Social media has changed the business forms for many industries and organisations. The domain of the influence of social media on consumer behaviour is a relatively young area of study. Today, communication is an essential means for organisations and businesses in the market to manage the...

Nowadays we are faced with a growing number of people using social media. The most popular of these are YouTube and Instagram. Their users are exposed to the content generated by influencers - social media creators with loyal audiences. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact that...

As the luxury market is permanently changing, becomes essential for luxury researchers and marketers to better understand how consumers perceive luxury and which are the drivers behind their buying behavior. This study proposed an integrated conceptual framework regarding status seeking or...

Peer influence through word-of-mouth (WOM) plays an important role in many information systems but identification of causal effects is challenging. We identify causal WOM effects in the empirical setting of game adoption in a social network for gamers by exploiting differences in individuals’...

Word-of-mouth (WOM) plays an increasingly important role today in shaping consumers' attitudes and buying behaviors. Prior work in marketing has mainly focused on the aggregate impact of WOM on product sales as well as the generation of WOM. Very little attention has been paid to the consumption...

This paper estimates a dynamic model of user behavior in a social network site using unique data on the daily login activity of a sample of members of MySpace.com. We view a social network as a stock of capital that yields a flow of utilities over time by creating interactions between the site...

This study identified and examined variables that affected spectators' attitudes and intentions in both offline and online contexts. Based on the results of literature review, three variables (i.e., the club membership subscription, negative memory, and Facebook fan page visit) were identified,...

As the growing global influence of Korean Pop-Culture (commonly referred to as Korea Wave or Hallyu) draws the attention of scholars and media practitioners, it seems appropriate to investigate from a wide spectrum of perspectives (including cultural, communication, and purchase decision...

Social networking is currently the most popular online activity among consumers worldwide. Today in business context, Social media is achieving increasing importance as a channel for consumer's online participation and engagement. Brands are developing its presence in social networking sites to...