To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been regarded as a promising solution to address the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. Prior research has primarily focused on their adoption behavior (intention) per se. However, gaining and processing EV-related information...
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| author | Jing Yan Yu Zhou Shanyong Wang Jun Li |
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| description | Electric vehicles (EVs) have been regarded as a promising solution to address the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. Prior research has primarily focused on their adoption behavior (intention) per se. However, gaining and processing EV-related information as the foundation for adoption have been ignored in previous research. Social media such as WeChat are influential communication channels that play a significant role in promoting information dissemination and innovation diffusion. Data from a sample of 334 respondents were collected in China to investigate EV-related information credibility on WeChat and its impact on information dissemination through a moderated dual-process model. The empirical results show that information source-based trust and the habit of believing have a significantly positive impact on information content credibility, while recipient expertise negatively affects content credibility. Information content credibility, in turn, has a direct and positive impact on information dissemination on WeChat. Personal relevance negatively moderates the links from information source-based trust and the habit of believing in information content credibility while positively moderating the relationships between recipient expertise and content credibility and between content credibility and information dissemination. Considering the empirical results, we discuss the implications for promoting EV-related information dissemination and provide suggestions for future study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-451fd1a8a2174aa7a54fccae5a8723062022-12-21T22:10:29ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-017468084682110.1109/ACCESS.2019.29090728681094To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process ModelJing Yan0Yu Zhou1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8064-4249Shanyong Wang2Jun Li3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5664-863XAnhui Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Urban and Rural Economics, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaElectric vehicles (EVs) have been regarded as a promising solution to address the pressure to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. Prior research has primarily focused on their adoption behavior (intention) per se. However, gaining and processing EV-related information as the foundation for adoption have been ignored in previous research. Social media such as WeChat are influential communication channels that play a significant role in promoting information dissemination and innovation diffusion. Data from a sample of 334 respondents were collected in China to investigate EV-related information credibility on WeChat and its impact on information dissemination through a moderated dual-process model. The empirical results show that information source-based trust and the habit of believing have a significantly positive impact on information content credibility, while recipient expertise negatively affects content credibility. Information content credibility, in turn, has a direct and positive impact on information dissemination on WeChat. Personal relevance negatively moderates the links from information source-based trust and the habit of believing in information content credibility while positively moderating the relationships between recipient expertise and content credibility and between content credibility and information dissemination. Considering the empirical results, we discuss the implications for promoting EV-related information dissemination and provide suggestions for future study.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8681094/Electric vehiclesinformation credibilityinformation disseminationWeChat |
| spellingShingle | Jing Yan Yu Zhou Shanyong Wang Jun Li To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model IEEE Access Electric vehicles information credibility information dissemination |
| title | To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model |
| title_full | To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model |
| title_fullStr | To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model |
| title_short | To share or not to Share? Credibility and Dissemination of Electric Vehicle-Related Information on WeChat: A Moderated Dual-Process Model |
| title_sort | to share or not to share credibility and dissemination of electric vehicle related information on wechat a moderated dual process model |
| topic | Electric vehicles information credibility information dissemination |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8681094/ |
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