Kyung-Sun Kim|Sei?Ching Joanna Sin|Tien?I Tsai
Individual Differences in Social Media Use for Information Seeking
University of Wisconsin–Madison|Nanyang Technological University|National Taiwan University
study investigated social media platforms used information sources purposes also examined user characteristics related use different platforms webbased survey used collect data undergraduate students responses 800 students showed social media platforms used information sources wikis user reviews mediasharing sites emerged top platforms purpose use varied across platforms ttest anova results also revealed individual differences significant differences gender class level academic discipline big five personality traits found frequency information seeking using different platforms also purpose use study findings implications information literacy il education information services many students actively using social media platforms variety informationseeking purposes suggested il programs embrace social media potential information sources offer effective strategies using evaluating increasingly popular social media sources