A cross-sectional and temporal analysis of information consumption on twitter

Srikar Velichety, Sudha Ram

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

We report on an exploratory analysis of the similarities and differences among three different forms of information consumption on Twitter viz., following, listing and subscribing. We construct a cross- sectional and temporal framework to analyze the relationships among these three forms. Our analysis reveals several interesting patterns of information consumption on Twitter. First, we find that people not only consume information by following others explicitly but also by listing and subscribing to lists and that the people they list or subscribe to are not the same as the ones they follow. Second, we find that listing and following are more similar to each other than listing and subscribing or subscribing and following. Using temporal analysis, we find that initially, people prefer to use following as a form of information consumption while subscription is a more volatile form of information consumption than following or listing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
Subtitle of host publicationReshaping Society Through Information Systems Design
Pages124-141
Number of pages18
StatePublished - 2013
EventInternational Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2013 - Milan, Italy
Duration: Dec 15 2013Dec 18 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design
Volume1

Other

OtherInternational Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2013
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period12/15/1312/18/13

Keywords

  • Lists
  • Membership
  • Microblogging
  • Subscription
  • Twitter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Library and Information Sciences

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