Examining WeChat users’ motivations, trust, attitudes, and positive word-of-mouth: Evidence from China
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Trust in information on social media and trust in the platforms themselves positively influence people's intention to share information, news, and opinions on social media.
“All the studies in our corpus suggest that trust in the information on social media [10,56,65,68] and trust in the platforms themselves [30,59,66,70] positively infuence people's intention to share information, news, and opinions on social media [122].”
From What Do We Mean When We Talk about Trust in Social Media? A Systematic Review (2023) · cites this paper as [65]
Trust in information on social media and trust in social media platforms both play a role in increasing people's use of social media.
“The studies in our corpus show that trust in the information on social media [2,65], as well as trust in the social media platforms themselves [33,79], both play a role in increasing people's use of social media.”
From What Do We Mean When We Talk about Trust in Social Media? A Systematic Review (2023) · cites this paper as [65]
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- Authors
- Lien, C. H., & Cao, Y.
- Affiliations
- Thompson Rivers University (CA)
- Shanghai Institute of Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Lien, Che Hui
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 41
- Pages
- 104-111
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2064652801
- Cited by
- 513
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 49 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 67 · 2020: 77 · 2019: 63 · 2018: 59 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 7
- FWCI
- 43.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Marketing and Social Media
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- WeChat, user motivation, entertainment motivation, information motivation, trust, user attitudes, positive word of mouth, instant messaging, social networking sites
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