Increasing individuals' involvement and WOM intention on Social Networking Sites: Content matters!

Jung Won Chun, Moon J. Lee

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Abstract

Applying Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), we investigated the effects of content type (utilitarian vs. hedonic) on individuals' involvement and intention to subscribe/promote a company's SNS. An experiment was conducted with 171 participants. We found that utilitarian content worked better for highly involved individuals than hedonic content, but hedonic content increased individuals' situational involvement with a company's SNS more than utilitarian content among low-involved people. Both situational and enduring involvements influenced intention to subscribe to and continuously promote the company's SNS. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed further.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)223-232
Number of pages10
JournalComputers in Human Behavior
Volume60
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Content type
  • ELM
  • Facebook
  • Involvement
  • SNSs
  • Social media
  • TAM
  • WOM intention
  • WoM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • General Psychology

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