Title :
???Where to go on the weekend???? Trends for local information seeking in leisure settings using social media
Author :
Alyami, Eman ; Toze, Sandra
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Grad. Studies, Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada
Abstract :
This study looks at information seeking behaviour in local settings using social media as a source of information for leisure purposes. We used mixed methods to analyze tweets´ content and users´ network. We found that Twitter is used as a local news media more than of a social channel. The results have also indicted a more locally centered online community and discussions where the type of information in a local setting tends to be slightly different from the information found in the literature. Future research might be done on enhancing the analysis measures and on a broader geographic area.
Keywords :
Internet; social networking (online); Twitter; analysis measures; leisure settings; local information seeking behaviour; local news media; local settings; online community; social channel; social media; Communities; Educational institutions; Information management; Media; Search engines; Text analysis; Twitter; information seeking; online communities; social media usage; text analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Information Society (i-Society), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1109/i-Society.2014.7009034