Redditors Revealed: Motivational Factors of the Reddit Community

Moore, Carrie Margaret; Chuang, Lisa Mei-ling

doi:10.24251/hicss.2017.279

Cited by 36 publications

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“…Affinity spaces can often have a primary focus on the content of interest and r/education appeared to be relatively more content‐focused. However, r/Teachers appeared to attract more socializing around the common topic of interest (Moore & Chuang, 2017). The two studied subreddits appear to offer distinct contexts for SDL that can potentially function as different and even complementary components of educators’ professional learning ecologies.…”

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“…This shared affinity is expressed through the content of the space and in users’ interactions with each other (Gee, 2004). With Reddit, socializing around the common topic of interest has been shown to be a strong motivator of participation (Moore & Chuang, 2017). Affinity spaces are completely open spaces where “whoever enters the space … is in the group and belongs” (Gee & Hayes, 2012, p. 132), and as such, this construct seemed apt for our investigation of an open, largely anonymous platform like Reddit.…”

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A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Willet¹,

Carpenter²

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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Despite social media’s ubiquity in modern life, research on some topics related to educators’ use of social media for professional purposes remains underdeveloped, such as how use may change over time. This study explores educators’ self‐directed learning through social media by comparing change and continuity in how users contribute, interact and converse in two teaching‐related subreddits, r/Teachers and r/education. More than a million Reddit contributions spanning three‐and‐a‐half years comprise the dataset: 696 660 contributions to r/Teachers from 55 148 users and 339 618 contributions to r/education from 43 711 users. Learning ecology and affinity space concepts frame multiple methods of analysis, including quantitative measures of individual contributions, content interactions and social interactions, as well as qualitative content analysis of top posts and responses. Findings are discussed in light of the literature as change and continuity in Redditors’ participation patterns in the two subreddits suggest distinct spaces for distinct purposes. This study offers a starting point for further work to understand the opportunities and challenges of self‐directed learning in open and complex social media spaces. What is already known about this topic Educators use social media to reach outside their local contexts for self‐directed learning. Teaching‐related subreddits vary in how users contribute and interact. What this paper adds Different online spaces host distinct kinds of discussion. Educators’ participation in online spaces is not static. Social media research methods should account for the possibilities of change and continuity in contributions, interactions and conversations. Implications for practice and/or policy Teaching‐related subreddits continue to grow and may offer helpful content and interactions to users; however, self‐directed learning through social media also necessitates increased digital literacy. r/Teachers appeared to be a conversational space primarily for teachers. r/education seemed to be a bulletin board space for posting about broader educational topics.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Frameworkmentioning

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A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Willet¹,

Carpenter²

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…To explore open, online learning, we directed our attention to Reddit. This site suggests itself as an ideal setting for examining learning practices because participation engages self-motivated learners, occurs outside traditional settings (e.g., academic research, universities, workplaces), combines perspectives from experts and non-experts alike (Moore and Chuang 2017), and covers topics chosen and responded to according to member contributions.…”

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Learning in the wild: coding for learning and practice on Reddit

Haythornthwaite

Kumar

Gruzd

et al. 2018

Learning, Media and Technology

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Learning on and through social media is becoming a cornerstone of lifelong learning, creating places not only for accessing information, but also for finding other self-motivated learners. Such is the case for Reddit, the online news sharing site that is also a forum for asking and answering questions. We studied learning practices found in 'Ask' subreddits AskScience, Ask_Politics, AskAcademia, and AskHistorians to develop a coding schema for informal learning. This paper describes the process of evaluating and defining a workable coding schema, one that started with attention to learning processes associated with discourse, exploratory talk, and conversational dialogue, and ended with including norms and practices on Reddit and the support of communities of inquiry. Our 'learning in the wild' coding schema contributes a content analysis schema for learning through social media, and an understanding of how knowledge, ideas, and resources are shared in open, online learning forums.

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“…While emerging scholarship has examined the patterns and consequences of Reddit functions (Andalibi et al, 2016; Bergstrom, 2011; Kilgo, Yoo, & Johnson, 2018; Olson & Neal, 2015; Suran & Kilgo, 2017; Tsou, 2016; Van der Nagel & Frith, 2015), factors that predict user engagement within the site are the focus of this research. Moore and Chuang’s (2017) study found that socializing, entertaining, and status seeking are significant predictors of engagement while information seeking is not, ultimately identifying the social networking aspects of the site. However, our study approach identifies the relevant variables that might predict participation in a social news site.…”

Section: Predicting Social Media Usementioning

confidence: 84%

Reddit’s Veil of Anonymity: Predictors of engagement and participation in media environments with hostile reputations

Kilgo

Riedl

et al. 2018

Social Media + Society

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This research investigates how personality strength, news engagement, and news consumption influence engagement on Reddit, an environment that affords varying degrees of anonymity and is known to paradoxically host toxic and supportive communities. Using a survey of Redditors, findings suggest women are less likely to comment and post but are equally likely to vote and read posts as men, indicating there may be hesitation to engage in using more active participatory options within the site. Older users are more likely to comment and post when compared to younger users.

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Redditors Revealed: Motivational Factors of the Reddit Community

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Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Learning in the wild: coding for learning and practice on Reddit

Reddit’s Veil of Anonymity: Predictors of engagement and participation in media environments with hostile reputations

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