The paper develops a needs–affordances–features (NAF) perspective on social media use
which posits that individuals' psychological needs motivate their use of social media …

The Metaverse has become a buzz-phrase among tech businesses. Facebook's rebranding
to Meta is symptomatic of this. Many firms and other actors are trying to shape visions of the …

Social networking applications such as blogs, instant messaging, podcasts, social
networking websites (eg, Renren in China, Vkontakte in Russia, Facebook), professional …

Scholars are increasingly calling for research that “makes a difference” through theoretical,
practical, societal, and educational impacts. Recognizing that academic research lags …

Drawing on in-depth interviews with exchange and international students during the COVID-
19 pandemic, we elaborate on the role of Imaginative Metaphor Elicitation (IME) to generate …

From employees' varied interpretations of software efficacy to consumers' diverse beliefs
about data privacy, technology frames refer to cognitive interpretations, assumptions and …

This special issue introduction explores the need to study information systems as symbolic
action systems, defines broadly the research domain and related assumptions, notes the …

With the support of network information technology, the Online Knowledge Community
(OKC) has emerged. Among different OKC applications, some entered into the new era of …

The adoption of ICTs for facilitating interactions can create barriers for those who identify as
outsiders in technology-mediated groups. We use an experiment to investigate how …

The metaverse is a virtual world that merges physical, virtual, and augmented reality,
enabling collaboration between online users and offering limitless opportunities for …