Assessing user perceptions of the interplay between the sharing, access, platform and community‐based economies. Issue 3 (18th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Geissinger, Andrea; Laurell, Christofer; Öberg, Christina; Sandström, Christian; Suseno, Yuliani
• Is Part Of: Information technology & people. Volume 33:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 1037
• Page End: 1051
• Publication Date: 2020-02-18
• Subjects: Diffusion -- Electronic mediated environment -- Empirical study -- Social media -- Web 2.0 -- Innovation; Information technology -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; Human-computer interaction -- Periodicals; 004
• DOI: 10.1108/ITP-12-2019-0649
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-3845

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: Digitally intermediated peer-to-peer exchanges have accelerated in occurrence, and as a consequence, they have introduced an increased pluralism of connotations. Accordingly, this paper aims to assess user perceptions of the interplay between the sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies. Design/methodology/approach: The sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies have been systematically tracked in the social media landscape using Social Media Analytics (SMA). In doing so, a total material of 62, 855 publicly posted user-generated content concerning the four respective economies were collected and analyzed. Findings: Even though the sharing economy has been conceptually argued to be interlinked with the access, platform, and community-based economies, the empirical results of the study do not validate this interlinkage. Instead, the results regarding user perceptions in social media show that the sharing, access, platform, and community-based economies manifest as clearly separated. Originality/value: This paper contributes to existing literature by offering an empirical validation, as well as an in-depth understanding, of the sharing economy's interlinkage to other economies, along with the extent to which the overlaps between these economies manifest in social media.