Ephemeral social media, platforms that display shared content for a limited period of time,
have become a prominent component of the social ecosystem. We draw on experience …

Sponsored advertising has generated strong advertising revenues for Facebook in recent
years. As sponsored ads are built on an interactive platform that could be seen as invasive …

This study examined the integrative effects of a brand's online product description, eWOM
content, digital retail platforms and innovation adoption factors on a consumer's decision …

This article explores the venerable diffusion of innovations model and how changing
technologies impact its applications and generalizations viewed as “products” of the model …

This article contributes to the geographical understanding of how mobile online presence
enabled by smartphones transforms human spatial practices; that is, people's everyday …

The popularity of social media sites for posting pictures has given rise to a new form of
mediated communication: online photo sharing. This article explores motivations for sharing …

Instagram is perhaps the most rapidly gaining in popularity of photo and video sharing social
networking applications. It has been widely adopted by both end-users and organizations …

Snapchat is emerging as a popular image-based instant messaging service. Aiming to
provide the first insight into the characteristics of Snapchat users, this study (N= 235) drew …

As Internet use grows globally, the digital divide has shifted beyond concerns about access
and adoption to more subtle questions of skill, usage, and capital, and to new venues such …

This study explores the influence of social media on social identity demonstration in the
domain of fan reactionary behavior, specifically the medium's interaction with public fan …