Life Satisfaction: The Key to Managing Internet & Social Media Addiction

Internet addiction is a phenomenon that continues to grow as our dependence on technology increases. Recent estimates posit that over 175 million people suffer from this negative pathology. Given its widespread stranglehold on users, finding ways to reduce these addictions are of importance. Previous research has found the importance of emotional states in affecting addiction behaviors. Drawing on the Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Pathological Internet Usage, we examine the role of life satisfaction in reducing both generalized Internet addiction and a specific form of Internet addiction, that of social media addiction. Additionally, we examine how happiness and stress impact these addictions through life satisfaction. Results show that life satisfaction has significant effects on both generalized Internet addiction and the specific addiction, social media. The results demonstrate that, for addicted individuals, there may be deeper rooted issues in their lives, lowering their satisfaction, driving their continued or increased addictions to Internet technologies

Do Distractions and Interruptions Mitigate Online Impulse Purchasing?: An Empirical Investigation

Impulse purchases represent an important source of short-term business revenue. However, impulse purchases can lead to an increase in product returns and can contribute to feelings of buyers’ remorse. In this paper, we examine strategies to mitigate online impulse purchasing behavior. Specifically, we apply distraction-conflict theory to a model of impulse buying to investigate a moderating relationship between perceived enjoyment and the urge to buy impulsively. The moderation effect is tested through online distractions and/or interruptions. A controlled laboratory experiment with three interfaces (control, distraction, interruption) was used to test the impact of the moderators. Results indicate that neither a distraction nor an interruption has a significant effect on mitigating the urge to purchase impulsively. Future research opportunities and suggestions for human-computer interfaces are discussed

Unpacking Green IT: A Review of the Existing Literature

Green IT is the latest manifestation of sustainable business practices. The decision surrounding whether or not to implement Green IT strategies, policies, and tools provides compelling challenges for organizations. While practitioners have been highly interested in this topic for a while, recently, there is also a growing interest on this topic among academicians. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive review of both the practitioner and academic literature surrounding Green IT. By presenting the overlaps and differences between both perspectives, we aim to identify noticeable gaps in the current literature. By presenting research questions, we aid scholars in determining rigorous academic research directions of this phenomenon

Social Media Induced Technostress and its Impact on Internet Addiction: A Distraction-conflict Theory Perspective

Using social media is the most common activity on the Internet, and much research has examined the phenomenon. While the current literature focuses on the positives of using social media, there is a comparative lack of research on its negative effects, especially in the context of the workplace. Research has identified one critical negative impact of contemporary technology as technostress, which refers to stress induced by information and communication technologies. In this paper, we apply distraction-conflict theory (DCT) to the literature on social media, technostress, and addiction to theorize that one can view social media in the workplace as a distraction conflict, which, in turn, can induce technostress and, subsequently, Internet addiction. To test this theoretical model, we conducted a survey on 1731 participants recruited from Mechanical Turk. The survey examined the similarities and differences between two popular social media platforms: Facebook and YouTube. Overall, the results provide support for positive associations between the distraction felt from social media and social media-induced technostress and between social media- induced technostress and Internet addiction. While Facebook and YouTube have similarities, we found notable differences as well. This study contributes to the IS field by using DCT as a novel and valuable lens through which researchers and practitioners can think about the negative effects of using social media at work. The paper also offers insight into implications for research, practice, and future research areas

A Review of Green IS Research and Directions for Future Studies

As practitioners become more interested in green information systems, the IS academic community requires direction in how to examine this important phenomenon. We conduct a systematic and comprehensive review of the academic literature surrounding green IS and compares the results with those from the practical literature. Through this review, we identify the main categories in the literature and assess the current state of research into green IS. We discuss some limitations of the current literature, posit research directions for future scholars, and address the gaps in the current research on green IS

Understanding Green IS Initiatives: A Multi-theoretical Framework

Sustainability is one of the key issues that organizations confront today, and ecologically responsible ( green ) information systems (IS) initiatives are manifestations of sustainable business practices. Engaging in green IS initiatives can be challenging due to poor understanding of their holistic process. In this research, we develop a multi-theoretical framework to provide a holistic understanding of the process of implementing and adopting green IS initiatives. The framework examines how these initiatives’ structures, organizational attributes, and environment may influence this process. The framework also provides an agenda for how future studies of green IS can use the constructs proposed and develop them, undertake case studies to expand our propositions, and conduct surveys to verify propositions. In addition, practitioners can use our framework to better understand the differences between various types of green IS initiatives, identify which organizational and environmental factors to adopt, and gain a holistic view of the entire process

COGNITIVE CONTROL AND SOCIAL MEDIA OVERLOAD

The use of social media technologies in the workplace is proliferating at an incredible pace. However, recent research reports that our inability to cope with the slew of social media communications is creating mental health problems, hampering productivity, generating stress, and lowering morale. This paper investigates how three aspects of cognitive control (i.e. fear of missing out, internet cognitive failure, and deficient self-regulation) affect communication and information overload. We test the model by collecting data from 129 students from an US and an Irish university. Partial Least Squares (PLS) techniques were used to test the model. The findings suggest that (1) communication overload is explained by fear of missing out, Internet cognitive failure, and deficient self-regulation, whereas (2) information overload is explained by only Internet cognitive failure and deficient self-regulation

Technology Addictions and Technostress: An Examination of Hong Kong and the U.S.

In today’s technology-centric world, people are becoming increasingly dependent on the Internet. The most common use of the Internet is through social media, which are used to communicate, share, collaborate, and connect. However, continued usage of a hedonic system can be linked with compulsion or addiction. Since problematic usage/behaviors can lead to negative outcomes, this manuscript aims to determine differential effects of Internet and social media addictions on social media-related technostress. This is examined in two different cultures: the U.S. and Hong Kong. The results support the association between Internet and social media addictions with increases in social media-related technostress. Additionally, these effects are moderated by culture. Implications for research and practice are discussed along with future directions for this stream