Exploring the boundary conditions of social influence for social media research

Dharshani Chandrasekara; Darshana Sedera

doi:10.5130/acis2018.dj

Exploring the boundary conditions of social influence for social media research

Dharshani Chandrasekara, Darshana Sedera

Department of Human Centred Computing

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Abstract

Along with the proliferation of social networking sites (SNS), people around the world have gained the ability to influence each other in terms of many aspects of lives may it be a political interest or a simple purchase decision. However, most of the SNS studies have employed social influence constructs that were established prior to the advent of SNS to understand the nature and impact of social influence. Even though the application of such theories for SNS has generated a wealth of knowledge, it is vital to acknowledge the necessity of a new perspective that is specific to the current context. Therefore, we conducted a review of 65 studies to explore which social influence constructs have been employed by previous SNS studies and introduced five boundary conditions that should be taken into consideration when employing social influence theory for future SNS studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	29th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2018
Editors	Rosemary Stockdale, Khin Than Win, Vijayan Sugumaran
Place of Publication	Broadway NSW Australia
Publisher	UTS ePRESS
Pages	800-810
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780648124245
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5130/acis2018.dj
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2018 - University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 3 Dec 2018 → 5 Dec 2018 Conference number: 29th http://www.acis2018.org/ http://acis.aaisnet.org/proceedings/2018.zip (Proceedings)

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Conference	Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2018
Abbreviated title	ACIS 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	3/12/18 → 5/12/18
Internet address	http://www.acis2018.org/ http://acis.aaisnet.org/proceedings/2018.zip (Proceedings)

Keywords

Boundary conditions
Literature review
Social impact
Social influence
Social media

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Chandrasekara, D & Sedera, D 2018, Exploring the boundary conditions of social influence for social media research. in R Stockdale, K Than Win & V Sugumaran (eds), 29th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2018. UTS ePRESS, Broadway NSW Australia, pp. 800-810, Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2018, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3/12/18. https://doi.org/10.5130/acis2018.dj

Exploring the boundary conditions of social influence for social media research. / Chandrasekara, Dharshani; Sedera, Darshana.
29th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2018. ed. / Rosemary Stockdale; Khin Than Win; Vijayan Sugumaran. Broadway NSW Australia: UTS ePRESS, 2018. p. 800-810.

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