Table 3.

Correlation matrix.

Construct	ID	SD	PIT	PS	IO	SO	PA	NA	MIS	Age	Gender	Education	Experience
Informational dependency	0.84
Social dependency	0.41	0.80
Perceived information timeliness	0.53	0.28	0.83
Perceived socialization	0.47	0.64	0.52	0.72
Information overload	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.16	0.87
Social overload	0.43	0.61	0.58	0.55	0.16	0.80
Positive affect	0.46	0.44	0.48	0.55	0.07	0.55	0.84
Negative affect	0.27	0.24	0.26	0.36	0.45	0.38	0.32	0.81
Misinformation sharing	0.50	0.48	0.42	0.52	0.12	0.58	0.55	0.37	0.83
Age	0.06	0.12	0.01	0.07	-0.22	0.16	0.08	-0.15	0.06	1.00
Gender	0.10	0.02	0.05	0.05	0.05	-0.02	-0.02	0.20	0.02	-0.20	1.00
Education	0.12	0.10	0.15	0.15	0.17	-0.06	-0.02	0.16	0.06	-0.29	0.15	1.00
Usage experience	0.21	0.23	0.16	0.18	0.01	0.08	0.13	0.11	0.14	0.10	0.02	0.15	1.00

Note: The diagonal figures (in bold) show the square roots of AVE.