Title :
Information Offering by Anonymous in Japanese Human Flesh Search: Analysis of Motivation in Social Media Platform
Author :
Sai, Hidenobu ; Orito, Yohko
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Law & Letters, Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Japan
Abstract :
In this study, we examined the motivations behind information-offering in social media. To this end, we investigated the case of Japanese human flesh search, which involved the participation of large numbers of anonymous users. Our analysis can be explained based on from the expectancy theory of motivation and information prospect ability.
Keywords :
human factors; information retrieval; multimedia computing; social networking (online); Japanese human flesh search; information offering; information prospectability; motivation theory; social media; Blogs; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Humans; Internet; Media; anonymity; human flesh search; information-offering;
Conference_Titel :
Applications and the Internet (SAINT), 2011 IEEE/IPSJ 11th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich, Bavaria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0531-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4423-6
DOI :
10.1109/SAINT.2011.108
