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HCII 2020: Social Computing and Social Media. Design, Ethics, User Behavior, and Social Network Analysis pp 636–646Cite as

User-Oriented Quality Estimation of Social News Systems and Its Content

Gender-Dependent Assessment of Reddit

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Reddit is a social news service and information platform where users can discuss different topics in sub-communities, so called “subreddits.” In this study, the perceived information system quality and the perceived content quality of the information service Reddit, the information seeking behavior as well as the motives of Reddit’s users following the Uses and Gratifications Theory are analyzed differentiated by the perception of male and female users. To this end, a survey with 495 Reddit users was conducted. Results show that users’ motives to apply Reddit are mostly entertainment as well as information. All users agree that Reddit is enjoyable, useful, and easy to use, whereby no major difference in the perception by male and female users can be observed. All in all, the content is perceived as up-to-date and can be easily read and easily understood or comprehended. Most users are browsing through Reddit to find information, whereas male users are using the advanced search option more often than female users.

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Scheibe, K., Zimmer, F. (2020). User-Oriented Quality Estimation of Social News Systems and Its Content. In: Meiselwitz, G. (eds) Social Computing and Social Media. Design, Ethics, User Behavior, and Social Network Analysis. HCII 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12194. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49570-1_45

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