Are people really social on porn 2.0?

Gareth Tyson, Yehia Elkhatib, Nishanth Sastry, Steve Uhlig

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Abstract

Social Web 2.0 features have become a vital component in a variety of multimedia systems, e.g., YouTube and Last.fm. Interestingly, adult video websites are also starting to adopt these Web 2.0 principles, giving rise to the term "Porn 2.0". This paper examines a large Porn 2.0 social network, through data covering 563k users. We explore a number of unusual behavioural aspects that set this apart from more traditional multimedia social networks. We particularly focus on the role of gender and sexuality, to understand how these different groups behave. A number of key differences are discovered relating to social demographics, modalities of interaction and content consumption habits, shedding light on this understudied area of online activity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2015
PublisherAAAI Press
Pages436-444
Number of pages9
ISBN (Electronic)9781577357339
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event9th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2015 - Oxford, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 May 201529 May 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2015

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityOxford
Period26/05/1529/05/15

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