A longitudinal examination of WeChat usage intensity, behavioral engagement, and cross-cultural adjustment among international students in China

C Cao, Q Meng, H Zhang - Higher Education, 2024 - Springer
WeChat is a highly popular social media in China and many other Asian countries, but little
is known about its effectiveness in facilitating international students' academic and social …

The impact of mortality salience on quantified self behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

Y Liu, X Lv, Z Tang - Personality and Individual Differences, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantified self refers to the process consumers collect, analyze to reflect, control, and
optimize their behaviors, thus obtaining self-knowledge. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has …

[HTML][HTML] Engagement of ethnic-minority consumers with electronic word of mouth (eWOM) on social media: The pivotal role of intercultural factors

S Levy, Y Gvili, H Hino - Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social network sites (SNS) facilitate eWOM communication among consumers of different
cultures. Building on contact theory and the theory of planned behavior, we propose a …

Hedonic shop** motivations and obsessive–compulsive buying on the internet

A Ali, C Li, A Hussain, Bakhtawar - Global Business Review, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the relationship between online hedonic shop** motivations and
obsessive–compulsive buying of online buyers. The useable data of 503 respondents are …

Intergroup contact through online comments: Effects of direct and extended contact on outgroup attitudes

N Kim, M Wojcieszak - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
This study contributes to the still limited evidence on the effects of online intergroup contact.
We conceptualize online contact as occurring through users' comments online, an easy and …

How can offline and online contact predict intercultural communication effectiveness? Findings from domestic and international students in China

Q Meng, A Li, H Zhang - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2022 - Elsevier
Guided by the anxiety/uncertainty management theory, two studies were conducted among
domestic students (majority; Study 1) and international students (minority; Study 2) in China …

[HTML][HTML] Analyzing the interplay between social media analytics and nudges in pandemic control

A Kumar, A Tewary, P Upadhyay - International Journal of Information …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study employs a data-driven approach to examine the government's use of data
insights and nudges to promote social distancing during the pandemic. Drawing from well …

Effects of online and direct contact on Chinese international students' social capital in intercultural networks: testing moderation of direct contact and mediation of …

C Cao, Q Meng - Higher Education, 2020 - Springer
Chinese international students often face daunting challenges of building intercultural
networks and receiving support from outgroup members. To facilitate their social integration …

Harnessing digital media in the fight against prejudice: Social contact and exposure to digital media solutions

S Lissitsa, N Kushnirovich - Journalism & Mass …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The current research focuses on the role of both physical and virtual environments in
facilitating subtle and blatant prejudice reduction of the Jewish majority toward the Arab …

Secondary transfer effect of positive and negative online contact between groups involved in high-intensity conflict

S Lissitsa, N Kushnirovich - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Israeli Jews and Palestinians are involved in a high-intensity, overt, violent conflict,
in which Israeli Palestinians can be considered a mediating group, which shares a …