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{"title":"Deciphering dynamic effects of mobile app addiction, privacy concern and cognitive overload on subjective well-being and academic expectancy: The pivotal function of perceived technostress","authors":"Hua Pang,&nbsp;Yi Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102861","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102861","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The burgeoning realm of mobile-assisted learning has garnered substantial scholarly and educational attention, attributable to its remarkably swift evolution and ubiquitous deployment. However, a conspicuous lacuna persists in scholarly inquiry regarding the dark side, particularly the adverse responses manifested by university students within higher education contexts. This study pioneers the application of the SSO framework to investigate university students' technostress in the context of mobile-assisted learning, addressing a critical gap in existing literature that predominantly focuses on corporate or faculty populations. Through the systematic analysis of statistics from 605 university students in mainland China, the conceptual model is empirically validated. Results demonstrate that mobile app addiction, privacy concern, and cognitive overload have statistically significant correlations with perceived technostress. Notably, privacy concern emerged as the strongest predictor of perceived technostress, a finding that challenges conventional assumptions about mobile app addiction as the primary stressor. Moreover, this current study discerns perceived technostress as a significant catalyst for attenuating subjective well-being and academic expectancy among university students. Significantly, mobile app addiction and privacy concern indirectly forecast subjective well-being, with perceived technostress serving as a critical mediator in this pathway. These insights offer actionable strategies for educators and app designers to mitigate technostress, thereby enhancing students’ well-being and academic expectancy. This study enriches the theoretical understanding of the adverse effects of mobile platforms on students and provides guidance for targeted interventions to reduce the negative impacts of mobile applications in educational settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102861"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk, reward, and recognition: The influence of safety perception on viral challenge participation on social media","authors":"Andrzej Szymkowiak ,&nbsp;Konstantinos Madias ,&nbsp;Urszula Anna Garczarek-Bak","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102860","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102860","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this research, user engagement with viral challenges on social media is examined, focusing on the effects of risk perception, social support and safety on participation intentions. Two studies were conducted: in the first, it was explored what impact assigned risk levels have on users' expectations of virality and potential platform bans, involving 393 participants; in the second, it was investigated how individuals' safety perceptions influence their willingness to engage in viral challenges, with 274 participants engaging in real-life scenarios involving a \"dog food challenge\". The findings allow to highlight the mediating role of social support and safety perceptions in the relationship between risk and engagement, underscoring the significance of these factors in users' decision-making processes on platforms such as TikTok. This work contributes to the discourse on digital behavior, offering insights into the complexities of participating in viral challenges and their implications for various stakeholders in the social media ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102860"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reconceptualizing the metaverse: A taxonomy for user experience analysis and insights from real-world platforms","authors":"Sunyoung Park ,&nbsp;Dongjae Kim ,&nbsp;Euiseog Jeong ,&nbsp;Dahye Jeong ,&nbsp;Eunil Park","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102852","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102852","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While academia and industry share a common interest in the metaverse, there is a notable lack of consensus on its terminology. To bridge this gap, we propose a more suitable method for user experience analysis by integrating academic insights with real-world services. To this end, we developed a user experience-focused taxonomy by synthesizing academic perspectives and validating it across eight real-world platforms. In addition, we employ word co-occurrence network analysis to identify the primary concerns and opinions of real-world users. Our findings reveal that academia conceptualizes the metaverse through an idealized lens, emphasizing technical and functional aspects. However, real-world services do not necessarily adhere to the requirements outlined in academic definitions. For users, key concerns center on platform-specific characteristics, challenges, reliability, and privacy rather than technical factors. These results provide valuable insights by clarifying the metaverse’s definition and advocating for a more user-centered approach to its analysis and development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102852"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143562098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of collectivism, power distance, and neutralization techniques on deviant information security behavior","authors":"Yimer Mohammed ,&nbsp;Merrill Warkentin ,&nbsp;Chinju Paul ,&nbsp;Tibebe Beshah","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102857","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102857","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Insider threats to organizations prompt them to implement security policies and procedures, but cultural dimensions shape employees’ beliefs and behaviors. Employees may justify deviant security behaviors using various neutralization techniques, which can be culturally determined. We present a research model to examine the moderating role of cultural dimensions – power distance and collectivism – on the relationship between neutralization techniques and deviant security behaviors. Based on a scenario-based survey conducted in Ethiopia, our findings indicate that perceived benefits and neutralization techniques are positively associated