Defining affordances in social media research: A literature review

A Ronzhyn, AS Cardenal… - New Media & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
An increasingly influential strand of research on social media relies on the concept of
affordances to account for effects. However, hindering the possibility of a unified theory of …

Social media for knowledge-sharing: A systematic literature review

YA Ahmed, MN Ahmad, N Ahmad, NH Zakaria - Telematics and informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
Context Advanced social media tools have changed the way people communicate, share
content, interact, and collaborate. Nowadays, social media (SM) is becoming a valuable …

Social media and their affordances for organizing: A review and agenda for research

PM Leonardi, E Vaast - Academy of Management Annals, 2017 - journals.aom.org
Social media—computer-mediated tools of the Web 2.0 generation that make it possible for
anyone to create, circulate, share, and exchange information in a variety of formats and with …

Exploring social media affordances in tourist destination image formation: A study on China's rural tourism destination

J Liu, C Wang, TC Zhang - Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of social media affordances (SMAs) on tourist destination
image formation from the technology affordances lens, and measures the mediating role of …

Computer-mediated communication in the age of communication visibility

JW Treem, PM Leonardi… - Journal of Computer …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This article argues that a distinctive aspect of computer-mediated communication (CMC) is
the way it can make communication visible to others in ways that were previously …

Organizational media affordances: Operationalization and associations with media use

RE Rice, SK Evans, KE Pearce… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The concept of affordances has been increasingly applied to the study of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational contexts. However, almost no research …

When and how ESM affects creativity: The role of communication visibility and employee agility in a cross-cultural setting

MI Rasheed, AH Pitafi, S Mishra, V Chotia - Technological Forecasting and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drawing on insights from communication visibility theory, the primary objective of this
research was to evaluate the associations between ESM usage and employee creativity …

Dark side of enterprise social media usage: A literature review from the conflict-based perspective

Y Sun, Y Liu, JZ Zhang, J Fu, F Hu, Y Xiang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enterprise social media (ESM) is an emerging platform based on Web 2.0 that allows
employees to communicate and collaborate. Despite its numerous opportunities and …

The impact of enterprise social media platforms on knowledge sharing: An affordance lens perspective

Y Sun, X Zhou, A Jeyaraj, RA Shang… - Journal of Enterprise …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Enterprise social media platforms (ESMPs) are web 2.0-based computer media
tools that facilitate knowledge sharing by employees. The purpose of this paper is to outline …

Enterprise social media affordances as enablers of knowledge transfer and creative performance: An empirical study

Y Sun, C Wang, A Jeyaraj - Telematics and Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Extant research largely views employee creativity to be driven by individual characteristics,
contextual factors, and interactions between them. However, the role of social technologies …