Katrin Scheibe, Kaja Fietkiewicz, Wolfgang G. Stock
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This empirical study analyzed information production behavior (i.e., broadcasting) as well as information reception behavior (watching streams and commenting on them) of social live streaming services.
Abstract
In the last few years, a new type of synchronous social networking services (SNSs) has emerged—social live streaming services (SLSSs). Studying SLSSs is a new and exciting research field in information science. What information behaviors do users of live streaming platforms exhibit? In our empirical study we analyzed information production behavior (i.e., broadcasting) as well as information reception behavior (watching streams and commenting on them). We conducted two quantitative investigations, namely an online survey with YouNow users (N
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SCHEIBE, Katrin; FIETKIEWICZ, Kaja; STOCK, Wolfgang G. Information behavior on social live streaming services. Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 2016, 4: 6–20.