期刊
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
卷 6, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191412
关键词
information overload; computational social science; cognitive load; Twitch
资金
- Indiana University Network Science Institute
- Swiss National Science Foundation [PBTIP2_142353]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PBTIP2_142353] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
As social media replace traditional communication channels, we are often exposed to too much information to process. The presence of too many participants, for example, can turn online public spaces into noisy, overcrowded fora where no meaningful conversation can be held. Here, we analyse a large dataset of public chat logs from Twitch, a popular video-streaming platform, in order to examine how information overload affects online group communication. We measure structural and textual features of conversations such as user output, interaction and information content per message across a wide range of information loads. Our analysis reveals the existence of a transition from a conversational state to a cacophony-a state with lower per capita participation, more repetition and less information per message. This study provides a quantitative basis for further studies of the social effects of information overload, and may guide the design of more resilient online conversation systems.
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