A temptation to stalk: The impact of curiosity on user acceptance of social networking sites

Oehlhorn C, Maier C, Wirth J, Laumer S, Dürr S (2016)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: Association for Information Systems

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

Event location: San Diego, CA US

Abstract

Social networking sites occupy increasing fields of daily life and act as important communication channels today. But recent research also discusses the dark side of these sites, which expresses in form of stress, envy, addiction or even depression. Nevertheless, there must be a reason why people use social networking sites, even though they face related risks. One reason is human curiosity that tempts users to behave like this. The research on hand presents the impact of curiosity on user acceptance of social networking sites, which is theorized and empirically evaluated by using the technology acceptance model and a quantitative study among Facebook users. It further reveals that especially two types of human curiosity, epistemic and interpersonal curiosity, influence perceived usefulness and perceived enjoyment, and with it technology acceptance.

Authors with CRIS profile

Sven Laumer Schöller Endowed Chair for Information Systems (Digitalization in Business and Society)

Involved external institutions

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Oehlhorn, C., Maier, C., Wirth, J., Laumer, S., & Dürr, S. (2016). A temptation to stalk: The impact of curiosity on user acceptance of social networking sites. In Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). San Diego, CA, US: Association for Information Systems.

MLA:

Oehlhorn, Caroline, et al. "A temptation to stalk: The impact of curiosity on user acceptance of social networking sites." Proceedings of the 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), San Diego, CA Ed. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Association for Information Systems, 2016.

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