Understanding Members’ Attachment to Social Networking Sites: An Empirical Investigation of Three Theories

Eric T. K. Lim; Dianne Cyr; Chee-Wee Tan

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2014.82

Understanding Members’ Attachment to Social Networking Sites: An Empirical Investigation of Three Theories

Eric T. K. Lim, Dianne Cyr, Chee-Wee Tan

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Abstract

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are pervasive phenomena in today’s society. With greater connectivity and interactivity enabled through emerging technologies, SNSs provide communication platforms for individuals to bridge spatial and temporal differences when making friends, sharing experiences, socializing with others and much more. This study therefore endeavors to shed light on this growing trend by decomposing members’ motives for participating within SNSs into identity-based, bondbased and comparison-based attachments. Each of these forms of attachment in turn affects members’ cooperative and competitive mentality towards others within SNSs. We further construct a theoretical model of members’ communal attachments within SNSs that is then empirically validated via an online survey of 787 active members of SNSs. Empirical findings suggest that members’ communal attachments play an instrumental role in sustaining their continued participation within SNSs.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-47
Redaktører	Ralph H. Sprague, Jr.
Udgivelsessted	Los Alamitos, CA
Forlag	IEEE
Publikationsdato	2014
Sider	614-623
ISBN (Elektronisk)	9781479925049
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2014.82
Status	Udgivet - 2014
Begivenhed	The 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS 2014 - Hawaii, USA Varighed: 6 jan. 2014 → 9 jan. 2014 Konferencens nummer: 47 http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm

Konference

Konference	The 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS 2014
Nummer	47
Land/Område	USA
By	Hawaii
Periode	06/01/2014 → 09/01/2014
Internetadresse	http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm

Navn	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN	1060-3425

Emneord

Communities
Social network services
Educational institutions
Atmospheric measurements
Particle measurements
Business
Blogs
Communal Attachments
Social Networking Sites
Online Survey

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Lim, Eric T. K. ; Cyr, Dianne ; Tan, Chee-Wee. / Understanding Members’ Attachment to Social Networking Sites : An Empirical Investigation of Three Theories. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-47. red. / Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. Los Alamitos, CA : IEEE, 2014. s. 614-623 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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Understanding Members’ Attachment to Social Networking Sites: An Empirical Investigation of Three Theories. / Lim, Eric T. K.; Cyr, Dianne; Tan, Chee-Wee.
Proceedings of the 47th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-47. red. / Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE, 2014. s. 614-623 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

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