Internet Research: Volume 25 Issue 4

Facebook advertising’s influence on intention-to-purchase and purchase amongst Millennials

Rodney Graeme Duffett

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of behavioural attitudes towards the most popular social medium in the world, Facebook, amongst Millennials in South…

An acceptance model for smart watches: Implications for the adoption of future wearable technology

Ki Joon Kim, Dong-Hee Shin

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key psychological determinants of smart watch adoption (i.e. affective quality (AQ), relative advantage (RA), mobility (MB)…

Female online shoppers: Examining the mediating roles of e-satisfaction and e-trust on e-loyalty development

Shihyu Chou, Chi-Wen Chen, Jiun-You Lin

As the number of female customers shopping in online clothing stores increases, understanding how female customers’ e-loyalty is formed and fostered in this type of online store…

Consumers’ psychological outcomes linked to the use of an online store’s recommendation system

Francisco J. Martínez-López, Irene Esteban-Millat, Ana Argila, Francisco Rejón-Guardia

Psychological perspective has been omitted or considered a secondary issue by past studies focused on e-commerce recommendation systems (RS). However, this perspective is key to…

The creation of the climategate hype in blogs and newspapers: mixed methods approach

Iina Hellsten, Eleftheria Vasileiadou

Research into the emergence of a hype requires a mixed methods approach that takes into account both the evolution over time and mutual influences across different types of media…

Young consumers’ responses to suspected covert and overt blog marketing

Veronica Liljander, Johanna Gummerus, Magnus Söderlund

– The purpose of this paper is to study the responses of young consumers to suspected covert and overt product-brand recommendations in a blog.

Understanding e-government research: A perspective from the information and library science field of knowledge

Laura Alcaide-Muñoz, Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar

The purpose of this paper is to consolidate existing knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of e-government research for assisting researchers in the development of their…

Cyber bullying and teachers’ awareness

Baris Sezer, Ramazan Yilmaz, Fatma Gizem Karaoglan Yilmaz

The purpose of this paper is to determine the awareness levels of teachers with regard to cyber bullying. In line with this purpose, the extent of awareness levels of teachers in…