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Modelling the factors that determine online news-sharing behaviour of social media users: The role of perceived message and online environmental characteristics

Published:2023-10-31 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0165-5515
Container-title:Journal of Information Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Information Science

Author:

Na Risu¹,Wang Yaqin²,Na Buqi³,Ning Yucheng⁴,Destiny Apuke Oberiri⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Northeast Normal University, China; International Academy of Arts, Jilin International Studies University, China

2. School of Marxism, Changchun University of Science and Technology, China; School of Public Administration, Jilin University, China

3. Material Purchase and Supply Center, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Minzu University, China; Graduate School of Language and Culture, Graduate University of Mongolia, China

4. School of Journalism and Communication, Minnan Normal University, China; Cross-Strait Communication Research Center, Minnan Normal University, China

5. Department of Mass Communication, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria

Abstract

This study modelled the online environment characteristics and message characteristics that predict news sharing among social media users. This study’s data were obtained from a cross-sectional national survey conducted in Nigeria. Qualtrics was used to recruit data from 1320 participants in Nigeria. The participants were recruited via a stratified quota sampling which reflected the country’s census statistics for gender and age. We found the message characteristics to predict news-sharing behaviour among social media users in Nigeria. By implication, the characteristics of a message encountered online influence the news-sharing behaviour of social media users. We also found that the online environment characteristics predict news-sharing behaviour, which implies that the external factor, that is, the relationship a user has with his network members, predicts sharing behaviour. Some theoretical and practical implications were provided to conclude the study.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Library and Information Sciences,Information Systems

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/01655515231205477

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