Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
The current article examines user satisfaction with instant messaging in building and maintaining social relationships with friends, family members, and others. The research model integrates motivation theory with media capacity theories to explain how the attributes of media capacity (e.g., social presence and media richness) and users' intrinsic and extrinsic motivations toward using instant messaging influence user satisfaction. Data were collected from a sample of 247 Chinese university students via an online survey. The results suggest that perceived enjoyment, perceived social presence, and perceived usefulness are key to user satisfaction. Perceived social presence and perceived media richness are positively associated with perceived enjoyment. It was also found that perceived enjoyment, perceived social presence, and perceived media richness have significant effects on perceived usefulness. Of interest, perceived enjoyment and perceived social presence have stronger effects on user satisfaction than perceived usefulness.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Wei; Hsieh, J.J. Po-An; and Song, Baoxiang, "Understanding User Satisfaction of Instant Messaging Usage: An Empirical Study" (2012). Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications. 30.
https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cis_facpub/30
Comments
Author Accepted Manuscript of an article published in:
Wang, W., J. J. P.-A. Hsieh and B. Song (2012). "Understanding User Satisfaction With Instant Messaging: An Empirical Survey Study." International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 28(3): 153-162. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2011.568893.