title: The mediating role of facebook fan pages.
abstract: Using the dual mediation hypothesis, this study investigates the role of interestingness (the power of attracting or holding one's attention) attitude towards the news, in the formation of Facebook Fan Page users' electronic word-of-mouth intentions. A total of 599 Facebook fan page users in Taiwan were recruited and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The results show that both perceived news entertainment and informativeness positively influence interestingness attitude towards the news. Interestingness attitude towards the news subsequently influences hedonism and utilitarianism attitudes towards the Fan Page, which then influence eWOM intentions. Interestingness attitude towards the news plays a more important role than hedonism and utilitarianism attitudes in generating electronic word-of-mouth intentions. Based on the findings, the implications and future research suggestions are provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Hai
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chih
authors.affiliation: Department of Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Da Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Li-Chun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Marketing, International Business, and Strategy, Goodman School of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Kai-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Business Administration, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuan-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D061108:Social Media; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan