DocumentCode
2195940
Title
Motivations for Participation in the YouTube-Based "It Gets Better Project"
Author
Phillips Honda, Laurie
fYear
2015
fDate
5-8 Jan. 2015
Firstpage
2033
Lastpage
2042
Abstract
In response to multiple LGBTQ youth suicides in 2010, Dan Savage and Terry Miller sought to provide messages of hope to at-risk LGBTQ youth through the YouTube-based "It Gets Better Project" (IGBP). With empirical data gathered through online chat-based in-depth interviews, this study offers insight into multi-dimensional motivations for participation in an online community. Pointedly, data show how the intersection of participants\´ identities and structural oppressions contribute to their motivations for participation.
Keywords
human factors; social networking (online); It Gets Better Project; LGBTQ youth suicides; YouTube; multidimensional motivations; online community; participation motivations; structural oppressions; Blogs; Communities; Interviews; Media; Organizations; Videos; YouTube;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
System Sciences (HICSS), 2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kauai, HI
ISSN
1530-1605
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HICSS.2015.243
Filename
7070055
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