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Antecedents and Consequences of Information Cocoon Awareness in Short-Form Video APPs: An Information Ecology Perspective

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As increasingly optimized recommendation technology and increasing average daily time spending on short-from video APPs, users may easily fall into the so-called “information cocoon”(IC). However, little is known about the antecedents and consequences of information cocoon in short-form video APPs. To fill the gap, drawing on the information ecology theory, we develop a model that identifies four predictors of IC awareness, and continuance usage intention as the consequence of IC awareness. An online survey was conducted to collect data from 206 respondents. Smart PLS 3.3 was used to analyze data. Findings reveal that subjective norm, perceived novelty of online recommendations, and alternative attraction are positively associated with IC awareness, while community participation is negatively associated with IC awareness. Besides, IC awareness positively affects users’ continuous usage intention. This study extends our knowledge on IC by providing empirical explanations of the combined effect of information people, information, information technology, and information environment.

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This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No. NR2021003 awarded to the second author.

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    Shanjiao Ren, Lili Liu, Yingfei Zheng, Lingfei Yu, Yufei Hu & Chuanmin Mi

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  1. Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA

    Gabriele Meiselwitz

  2. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA

    Abbas Moallem

  3. Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

    Panayiotis Zaphiris

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Ren, S., Liu, L., Zheng, Y., Yu, L., Hu, Y., Mi, C. (2022). Antecedents and Consequences of Information Cocoon Awareness in Short-Form Video APPs: An Information Ecology Perspective. In: Meiselwitz, G., et al. HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13517. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22131-6_9

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