This paper aims to uncover the logic governing members' engagement in WeChat-based
support communities (WBSCs) influenced by the affordances of WeChat groups. From a …

Social instant messaging services are emerging as a transformative form with which people
connect, communicate with friends in their daily life they catalyze the formation of social …

WeChat has gained increasing popularity worldwide and is regarded as a tool for receiving
social support. This study aims to explore the impact of WeChat use intensity on …

Drawing from the social capital framework and socioemotional selectivity theory, this study
examines how individuals' future time perspective (FTP) alters their social capital processes …

Purpose Mobile social apps permeate every facet of daily life through the pervasive use of
smartphones. Customer retention with mobile social apps has become extremely important …

WeChat is a mobile instant text and voice messaging communication service and has
become an important social media platform in China. The objectives of this article are to …

An increasing number of users join and immerse in Social Network Services'(SNS) virtual
spaces, but many users quit using these services as well. SNS managers must enhance …

WeChat is a popular mobile instant messenger (MIM) in China with hundreds of millions of
users. Recent literature suggested that MIMs can support users to" dwell" together with their …

Purpose The rise of social media has gained increasing attention in recent years; however,
few studies have focused on social media users' specific behavior and subjective well …

This paper aims at investigating the role of perceived integration in WeChat usages from a
social capital perspective. Drawing on social capital theory, the author (s) proposed a …