Using interface cues in online health community boards to change impressions and encourage user contribution

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 599-608

  Kim, Hyang Sook ^a   Shyam Sundar, S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority cues; Bandwagon cues; Health community boards; Heuristics; Sense of agency; Sense of community; User contribution

Indexed keywords

CONVEYING; QUALITY CONTROL;

AUTHORITY CUE; BANDWAGON CUE; GAIN INFORMATION; HEALTH COMMUNITY BOARD; HEURISTIC; MESSAGE BOARDS; ONLINE HEALTH COMMUNITIES; SENSE OF AGENCIES; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; USER CONTRIBUTION;

HEALTH;

EID: 79958123927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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