This study develops a research model, grounded in Web interactivity, social identity and social bond theories, for predicting the quality of online discussion in terms of cognitive and social influences. Empirical results from an online survey of a VC verify distinct direct and indirect social ...
A range of content is provided on social work theories and on critically reflective practice. The app will be useful to social work students and practice educators / field instructors. It will also be of use for more experienced practitioners to keep theory on the professional agenda. Some ...
Fifth, there could be a sixth stage (e.g., readiness to implement) for the adoption of innovations in the diffusion theory. The first five stages are awareness, interest, evaluation, trial and adoption (, and the diffusion theory is included within the theories of cognition and behaviour - ...
Social tasks and interactivity have both been found to have a positive impact on social presence (Tu, 2002; Tu & McIsaac, 2002). Additionally, factors such as social interactions, knowledge sharing, and elaboration of information have been found to influence creativity (Bogilovic et al., 2017...
The surge in social network services (SNS) usage has ignited concerns about potential addictive behaviors stemming from excessive engagement. This research focuses on pinpointing the primary determinants of SNS addiction by introducing a theoretical framework centered on flow, perceived enjoyment, and habit...
s not one single reasonable hierarchical model, or only one single reasonable regularized machine learning algorithm, or whatever—but the selection becomes a much smaller part of the problem, which in practice gets subsumed by multiple starting points, cross validation, new data and theories, ...
Sophisticated VR technology offers a high level of interactivity with stimulating environments, which can motivate children to learn and practice social skills. For example, VR interventions can combine delivering social knowledge, emotional regulation, social interaction, and attention practice (Plechatá,...
The Impact of Interactivity on User Satisfaction in Digital Social Reading: Social Presence as a Mediator The development of social media has given rise to digital social reading, an activity characterized by interactivity and social presence. Drawing upon the literature on interactivity and the Theory...
The integration of theories is used to understand how credibility-signals trigger UBI in social commerce. Secondly, the research examines the impact of communication factors’ credibility on trust. The existing literature heavily concentrates on influencers’ characteristics, while other aspects have ...
An integrated model was proposed that stimuli such as individual (i.e., perceived interactivity) and situational influences (i.e., dynamic characteristics and atmosphere clues) can elicit the intrinsic states of organisms (i.e., immersive experience and social interaction), which then result in a...