The information sharing among students on social media: the role of social capital and trust
VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems
ISSN: 2059-5891
Article publication date: 20 May 2022
Issue publication date: 4 June 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate how social capital (e.g. cognitive and relational) influences students’ trust (e.g. cognitive and affective) as mediator variables, affecting students’ information sharing activity on Facebook.
Design/methodology/approach
The sample consists of 398 valid participants obtained through an online survey and using structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the research hypotheses.
Findings
The empirical results indicate that social capital has significant and positive effects on students’ trust (e.g. cognitive and affective-based trust), also mediator variables. Furthermore, the mediator variables partially mediate social capital and information sharing based on the concept of cognition-affection-behavior (CAB).
Research limitations/implications
This study was limited to Indonesian students. Therefore, future study is needed to analyze across cultures and regions. It can help practitioners, regulators and researchers to observe the dynamic behavior on the impact of social capital on social media users’ activities.
Practical implications
Education stakeholders (e.g. lecturers and teachers) can identify the students’ goal and rational concerns to improve their social capital and trust to share information. The government as a regulator needs to support students’ activities on social media to provide updated information regarding economic and social conditions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Originality/value
This study contributes to the literature on virtual communities. Specifically, it considers how social capital influences trust, which subsequently affects information sharing based on the CAB context among Indonesian student’ Facebook users.
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Citation
Muliadi, M., Muhammadiah, M., Amin, K.F., Kaharuddin, K., Junaidi, J., Pratiwi, B.I. and Fitriani, F. (2024), "The information sharing among students on social media: the role of social capital and trust", VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 54 No. 4, pp. 823-840. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-12-2021-0285
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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