Numerical Representations and User Behaviour in Social Networking Sites: Towards a Multi- Theoretical Research Framework

Mimmi Sjöklint; Ioanna Constantiou; Matthias Trier

Numerical Representations and User Behaviour in Social Networking Sites: Towards a Multi- Theoretical Research Framework

Mimmi Sjöklint, Ioanna Constantiou, Matthias Trier

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The new technological enhancements and the accessibility to varieties of online applications, enable users to collect personal data and perform self-evaluation through test, comparison and experimentation. The sparked interest in numbers and numbers as self-representative visualisations is prominent in social networking sites, which are the empirical setting for the present study. This paper sets out to establish a multi-theoretical framework which enables the investigation of emerging phenomena of the role of numbers in social networking sites. The proposed framework rests on three theoretical pillars: self-determination theory, heuristic decision making and behavioural economics. A discussion departs from these convictions to investigate user reactions and behaviour when faced with numerical representations in the SNS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECIS 2013 Proceedings
Number of pages	12
Place of Publication	Atlanta, GA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2013
Article number	Paper 167
ISBN (Print)	9783834924421
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013 - Utrecht University, Utrecht Science Park 'de Uithof', Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 5 Jun 2013 → 8 Jun 2013 Conference number: 21 https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/home

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Conference	The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013
Number	21
Location	Utrecht University, Utrecht Science Park 'de Uithof'
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	05/06/2013 → 08/06/2013
Internet address	https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/home

Series	Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems
ISSN	0000-0034

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Sjöklint, M, Constantiou, I & Trier, M 2013, Numerical Representations and User Behaviour in Social Networking Sites: Towards a Multi- Theoretical Research Framework. in ECIS 2013 Proceedings., Paper 167, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), Atlanta, GA, Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems, The 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013, Utrecht, Netherlands, 05/06/2013.

Numerical Representations and User Behaviour in Social Networking Sites: Towards a Multi- Theoretical Research Framework. / Sjöklint, Mimmi; Constantiou, Ioanna; Trier, Matthias.
ECIS 2013 Proceedings. Atlanta, GA: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013. Paper 167 (Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems).

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