Title
Communication goals and online persuasion: An empirical examination
Abstract
Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is frequently applied as a tool for organizational marketing and consumer research. This paper explores the underlying structure of message receivers' communication goals and their impact on persuasiveness in the context of CMC. Extending prior research on the structure of primary and secondary goals, we identified five specific communication goals that are important to receivers. We conducted an online exercise in which subjects respond to a message requesting them to volunteer their time. The results demonstrate all five communication goals are important to one or more indicators of persuasiveness, including attitude toward the issue, source credibility, perceived information quality, and behavioral intention to comply with the request.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.chb.2008.02.021
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
online exercise,information quality,prior research,interpersonal influence,underlying structure,empirical examination,interpersonal communication,communication goal,influence goals,consumer research,specific communication goal,uses and gratifications theory,online persuasion,computer-mediated communication,behavioral intention,message receiver,computer mediated communication
Social psychology,Persuasion,Source credibility,Interpersonal communication,Psychology,Social influence,Interpersonal influence,Computer-mediated communication,Uses and gratifications theory,Information quality
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
6
Computers in Human Behavior
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.54
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
E. Vance Wilson137235.76
Ying Lu2181.02