Online Information Review: Volume 46 Issue 4

Consumers with specialised and diverse experience produce more helpful reviews

Lei Hou, Xue Pan

Experienced reviewers in general can produce high-quality product reviews, and thereby get more helpful votes. This paper explores the question that whether the depth and width of…

The role of women's leadership in environmental NGOs' online accountability

Laura Saraite-Sariene, Federico Galán-Valdivieso, Juana Alonso-Cañadas, Manuela García-Tabuyo

The role of female managers has been of increasing interest among scholars in recent years, especially regarding sustainability issues. The same could be said about the usefulness…

Online schadenfreude as an outcome of ideological polarization: a case in Hong Kong

Cheuk Hang Au, Kevin K.W. Ho

The impact of ideological polarization has been a serious concern, given its damages to society. In addition, Schadenfreude is increasingly common in the era of ideological…

Statistical analysis used in LIS research produced by Pakistani authors

Ahsan Ullah, Kanwal Ameen

Statistical methods are important for meaningful analysis, critique and interpretation of results. The current study aims to investigate the use of statistical methods used in LIS…

Quality assessment of web-based information on type 2 diabetes

Didem Ölçer, Tuğba Taşkaya Temizel

This paper proposes a framework that automatically assesses content coverage and information quality of health websites for end-users.

Media use, political trust and attitude toward direct democracy: empirical evidence from Taiwan

Wen-Chun Chang

This study examines the roles of the Internet and other types of media use in explaining the support for direct democracy and further investigates the mediation of political trust…

Nexus of E-government, cybersecurity and corruption on public service (PSS) sustainability in Asian economies using fixed-effect and random forest algorithm

Hafiz Syed Mohsin Abbas, Zahid Hussain Qaisar, Xiaodong Xu, Chunxia Sun

E-government development (EGD) is vital in enhancing the institutional quality and sustainable public service (SPS) delivery by eradicating corruption and cybersecurity crimes.

Semiprivate space and access to online education during COVID-19: empirical tests from China

Jiafeng Gu

Although the use of online technology has generated excitement over its potential to increase access to education, most existing research has focused on comparing online and…

CEOs as corporate ambassadors: deciphering leadership communication via Twitter

Tong Wu, Jonathan Reynolds, Jintao Wu, Bodo B. Schlegelmilch

This study aims to analyze the ways in which chief executive officers (CEOs) communicate via Twitter and help develop guidelines for effective tweeting strategies that can…

Ontologies application in the sharing economy domain: a systematic review

Ummul Hanan Mohamad, Mohammad Nazir Ahmad, Ahmad Mujahid Ubaidillah Zakaria

This systematic literature review (SLR) paper presents the overview and analysis of the existing ontologies application in the SE domain. It discusses the main challenges in terms…