We investigate the drivers of social media rebroadcasting behavior by jointly examining the effects of message content, user heterogeneity (both observed and unobserved), the fit between message content and individual users, and the influence of prior rebroadcasting activity. We focus on the...

The authors test six theoretically-derived hypotheses about ad characteristics that influence digital sharing. Two completely independent field studies test these hypotheses using over 11 measures of emotions and over 60 ad characteristics. The results are consistent with our theory and robust...

Companies have attracted viral advertisements in recent years, yet little is known how exactly it works from a consumer behavior point of view. This study contributes to how emotional triggers (e.g. positive emotion, negative emotion, tone) of YouTube viral videos affect attitudes e.g. like,...