#Activism versus real activism: manifestations of digital social influence in Social Networking Sites

Dharshani Chandrasekara; Darshana Sedera

#Activism versus real activism: manifestations of digital social influence in Social Networking Sites

Dharshani Chandrasekara
, Darshana Sedera

Department of Human Centred Computing

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Along with the rapid proliferation of Social Networking Sites (SNSs), there is renewed discussion on the influence of substantial and highly interactive digital social circles. There is much debate about an individual's interactions with his/her digital social circles and how s/he forms behaviours as a result of such interactions. This study hypothesizes two salient types of actions that individuals are likely to engage in, as a consequence of social influence from SNSs: symbolic (e.g. #activism) and substantive actions (e.g. real activism). Using a paired sample of survey data gathered from 311 respondents, this research attempts to understand which social influence perspectives are likely to influence symbolic and substantive actions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICIS 2019 Proceedings
Editors	Wai Fong Boh, Jan Marco Leimeister, Sunil Wattal
Place of Publication	Atlanta Georgia USA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Chapter	3410
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9780996683197
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	International Conference on Information Systems 2019 - Munich, Germany Duration: 15 Dec 2019 → 18 Dec 2019 Conference number: 40th https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/ (Proceedings) https://archives.aisconferences.org/icis2019/

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Systems 2019
Abbreviated title	ICIS 2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	15/12/19 → 18/12/19
Internet address	https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/ (Proceedings) https://archives.aisconferences.org/icis2019/

Keywords

Digital social influence
Social impact
Social Networking Sites
Substantive action
Symbolic action

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Chandrasekara, D & Sedera, D 2019, #Activism versus real activism: manifestations of digital social influence in Social Networking Sites. in W Fong Boh, J Marco Leimeister & S Wattal (eds), ICIS 2019 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems, Atlanta Georgia USA, International Conference on Information Systems 2019, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 15/12/19. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/crowds_social/crowds_social/36/>

#Activism versus real activism: manifestations of digital social influence in Social Networking Sites. / Chandrasekara, Dharshani; Sedera, Darshana.
ICIS 2019 Proceedings. ed. / Wai Fong Boh; Jan Marco Leimeister; Sunil Wattal. Atlanta Georgia USA: Association for Information Systems, 2019.

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