2017
DOI: 10.5824/1309-1581.2017.1.002.x
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Can Vloggers Characteristics Change Online-Shopping Intentions? The Role of Word of Mouth Effect as a Communication Tool

Abstract: Findings-The results showed that vloggers' characteristics had significant influential effect on vlog users' attitude towards and intention to shop online. Moreover, the findings indicated that engagement characteristics of vloggers elicited trust more than authoritative knowledged characteristics of vloggers. As a result of the path analysis it is discovered that the intention to shop online is triggered through trust and word of mouth communication. Engagement knowledge has more power on the relationship bet… Show more

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“…As the most significant aspects affecting the decision to purchase Z. Bayazit, B. Durmuş, F. Yildirim [16] highlight trust that the recipient experience to a blogger, the WOM-character of communication (word-of-mouth (the so-called method of transmitting information in the process of personal communication). It allows obtaining the necessary information about the product straight from the horse's mouth, readiness to make purchases online; herewith, trusting a blogger often becomes the determining factor.…”
Section: Problem Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the most significant aspects affecting the decision to purchase Z. Bayazit, B. Durmuş, F. Yildirim [16] highlight trust that the recipient experience to a blogger, the WOM-character of communication (word-of-mouth (the so-called method of transmitting information in the process of personal communication). It allows obtaining the necessary information about the product straight from the horse's mouth, readiness to make purchases online; herewith, trusting a blogger often becomes the determining factor.…”
Section: Problem Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The newsfeed of social networks is full of popular people -opinion leaders -those who were unknown to the public just a short time ago. Every year there are more and more research works dedicated to the problems of video blogging as an advertising and PRtool [6][7][8]. Just a few years ago, it was impossible to hear of YouTube bloggers from TV screens; now famous video bloggers are frequent visitors to the most popular channels.…”
Section: Bloggers' Reputation Capital and Its Use In Social Projects mentioning
confidence: 99%