Kyung?Sun Kim|Sei?Ching Joanna Sin|Yuan He
Information seeking through social media: Impact of user characteristics on social media use
University of Wisconsin–Madison|Nanyang Technological University|University of Wisconsin–Madison
abstract study investigated college students including undergraduate graduate students use different social media platforms purpose information seeking academic context web survey used collect data total 1286 students participated study found social media platforms used purpose information seeking although wikis one frequently used significant differences undergraduate graduate students found use social media information seeking academic context undergraduates used social qampa mediasharing sites wikis frequently hand graduate students used blogs often undergraduates significant gender differences also found male students tended use wikis internet forums often female students furthermore significant differences disciplines found students science engineering tended use wikis social qampa often blogs microblogs less often students humanities social sciences humanities students used online reviews often students science engineering implications findings discussed light information literacy user services college students