Twitter is often thought to be a social medium. However, research shows that Twitter is mainly used for information purposes . The most important motive for using Twitter appears to be sharing and obtaining news and other knowledge. If one looks at the number of links shared on Twitter and the number of magazines, newspapers and other large weblogs, there is quite a bit in there. The question then is whether we should regard Twitter as an information or a social medium.
I tried to answer this question with my bachelor thesis for the Communication and Information latvia phone number list Sciences program (Business Communication and Digital Media) at Tilburg University by looking at the motives for Twitter use. It was also examined whether there was a difference in motives for men and women and the personal characteristics need to belong and need for cognition.
Men and women appear to use the Internet differently: men use the web primarily for gathering information and entertainment , while women use the Internet for communication . The hypothesis was that this would also apply to Twitter: men would indicate more information and entertainment motives for using Twitter than female Twitter users, while women would have more social motives for using Twitter.