A Flow-Oriented Process Model of Social Media Services Use

Creators: Frenzel-Piasentin, Adeline and Bruckner, Moritz T. and Wagner, Christina
Title: A Flow-Oriented Process Model of Social Media Services Use
Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
Event Title: (Proceedings of the) 31st European Conference on Infomation Systems (ECIS)
Event Location: Kristiansand, Norway
Event Dates: June 11-16, 2023
Projects: IDI
Type of Paper / Paper No.: 414 (RP)
Date: 2023
Divisions: Informationsmanagement
Abstract (ENG): While social media has been a popular subject to extant research, we know little about the conditions and the flows of action of social media use, including staying, discontinuance, and switching behavior. This makes it difficult to understand platform choices and usage patterns of social media services. Based on a flow-oriented theoretical approach, we conduct an exploratory multiple case study of five popular social media services. We conceptualize a multidimensional perspective of social media use behavior. We identify four flows of action – “adjusting”, “coextending”, “fading out”, and “intensifying” – and develop a flow-oriented process model of social media service use. Our results help to understand the wide spectrum of use behavior and motives in social media services and provide new avenues to future research. Furthermore, we provide platform providers with insights to better understand the dynamics of social media services.
Forthcoming: No
Language: English
Citation:

Frenzel-Piasentin, Adeline and Bruckner, Moritz T. and Wagner, Christina (2023) A Flow-Oriented Process Model of Social Media Services Use. In: (Proceedings of the) 31st European Conference on Infomation Systems (ECIS), June 11-16, 2023, Kristiansand, Norway, Paper 414 (RP).

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