Personality traits as predictors of Facebook use

Acopio, John Ray B.; Bance, Lucila O.

doi:10.5897/ijpc2015.0311

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“…Stemmed from computer-mediated communication research, the intensity of Facebook use refers to the extent one is emotionally connected and actively engaged in activities on Facebook (Acopio and Bance, 2016). In previous studies, Petter et al (2013) reviewed 140 articles based on the information systems success model and found that users' trust toward online community platforms could significantly increase their behavioral intentions such as continued usage and user satisfaction.…”

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Encountering misinformation online: antecedents of trust and distrust and their impact on the intensity of Facebook use

Cheng

Chen

2020

OIR

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PurposeThis study focused on the impact of misinformation on social networking sites. Through theorizing and integrating literature from interdisciplinary fields such as information behavior, communication and relationship management, this study explored how misinformation on Facebook influences users' trust, distrust and intensity of Facebook use.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed quantitative survey research and collected panel data via an online professional survey platform. A total of 661 participants in the USA completed this study, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the theoretical model using Amos 20.FindingsBased on data from an online questionnaire (N = 661) in the USA, results showed that information trustworthiness and elaboration, users' self-efficacy of detecting misinformation and prescriptive expectancy of the social media platform significantly predicted both trust and distrust toward Facebook, which in turn jointly influenced users' intensity of using this information system.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the growing body of literature on information and relationship management and digital communication from several important aspects. First, this study disclosed the underlying cognitive psychological and social processing of online misinformation and addressed the strategies for future system design and behavioral intervention of misinformation. Second, this study systematically examined both trust and distrust as cognitive and affective dimensions of the human mindsets, encompassed the different components of the online information behavior and enriched one’s understanding of how misinformation affected publics' perceptions of the information system where it appeared. Last but not least, this study advanced the relationship management literature and demonstrated that a trustful attitude exerted a stronger influence on the intensity of Facebook use than distrust did.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2020-0130

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Section: Effects Of Trust and Distrust On The Intensity Of Facebook Usementioning

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Encountering misinformation online: antecedents of trust and distrust and their impact on the intensity of Facebook use

Cheng

Chen

2020

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“…Up to 56 British participants and up to 144 German individuals take part in the survey. The use of SNSs is defined with the duration of membership in years, number of contacts and time spend per day in average per minutes [32]. The details are presented in Table 2.…”

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Reasons of Individuals to Trust What They Read on Social Network Sites

Sander¹,

Teh

2021

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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The rationality of believing a piece of information depends on the level of trust of each individual. To make a purchase decision, an individual has to trust the information they have collected from social media content. That said, to influence an individual's decision, companies have to obtain an individual's trust successfully. This study aims to investigate what makes an individual trust what they read on social media (SM). Participants of this study are from Germany and United Kingdom (UK). A model is created and tested with regression analysis. That helps to identify the impact experience with social network sites (SNSs) on trust of information in SNSs. The practical outcome is to provide advice to companies whereby to communicate with potential clients to transfer their information successfully and trustworthy.

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“…Furthermore, Bergh (2009) confirmed that personality is probably one of the most significant fields to be regarded in the research on human nature and differences, as well as similarities between individuals. The best personality domain can be best defined by the Five Factor Model (FFM) using the Big Five Personality Dimensions (Acopio & Bance 2016). This model conceptualises the hierarchy of personality traits in a series of five simple dimensions, namely, neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness (Ali 2019;Mhlanga 2019;Szcześniak, Sopińska & Kroplewski 2019).…”

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The big five personality traits influencing habitual Facebook usage, life satisfaction and psychological well-being of Generation Y students

Maziriri

2020

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

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This research determined five big personality traits that influenced South African Generation Y students’ habitual use of Facebook, life satisfaction and psychological well-being. The research embraced a quantitative approach, and a structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from Generation Y students. The data were analysed using Smart PLS software version 3.2.7 for partial least square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Neuroticism, extraversion, openness and agreeableness had positive and significant influences on habitual Facebook usage (HFU). However, conscientiousness seemed to have a positive yet insignificant relationship with HFU. Habitual use of Facebook has been found to have a positive and significant impact on life satisfaction and psychological well-being. It was also determined that life satisfaction positively and significantly influences psychological well-being. The exogenous-to-endogenous outcomes from the structural model coincided with most of prior study’s findings. Therefore, in the light of the associated literature, the findings were discussed. This study is intended to add a fresh understanding to the current body of Africa’s personality, psychology and social media literature – a context that has received little research attention in developing nations.

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Personality traits as predictors of Facebook use

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Encountering misinformation online: antecedents of trust and distrust and their impact on the intensity of Facebook use

Encountering misinformation online: antecedents of trust and distrust and their impact on the intensity of Facebook use

Reasons of Individuals to Trust What They Read on Social Network Sites

The big five personality traits influencing habitual Facebook usage, life satisfaction and psychological well-being of Generation Y students

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