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Are People Really Social in Porn 2.0?

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Gareth Tyson,Yehia Elkhatib,Nishanth Sastry,Steve Uhlig

Queen Mary University of London,Lancaster University,King's College London,Queen Mary University of London


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Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 9

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Ninth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

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Abstract:

Social Web 2.0 features have become a vital component in a variety of multimedia systems, e.g., YouTube, 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.

DOI:

10.1609/icwsm.v9i1.14601


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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2015): Ninth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media