The Mediation Effects of Social Media Usage and Sharing Fake News about Companies

Obadă, Daniel-Rareș; Dabija, Dan-Cristian

doi:10.3390/bs12100372

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“…This indicates that the models demonstrate robustness in explaining the mediating effect of the number of followers on the social media platform Instagram. The study by Obada & Dabija (2022) also aimed to verify the mediating effect of social media use in a large sample composed of 932 subjects. This model also showed a significant mediation effect when introducing social media use into the relationship between users' perceived control, concentration, time distortion, and trust in online information.…”

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The use of social media: the mediating effect of the number of followers on the relationship between life satisfaction and user's self-esteem

Serra,

Campaniço

2024

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The utilization of social media has become increasingly prevalent across various generations, serving as a platform for individuals to exhibit personal content that may influence other users. However, there is limited understanding of the impact that the number of followers on social media platforms can have on the relationship between life satisfaction and users' self-esteem. Objective: The primary aim of this research is to examine the mediating effect of the number of followers on the relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem among Instagram users. Method: This study included an original sample of 298 participants, as well as two simulated samples of 2980 and 29800 subjects, all of whom were users of the social media platform Instagram and aged between 18 and 40 years. The research utilized three measurement instruments: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Results: The findings revealed that the number of followers serves as a significant mediator in the relationship between life satisfaction and self-esteem across all applied models. Additionally, a positive and significant relationship was observed among all these variables in the three study samples. Conclusion: The number of followers on social media platforms has been shown to impact the self-esteem of users and contribute to a better understanding of the effect of life satisfaction on participants' self-esteem levels. However, caution is needed regarding the use and content shared, as exposure on social media can have positive and negative impacts on users and influence them. Therefore, the results of this study may contribute to the development of awareness programs about the use of social media, as well as increasing the digital literacy of its users.

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The use of social media: the mediating effect of the number of followers on the relationship between life satisfaction and user's self-esteem

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2024

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“…Nowadays, posting on social media platforms is the way that companies promote their brands, products, and corporate images [ 36 ]; thus, these platforms have become a tool for effective interactions between companies and users [ 37 ], and they enhance information sharing between companies and users [ 38 ] while reducing communication costs. The high popularity of social media has made it widely recognized as a critical strategic component for organizational competitiveness and survival [ 39 , 40 ].…”

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“…Therefore, news reports should keep a thorough attitude, and all information should be based on the actual development of the event; eye-catching news reports that simply draw attention should not be written. Fake news is a burden on contemporary society and has a significant impact on citizens, countries, and organizations [ 36 ].…”

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Dynamic Characteristics and Evolution Analysis of Information Dissemination Theme of Social Networks under Emergencies

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Xie

Shi

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Behavioral Sciences

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Social media has become an essential channel for the public to create and obtain information during emergencies. As the theme of public concern for emergencies changes over time, there is a lack of research on its dynamic evolution from its latent stage. This paper selects the Henan rainstorm event as a case study and extracts the theme characteristics by combining the life cycle theory and Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) model. It integrates the Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency (TF-IDF) and Pointwise Mutual Information (PMI) algorithms as the theme-coding data source to build a dynamic theme propagation model for emergencies. Our research results showed that the theme coding effectively verified the assumption of latent development trends. The dynamic theme model could reveal the theme characteristics of different time series stages of emergencies, analyze the law of the theme evolution of the network’s public opinion, and provide practical and theoretical insights for the emergency management of urban cities.

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“…The ability to react quickly to negative information has raised the need to have specialized departments in companies to monitor fake news. The existence of such departments involves high cost in order to respond rapidly to such potential fake news [64].…”

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The Breaking News Effect and Its Impact on the Credibility and Trust in Information Posted on Social Media

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The development of social media has triggered important changes in our society and in the way consumers read and trust online information. The presence of consumers in the online environment exposes them to a greater extent to various instances of fake news, which are spread more or less intentionally. Sensational and breaking-news-style information are one of the ways in which consumers’ attention is attracted, by posting exaggerated or distorted information. The objective of our research is to determine the impact of sensational and breaking news headlines on content credibility. In a mediation model, we show that the perception of sensationalism mediates the relation between the presence of breaking news headlines and trust in the content of the information. Based on our proposed model, the existence of breaking news headlines increases the consumers’ perception of sensationalism and reduces trust in news content. These results have important implications for patterns of news consumption. If a piece of information is presented in a sensational way, it might attract more consumers’ attention in the short term, but in the long run it will reduce the credibility of its content. Based on our research, we recommend using sensational headlines with caution to maintain credibility.

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The Mediation Effects of Social Media Usage and Sharing Fake News about Companies

Cited by 18 publications

References 102 publications

The use of social media: the mediating effect of the number of followers on the relationship between life satisfaction and user's self-esteem

The use of social media: the mediating effect of the number of followers on the relationship between life satisfaction and user's self-esteem

Dynamic Characteristics and Evolution Analysis of Information Dissemination Theme of Social Networks under Emergencies

The Breaking News Effect and Its Impact on the Credibility and Trust in Information Posted on Social Media

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