Do social media platforms develop consumer panic buying during the fear of Covid-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT: There is inadequate understanding of how social media can shape fear and consumer responses in the manner of consumer panic buying while Covid-19 is spreading across the world. Through taking a social constructionism position this research focused on what people think and feel at an individual and collective level on the role of social media to create panic behaviour. Data have been collected from thirty-four consumers who have minimum one active social media account. These participants are contacted through telephonic interview due to maintaining the social distancing. Findings reveal that uncertainties and insecurities proof, buying as persuasion, product unavailability proof, authorities' communication, global logic, and expert opinion are some of the causes on social media platforms th

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC7493764 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature