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Journal articles on the topic "Digital media Online social networks"
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Zahra, Abitassha Az, Eko Priyo Purnomo, and Aulia Nur Kasiwi. "New Democracy in Digital Era through Social Media and News Online." Humaniora 11, no. 1 (February 19, 2020): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v11i1.6182.
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The research aimed to explain the pattern of social communication on the issue of rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy. It used data on Twitter accounts involved in the rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy. In analyzing existing data, qualitative methods and social analysis networks were used. To see social networks in the rejection of the PLTU Batang development policy, the research used the NodeXL application to find out the patterns of social communication networks in #TolakPLTUBatang. From the results, it can be seen that in the dissemination of social networking information, the @praditya_wibby account is the most central account in the social network and has a strong influence on the social network. The @praditya_wibby account has a role in moving the community through Twitter to make a critical social movement. This means that in the current digital era, democracy enters a new form through the movement of public opinion delivery through social media. Besides, by encouraging the role of online news, the distribution of information becomes faster to form new perceptions of an issue. This is evident from the correlation network where the @praditya_wibby account has correlations with several compass online media accounts, tirto.id, okezonenews, vice, antaranews, BBCIndonesia, and CNN Indonesia.
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Fuentes Cancell, Dieter Reynaldo, Odiel Estrada Molina, and Nilda Delgado Yanes. "Las redes sociales digitales: una valoración socioeducativa. Revisión sistemática." Revista Fuentes 1, no. 23 (2021): 41–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/revistafuentes.2021.v23.i1.11947.
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The future and already current industrial revolution 4.0 demand the introduction of a digital transformation in the higher education contributing to the formation of competent professionals, for which, they are evidenced in the pedagogies and emergent technologies, an increase of didactic experiences in the use of the digital social networks. In this research a systematic review to identify current trends in the use of online social networks for educational purposes are performed. PRISMA protocol was used and analyzed 79 studies present in the database Scopus. In the systematic review, the following questions are answered: What types of designs predominate in the scientific literature? What is the dependentindependent pairs of variables? And What are the current trends in the use of digital social networks for educational purposes? As a result of this research, Facebook is reaffirmed as the social network most used by educators and the need for the integrated and varied use of these networks. It concludes with the defense of the following trends: university institutional communication policies from the curricular levels; the development of creativity, cultural convergence and media diversification; educational innovation; media culture and academic digital identity
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Malkawi, Asma H., and Khamis Ambusaidi. "Communication ethics for online social movements: A study on Arab social networks on Twitter." Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 14, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 117–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jammr_00027_1.
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Social media increasingly play a role in transforming activist movements in the Arab world into digital forms. This study examines the link between adherence of network members to digital communication ethics and the level of the movements’ success based on the conceptual grounding in communication theories of Jürgen Habermas and Taha Abdurrahman. We tried to evaluate the link between the success of online social movement actors and their ethical contents by asking: What are the ethical implications of online social movements that do succeed in actualizing their goals? Do social network users discuss communication ethics to agree on terms of use within these movements? What are the important issues of communicative action and challenges of rational discussion in Arab social media use? We used two case studies: the hashtag #with_the_teacher launched to support teachers’ rights in Jordan in 2019, and a Twitter network of Arab users discussing digital communication ethics. We used mixed-methods and case studies approaches; data collected from Twitter were analysed using social network analysis followed by qualitative content analysis. Key findings demonstrate positive effects of activists’ engagement in social networks, and that commitment to digital communication ethics, whether stemming from secular or religious frames of reference, is significant for the success of online social movements. The case of #with_the_teacher network proved itself to be an example of successful digital protest and ideal model for rational ethical communication. Content analysis revealed that teachers formed a social network that exhibited strong solidarity and cohesion, and relied – perhaps unconsciously – on rules and principles of ethical discussion, including truthfulness, credibility, transparency, respect, accuracy and responsibility. Content analysis of the ‘communication ethics’ network demonstrated that the majority of content was religiously oriented, produced mainly by religious figures, educational institutions, or accounts with pseudonyms that are influential by the sheer number of their followers.
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Mendez, Antonio, Bella Palomo, and Agustin Rivera. "Managing Social Networks in Online-Native Newsrooms: When Less Means More." Media and Communication 8, no. 2 (April 16, 2020): 124–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/mac.v8i2.2717.
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During the last few years online-only media have been explored as an alternative to mainstream media. The development of this new media model coincides in time with an increase in dependence on social networks. Online media editors estimate that one third of their visits proceed from Facebook, a figure that obliges them to create specific strategies to ensure their company’s reputation and growth in the 2.0 field. The aim of this article is to assess what motivates Spanish digital-native newspapers to act on social networks, analyse their internal view of these channels, and describe their strategies for managing their relationship with audiences. Based on a qualitative and longitudinal approach, we conducted in-depth interviews with the social media editors of the most relevant digital-native newspapers in Spain—<em>El Confidencial</em>, <em>Eldiario.es</em>, <em>El Español</em> and <em>El HuffPost</em>—during 2017 and 2019, in order to trace the evolution of their professional routines. These social media editors consider that although digital-native newsrooms are smaller than traditional ones, they are more agile in reacting to metrics. Our results also confirm that Instagram is generating great expectations, and the new paywall system is affecting the way audiences are understood.
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Kalorth, Nithin, Manish Verma, and Malvika Sagar. "INFORMATION AND USER: SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY IN DIGITAL SOCIETIES." Journal of Content Community and Communication 12 (December 31, 2020): 263–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.31620/jccc.12.20/24.
