Sharing social media data: The role of past experiences, attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control.

ABSTRACT: Social media data (SMD) have become an important data source in the social sciences. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the experiences and practices of researchers working with SMD in their research and gain insights into researchers' sharing behavior and influencing factors for their decisions. To achieve these aims, we conducted a survey study among researchers working with SMD. The questionnaire covered different topics related to accessing, (re)using, and sharing SMD. To examine attitudes toward data sharing, perceived subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, we used questions based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). We employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses. The results of the qualitative analysis show that the main reasons for not s

SUBMITTER: Akdeniz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885192 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature