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    The Effects of utilitarian value, hedonic value, and social value on user’s trust and engagement in audio-based social platforms
    (University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, 2022)
    Apipol Penkitti.
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    Lekmat, Laddawan
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    University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Business Administration.
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    University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce. School of Business.
    The new normal or a new way of life, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, gave rise to a new form of social media: audio-based social platforms (ABSPs), known as Clubhouse, Twitter space, and Facebook live audio room. These platforms, on which audio-based communication is featured, became popular in a short span of time. The objectives of this research are to understand audio-based social platform users’ behavior in Thailand. In addition, this research utilizes the quantitative research approach to investigate the effects of utilitarian value, hedonic value, and social value on user’s trust, which in turn influencing user engagement in audio-based social platforms. The study, in which Functional attitude theory (FAT), Uses and gratifications theory (UGT), Social influence Theory (SIT), Commitment-trust theory are referred to, is conducted on Utilitarian value (UV), Hedonic value (HV), Social value (SV) and trust – that affect user engagement (E). Also, this research aims to study the perception of values and provide insights into the theories relevant to the perceived values that affect user engagement, and that will benefit social platform developers and users of audio-based social platforms in Thailand. The data was collected through questionnaires from a sample of 388 participants who were male, female and LGBTQI+ with aged 25-34 (95% confidence interval) from various occupations, have used audio-based social platforms. This research study employed the Structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the relationships between the variables and test the hypotheses. The findings of this research indicated that the perceived Hedonic value and Social value positively affected ABSP’s user engagement, while the Utilitarian value positively influenced User's Trust in Speakers and the Hedonic value positively affected User’s Trust in Platforms. Moreover, User's Trust in Speakers had a positive effects on User Engagement and User's Trust in Platforms. The results from hypothesis testing showed that User's Trust in Speakers was an intervening variable of the correlation between Utilitarian value and User engagement.
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