should be embraced but utilized through different routes and for different purposes. The timing of messages but not psychological distance affects people's social media approach, indicating that morning messages should be employed. Moreover, eHealth literacy mediates timing preferences and leads to a preference for eHealth communication earlier in the day. Overall, morning messages create a virtuous circle during a health crisis.Originality/valueThis paper establishes a mechanism of virtuous cycles for eHealth communication during a health threat. Additionally, it bridges existing research gaps by expanding chronopsychology and CLT in the health domain using an empirical approach, a real-life case and an extension of performance regarding information-seeking and utilization.

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Who sells knowledge online? An exploratory study of knowledge celebrities in China

Cited by 12 publications

References 59 publications

The Role of Social Media as Aids for Accounting Education and Knowledge Sharing: Learning Effectiveness and Knowledge Management Perspectives in Mainland China

The Role of Social Media as Aids for Accounting Education and Knowledge Sharing: Learning Effectiveness and Knowledge Management Perspectives in Mainland China

Impacts of normative and hedonic motivations on continuous knowledge contribution in virtual community: the moderating effect of past contribution experience

Creating a virtuous circle during a pandemic threat: netizens' resilience via information-induced psychological distance and social media approach

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