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Exploring Female Hispanic Consumers' Adoption of Mobile Social Media in the U.S.

Exploring Female Hispanic Consumers' Adoption of Mobile Social Media in the U.S.
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Author(s): Kenneth C. C. Yang (The University of Texas at El Paso, USA)and Yowei Kang (Kainan University, Taiwan)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Gender Considerations in Online Consumption Behavior and Internet Use
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rebecca English (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)and Raechel Johns (University of Canberra, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0010-0.ch012

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Abstract

U.S. Hispanic purchasing power is estimated to reach $1.5 trillion by 2015. Because of this growing importance, there has been a surge of Hispanic consumer behavior research in recent years. Latinas account for 49.5 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population and increasingly become tech-savvy to adopt new mobile social networking technologies. In spite of their growing importance, there still lacks a thorough examination on factors affecting female Hispanic consumers' decision-making process related to mobile social media applications. This book chapter collected qualitative in-depth interview data that were interpreted from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and TAM2 as theoretical lenses. Four major themes were identified: 1) family and peer influence; 2) perceived functional benefits of mobile social media; 3) Latinas as a primary decision-maker to adopt; 4) cultural and sub-cultural influence.

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