with the intention to engage in deviant security behavior, while perceived sanction certainty has a negative effect. Our moderation analysis further reveals that power distance and collectivism moderate the relationship between neutralization techniques and the intention to engage in deviant security behaviors. Specifically, higher levels of espoused power distance diminish the impact of “denial of responsibility” and “defense of necessity”, while amplifying the effect of “condemn the condemners” and perceived certainty of sanctions. Similarly, higher levels of espoused collectivism enhance the effect of the “defense of necessity”, while reducing the impact of the “claim of normalcy” on the intention to engage in deviant behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102857"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Perceptions and paradigms: An analysis of AI framing in trending social media news","authors":"Ruolan Deng ,&nbsp;Saifuddin Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102858","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102858","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms society, yet it remains a controversial and ethically charged innovation. While news media plays a crucial role in shaping public perception and acceptance, existing research primarily focuses on traditional news outlets, neglecting the growing influence of social media platforms. Additionally, few studies further dissect journalistic AI frames by deconstructing the framing patterns of different social groups. Using a qualitative content analysis approach, we examine general journalistic frames in the trending news reports on social media and the specific frames reflected in quotes attributed to various social groups. We identify seven distinct AI frames, ranging from optimistic to pessimistic portrayals. Our findings also reveal significant variations in how different social groups–including scientists, managers, researchers, policymakers, adopters, and those affected–interpret AI. These discrepancies highlight the complex and multifaceted nature of journalistic narratives surrounding this transformative technology. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of how AI is framed in the digital age, offering valuable insights for policymakers, communicators, and researchers interested in the social and ethical implications of AI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102858"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143550082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of cyber security and digital transformation in gaining competitive advantage through Strategic Management Accounting","authors":"Varun Chotia ,&nbsp;Kamel Khoualdi ,&nbsp;Laura Broccardo ,&nbsp;Muhammad Zafar Yaqub","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>This work studies the relationship between Strategic Management Accounting and Competitive Advantage in Indian financial services through an analysis of Cyber Security and Digital Transformation as mediators.</div></div><div><h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3><div>Researchers obtained responses from 270 financial sector employees throughout northern India through convenience sampling which spanned across three data collection waves. SmartPLS4 was performed for data analysis and to validate the proposed hypotheses.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>The analyzed data demonstrated a robust link between Strategic Management Accounting and Competitive Advantage as research showed Cyber Security and Digital Transformation function as intermediate variables in this connection. Research demonstrates the role of Cyber Security and Digital Transformation together to optimize Competitive Advantage through effective implementation of Strategic Management Accounting practices.</div></div><div><h3>Originality</h3><div>This investigation provides meaningful contributions to academic literature by studying Cyber Security and Digital Transformation functions as missing mediators between Strategic Management Accounting and Competitive Advantage in the research landscape of India's financial service industry. This study brings together previously studied independent concepts into a unified framework while remaining unique compared to existing research. The research engages with the financial services sector in India to present fresh insights.</div></div><div><h3>Practical implications</h3><div>The study implies that organizations need multileveled competitive plans that implement Strategic Management Accounting methods properly and adjust frameworks for digital transformations and competitive strategies. This will result in robust business continuity solutions and a sustained competitive market position as well as enhanced data integrity and reliability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102851"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143519086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Impact of data intelligence factors on consumers’ mobile shopping intentions","authors":"Junhong He,&nbsp;Jiale Du,&nbsp;Huijian Fu,&nbsp;Zengpeng Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102853","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102853","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of data intelligence has significantly transformed consumers' shopping behavior, but the influence of various data intelligence factors on consumers' mobile shopping intentions through consumer emotions remains under explored. This study, grounded in an environmental psychology model, combines qualitative interviews and a questionnaire survey to investigate how data intelligence factors influence consumer emotions and mobile shopping intentions. Study 1 is based on interviews with 45 participants, with various data intelligence factors, such as intelligent search, intelligent recommendation, intelligent pricing, intelligent customer service, and intelligent logistics, extracted and analyzed using NVivo software. Based on the results of Study 1, Study 2 developed a moderated mediation model to examine how data intelligence factors influence mobile shopping intentions through consumer emotions, with regulatory focus serving as a moderator. A survey was conducted, and 962 valid responses were analyzed using SPSS 25 and AMOS 21 software. The findings reveal the following: First, intelligent recommendation, intelligent customer service, and intelligent logistics have a significant positive impact on consumer emotions. Additionally, intelligent recommendation and intelligent