Co-viewing Experience in Video Websites: The Effect of Social Presence on E-Loyalty

被引:97
作者
Fang, Jiaming [1 ]
Chen, Lei [1 ]
Wen, Chao [2 ]
Prybutok, Victor R. [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] UESTC, Sch Management & Econ, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
[2] Eastern Illinois Univ, Sch Business, Charleston, IL 61920 USA
[3] Univ North Texas, Toulouse Grad Sch, Denton, TX 76203 USA
[4] Coll Business, Informat Technol & Decis Sci Dept, Decis Sci, Denton, TX USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Co-creation; DanMu comments; e-loyalty; group identification; immersive experience; social presence; S-O-R framework; video websites; COMMON METHOD VARIANCE; PERCEIVED VALUE; CONTINUANCE INTENTION; PURCHASE INTENTION; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION; TURNOVER INTENTIONS; ONLINE AUCTIONS; MODERATING ROLE; WEB INTERFACE; MODEL;
D O I
10.1080/10864415.2018.1462929
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Video website operators work in a highly competitive market and, thus, cultivating evangelists who keep coming back and spreading positive word-of-mouth (WOM) referrals is important to retain market share and boost sustainability. This study empirically tests a model proposing that social presence elicited by the emerging bullet screen (DanMu in Chinese or Danmaku in Japanese) system in video websites serially affects immersive experience and perceived benefits, which in turn influence viewers' e-loyalty. Data collected from 523 participants provide strong support for the proposed model. The results indicate that compelling immersive experience and perceived benefits are important mediators explaining the theoretical mechanism of how social presence affects loyalty. The presence of moderators such as group identification reinforces the influence of social presence on immersion. In addition, this study also suggests that perceived benefits differentially affect the two facets of e-loyalty (i.e., revisit intention and positive WOM). Specifically, revisit intention is mainly driven by the perceived hedonic benefit while positive WOM likelihood is largely determined by the utilitarian and social benefits. This study is the first to provide theoretical insights into understanding how increased social presence triggered by DanMu comments inspires the desired e-loyalty responses.
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页码:446 / 476
页数:31
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