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Some Socio-demographic Usage Patterns in Ephemeral Content Sharing Social Networks: The Case of Snapchat
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
  • Ons Al-Shamaileh, Zayed University
  • Anas Aloudat, University of Jordan
  • Amal Alrayes, University of Bahrain
  • Hakim Hacid, Zayed University
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
7-13-2021
Abstract

While there is a large number of research work performed in quantifying and exploiting social networks data, there is also a need to understand users and their usage from their socio-demographics standing point. Such an understanding would provide researchers and practitioners a better picture on the interest of specific groups. This paper is an effort towards understanding some socio-demographics patterns on the usage of ephemeral social networks. It describes the results of a statistical investigation performed on a survey operated on a descent number of users to understand four dimensions: Age, level of education, gender, and marital status. Obtained results reveal that while posting video and photos and seeing what my friends are posting are the highest ranked reasons for using Snapchat, users’ socio-demographic dimensions influenced the usage patterns of Snapchat in three other areas: Playing with filters, posting videos and photos, and seeing what celebrities are posting. These findings extend the current understanding of different social networks and is a unique perspective in the usage patterns of Snapchat.

ISBN

978-3-030-80119-9

Publisher
Springer Nature
Keywords
  • Social networks analysis,
  • Socio-demographic analysis,
  • Ephemeral social networks,
  • Snapchat
Scopus ID
85112538391
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80119-9_35
Citation Information
Ons Al-Shamaileh, Anas Aloudat, Amal Alrayes and Hakim Hacid. "Some Socio-demographic Usage Patterns in Ephemeral Content Sharing Social Networks: The Case of Snapchat" Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 283 (2021) p. 563 - 579 ISSN: <p><a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/2367-3370" target="_blank">2367-3370</a></p>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ons-al-shamaileh/3/