logistics have a significant positive impact on mobile shopping intentions. Second, intelligent pricing has a significant negative impact on mobile shopping intentions. Third, consumer emotions play a significant mediating role between intelligent recommendation, intelligent customer service, intelligent logistics and mobile shopping intentions. Finally, prevention focus moderates the impact of intelligent recommendation, intelligent customer service, and intelligent logistics on mobile shopping intentions. The findings contribute to the literature on how data intelligence influences mobile shopping behavior and examine the moderating effect of regulatory focus, offering practical insights for companies to optimize their digital intelligence marketing strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102853"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143519087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding doctors’ contribution behavior in e-health service communities: A qualitative research","authors":"Jiamin Peng ,&nbsp;Chi Fu ,&nbsp;Lishan Xie ,&nbsp;Tzung-Cheng Huan","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102856","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102856","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Doctors' contributions are crucial for the sustainable development of e-health service communities (e-HSCs). However, studies on the manifestation and formation of their behaviors in e-HSCs are limited. This study adopts a value co-creation and resource input perspective to explore how and why doctors contribute to e-HSCs, incorporating the group engagement model. Through in-depth, one-on-one online interviews with 23 doctors engaged in e-HSCs and grounded theory methodology, this study identified key manifestations of doctors' contribution behavior, which include knowledge contribution, adaptive communication and emotional care, holistic patient management, and community citizenship. Factors driving their contributions encompass the perceptions of gained resources, self-value within e-HSCs, identity considerations, and offline social connections. These findings illustrate doctors' dual motivations rooted in social identification and exchange within e-HSCs, accounting for the potential impacts of offline resources. This study provides practical insights to enhance doctors’ contribution behavior and ensure efficient e-HSC functioning, leading to societal well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102856"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does AI affect the self-actualization of content creators in dynamic environments? A knowledge management perspective","authors":"Mingsheng Wang ,&nbsp;Yongzhong Yang ,&nbsp;Peichi Zhong","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102855","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102855","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the digital economy evolves, artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into creative workflows but it also has implications for creators' intrinsic needs and personal growth. This paper aims to analyze the impact and mechanisms of AI on content creators' self-actualization, especially how it works in fast-changing environments, and to present AI-driven knowledge management (KM) strategies as an integrated approach for optimizing this process. A quantitative survey method was used to collect data from 684 content creators across various new media platforms in China, followed by empirical analysis using PLS-SEM. The study findings show that the adoption of AI positively influences self-actualization in dynamic environments by enhancing creators' abilities to explore, share, and exploit knowledge. In this process, knowledge exploitation is an obvious shortcoming that should be prioritized for improvement, while knowledge exploration is a strength among content creators that should be maintained and further developed, and knowledge sharing should be moderately integrated into the workflow. By proposing and bridging an AI-KM model of interaction and symbiosis and a self-actualization framework in creative contexts, the paper is the first effort to explore the interplay between AI, KM processes, and self-actualization, filling a gap in existing research. The results offer actionable strategies for creators and managers in creative industries to promote human-machine interaction and personal values and provide an inclusive and collaborative practical path for enhancing the role of technology in human creativity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102855"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the nexus of institutional factors and regulatory focus in driving platform-based servitization and circular economy adoption","authors":"Sayed Kifayat Shah ,&nbsp;Jingbo Yuan ,&nbsp;Kayhan Tajeddini ,&nbsp;Thilini Chathurika Gamage ,&nbsp;Mingxia Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102854","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although digitalization has garnered considerable attention in service management literature, integrating a platform-based approach to boost circular economy (CE) practices remains relatively underexplored. Grounded in the institutional-based theory and regulatory focus theory, this paper investigates how institutional-level factors and regulatory focus (RF) foster platform-based servitization (PBS), driving CE practices in business firms. Using data drawn from a paper-based survey of 390 managers from 143 service firms in China, this study used the partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique to analyze the data. The findings reveal that metaverse, network collaboration, and environmental disclosure significantly and positively impact fostering PBS. PBS, in turn, acts as a mediator, potentially influencing the implementation of CE practices in business firms. Further, promotion-RF positively moderates the relationship between fostering PBS in business firms and implementing CE practices, whereas preventive-RF negatively moderates this relationship. These findings provide actionable recommendations for managers and industry practitioners to formulate business strategies that fully harness the potential of promoting PBS and CE beyond purely technological benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47979,"journal":{"name":"Technology in Society","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102854"},"PeriodicalIF":10.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143529556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}