The shady side of Facebook: The influence of perceived information and network characteristics on the attitude towards information overload

Weinert C, Maier C, Laumer S (2012)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2012

Book Volume: 6

Pages Range: 4930-4940

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

Event location: Seattle, WA, USA US

ISBN: 9781622768271

Abstract

This research paper analyzes the impact of information and network characteristics on the affective, cognitive, and behavioral attitude towards information overload (IO) on Facebook. By using an information overload model and the data of 300 active Facebook users it can be shown that the various categories of attitude are influenced by different factors. The level of determination of the behavioral attitude towards IO is lower than the level of determination of the affective and cognitive attitude towards IO. The identified antecedents of IO explain up to 36 per cent of the variance of IO. Results indicate that affective and cognitive attitude towards IO are more influenced by these antecedents as the behavioral attitude towards IO. Furthermore, results reveal that the amount of information an individual receives is the major predictor of all three dimensions of attitude. Several implications for adoption research are discussed.

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:

Weinert, C., Maier, C., & Laumer, S. (2012). The shady side of Facebook: The influence of perceived information and network characteristics on the attitude towards information overload. In Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) (pp. 4930-4940). Seattle, WA, USA, US.

MLA:

Weinert, Christoph, Christian Maier, and Sven Laumer. "The shady side of Facebook: The influence of perceived information and network characteristics on the attitude towards information overload." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Seattle, WA, USA Ed. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2012. 4930-4940.

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