The ABCD typology: Profile and motivations of Turkish social network sites users
| Autor: | Onur Doğan, Zeki Atıl Bulut |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Social network business.industry Information seeking Turkish 05 social sciences Internet privacy 050801 communication & media studies Sample (statistics) language.human_language Human-Computer Interaction Entertainment Seekers 0508 media and communications Key factors Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 0502 economics and business language 050211 marketing business Psychology Social psychology General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Computers in Human Behavior. 67:73-83 |
| ISSN: | 0747-5632 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.chb.2016.10.021 |
| Popis: | Millions of people around the world use social network sites (SNSs). SNSs have caused a new way of interaction among people. In this respect, it is important to understand the SNSs users' activities and also it is substantial to explain the main reasons behind the SNSs usage. This paper investigates key factors determining social network site usage and characteristics of SNSs users. A sample of 1393 SNSs users from Izmir which is the third biggest city of Turkey were surveyed. Results revealed that there are seven factors - business oriented, create, socializing, entertainment, status seeking, communication, and information seeking-behind the SNSs usage motivation. Besides this, cluster analysis has been conducted to explore the SNSs users' characteristics and four groups -advanced users, business-oriented users, communication seekers, and dawdlers - were identified. Additional analyses conceived that people in different clusters show contrasts about their SNSs usage motivations and these differences are statistically significant Motives behind SNS usage, clusters with their characteristics and differences among clusters are discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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