Abstract: The Introductory part of the paper will explain the process of generating the Abadiano’s Netizens Information Sharing Theory. The next part of this paper aims to validate the problem why we share information content in Social Media. It also will give us a glimpse of the pyschology of Information Sharing and how the netizens shared content in Social Media sites like YouTube. The researcher analyzed the validity of the netizens’ prevalent emotions in commenting about the inspirational video that is worth sharing. This study used the Data Mining method found in the social media YouTube video of the inspirational viral post of Nick Vujicic – “The man with no arms and limbs”. Descriptive statistics were utilized using the frequency analysis of the viral posts in a certain period of time to check the frequency of the positive and negative emotional comments of the netizens. The graph results and findings of the inspirational video of Nick Vujicic states that from the year 2011 wherein the video views count rose up because of the content of the video which is very inspirational and worth sharing. It can now be concluded that if the videos or posts are significant and motivating it is shared among families and friends.
Keywords: Information sharing, social media, netizens, pyschology of information sharing, Theory Generation, Abadiano’s Netizens Information Sharing Theory.
Title: The Dynamics of Netizens’ Information-Sharing In Social Media: Why Do We Share Information In Social Media?
Author: Dr. Mark N. Abadiano, Dr. Amelia Bonotan, Dr. Russell V. Makiling
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1226 (online), ISSN 2348-1218 (print)
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