A study on the factors affecting the behavior of spreading online rumors: Focusing on the rumor recipient's emotions

PACIS 2011 - 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Bock, Gee Woo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive emotion theory; Dual process theory; Factors regarding online rumor spreading; Informational factors; Normative factors; Online rumor

Indexed keywords

DUAL PROCESS; EMOTION THEORIES; FACTORS REGARDING ONLINE RUMOR-SPREADING; INFORMATIONAL FACTORS; NORMATIVE FACTORS; ONLINE RUMOR;

AUDITION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862928266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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