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Article: From Slacktivism To Activism: Improving The Commitment Power Of E-pledges For Prosocial Causes
Title | From Slacktivism To Activism: Improving The Commitment Power Of E-pledges For Prosocial Causes |
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Keywords | Pilot studies Behavior Prosocial behavior Social media Surveys |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action |
Citation | PLoS One, 2020, v. 15 n. 4, p. article no. e0231314 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Prosocial organizations increasingly rely on e-pledges to promote their causes and secure commitment. Yet their effectiveness is controversial. Epitomized by UNICEF’s “Likes Don’t Save Lives” campaign, the threat of slacktivism has led some organizations to forsake social media as a potential platform for garnering commitment. We proposed and investigated a novel e-pledging method that may enable organizations to capitalize on the benefits of e-pledging without compromising on its mass outreach potential. In two pilot studies, we first explored whether and why conventional e-pledges may not be as effective as intended. Building on those insights, we conducted one field and two lab experiments to test our proposed e-pledge intervention. Importantly, the field study demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention for commitment behavior across a 3-month period. The laboratory experiments provided a deeper and more refined mechanism understanding of the effect and ruled out effort, novelty, and social interaction mindset as alternative explanations for why the intervention may be effective. As technological innovations continue to redefine how people interact with the world, this research sheds light on a promising method for transforming a simple virtual acknowledgment into deeper commitment—and, ideally, to action. |
Description | eid_2-s2.0-85084087343 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/284766 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chou, EY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hsu, DY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hernon, E | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-07T09:02:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-07T09:02:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS One, 2020, v. 15 n. 4, p. article no. e0231314 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/284766 | - |
dc.description | eid_2-s2.0-85084087343 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Prosocial organizations increasingly rely on e-pledges to promote their causes and secure commitment. Yet their effectiveness is controversial. Epitomized by UNICEF’s “Likes Don’t Save Lives” campaign, the threat of slacktivism has led some organizations to forsake social media as a potential platform for garnering commitment. We proposed and investigated a novel e-pledging method that may enable organizations to capitalize on the benefits of e-pledging without compromising on its mass outreach potential. In two pilot studies, we first explored whether and why conventional e-pledges may not be as effective as intended. Building on those insights, we conducted one field and two lab experiments to test our proposed e-pledge intervention. Importantly, the field study demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention for commitment behavior across a 3-month period. The laboratory experiments provided a deeper and more refined mechanism understanding of the effect and ruled out effort, novelty, and social interaction mindset as alternative explanations for why the intervention may be effective. As technological innovations continue to redefine how people interact with the world, this research sheds light on a promising method for transforming a simple virtual acknowledgment into deeper commitment—and, ideally, to action. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS ONE | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Pilot studies | - |
dc.subject | Behavior | - |
dc.subject | Prosocial behavior | - |
dc.subject | Social media | - |
dc.subject | Surveys | - |
dc.title | From Slacktivism To Activism: Improving The Commitment Power Of E-pledges For Prosocial Causes | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Hsu, DY: dennishsu@business.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Hsu, DY=rp01927 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0231314 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32348322 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC7190098 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85084087343 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 312330 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 15 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. e0231314 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. e0231314 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000536668200016 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1932-6203 | - |