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The information flow in digital societies is discussed and analyzed for more than a decade with a close watch on social media networks. The shift from traditional forms of communication to social media enables users to gratify their daily needs of information digitally. The current paper builds on narrative analysis of selected social media active users and their digital social engagement to understand how a user and a network of users engagement with information. To understand the role of social media literacy, the current paper interviews the users and correlated the findings with contemporary literature on social media. The results show that social media literacy becomes the pillar of the information system, but it works in the micro-level of societies at the crossroads of online and offline spaces.
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Pavan, Elena. "Embedding Digital Communications Within Collective Action Networks: A Multidimensional Network Approach." Mobilization: An International Quarterly 19, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 441–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.17813/maiq.19.4.w24rl524u074126k.
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In this article, we conceive of digital media as embedded within social networks, and use this perspective to examine the role of online communications in collective action. We claim that the adoption of this perspective requires two shifts: first, rethinking the ontological separation between media and social networks of action that has, so far, characterized research in this domain; second, the adoption of flexible tools that enable us to account, simultaneously, for the multiplicity of relations underpinning collective efforts and the hybrid interplay between direct and technology-mediated interactions. After discussing the necessity and the implications of considering communication technologies as endogenous to social networks of collective action, we introduce multidimensional networks (MDNs) as a suitable perspective to advance the application of a relational approach to the study of collective action, thus meeting the challenges posed by the diffusion of interactive and networking digital media.
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Borges-Tiago, Maria Teresa, Flavio Tiago, José Manuel Veríssimo, and Tiago Silva. "A brand-new world: brand-endorsers-users fit on social media." Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración 32, no. 4 (November 4, 2019): 472–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/arla-02-2019-0047.
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Purpose The digital relationship between brand and users, and brand and endorsers has been analyzed from different angles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how these three elements co-create online the brand personality of the firm, through user-generated content. Design/methodology/approach This study gathered data from the hotels’ websites, Facebook, Twitter and TripAdvisor accounts, examining the content posted by the hotel, by tourists and by the celebrity endorsing some of the hotels. To pursue the aims, the brand personality dimensions communicated online were assessed through content analysis for the global presence and for each social network by user typology to establish the alignment of brand personality traits communicated. Findings Digital communication was found to vary significantly between the hotels and tourists in different social networks. The amount of content created by tourists is significantly higher than the ones produced by the hotel. The sincerity dimension of brand personality was confirmed in both communications. However, tourists’ brand image impacts brand personality differently than the hotels themselves. Furthermore, an analysis of the influence of customers on social networks indicates that celebrity personality traits seem to impact on the image of a hotel brand. Originality/value This research can be used to help brand managers to understand better the digital co-branding with clients and celebrity, as well as to identify gaps in their brand personality strategy. It could also assist future researchers focusing on digital celebrity endorsement since few researchers have analyzed digital communication in different social networks.
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Nguyen, Minh Hao, Amanda E. Hunsaker, and Eszter Hargittai. "DIGITAL INEQUALITY IN OLDER ADULTS’ ONLINE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.3353.
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Abstract The increasing popularity of social media and other online communities offers new possibilities for older adults to stay socially connected. This study examines the relationship of older adults’ online social engagement and bonding as well as bridging social capital based on a survey of over 1,000 adults aged 60 and over. Social bonding refers to support obtained from existing strong social ties while social bridging is creating connections across varied social networks. We estimated three multi-stage regression models to examine these relationships when controlling for sociodemographic factors, as well as Internet experiences and skills. We then extended the regression models with Internet skills as a moderator. Findings show that older adults who engage more often in specific online social activities (i.e., asking questions on social media, looking at photos of family members/others) enjoy greater bridging social capital (both in offline and online contexts) than those who do so less often. Furthermore, Internet skills moderate the relationship between online social engagement and social capital. Specifically, older adults with greater Internet skills benefit relatively more from engaging in specific online social activities more often with respect to online social bridging. These results imply that digital inequalities may put older adults who are less skilled in using the Internet at a disadvantage when it comes to building social capital from online social engagement. Thus, while social media has potential positive implications for well-being among older adults, the current manifestation of this does not suggest equitable distribution of those benefits across different older users.
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Yuce, Serpil T., Nitin Agarwal, Rolf T. Wigand, Merlyna Lim, and Rebecca S. Robinson. "Bridging Women Rights Networks." Journal of Global Information Management 22, no. 4 (October 2014): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2014100101.
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In recent mass protests such as the Arab Spring and Occupy movements, protesters used social media to spread awareness, coordinate, and mobilize support. Social media-assisted collective action has attracted much attention from journalists, political observers, and researchers of various disciplines. In this article, the authors study transnational online collective action through the lens of inter-network cooperation. The authors analyze interaction and support between the women's rights networks of two online collective actions: ‘Women to Drive' (primarily Saudi Arabia) and ‘Sexual Harassment' (global). Methodologies used include: extracting each collective action's social network from blogs authored by female Muslim bloggers (23 countries), mapping interactions among network actors, and conducting sentiment analysis on observed interactions to provide a better understanding of inter-network support. The authors examine these two distinct but overlapped networks of collective actions and discover that brokering and bridging processes can facilitate the diffusion of information, coalition formation, and the expansion of the networks. The broader goal of the study is to examine the dynamics between interconnected collective actions. This research contributes to understanding the mobilization of social movements in digital activism and the role of cooperative networks in online collective action.
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Yuksel, Mujde, and Lauren I. Labrecque. "“Digital buddies”: parasocial interactions in social media." Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing 10, no. 4 (October 10, 2016): 305–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jrim-03-2016-0023.
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Purpose This paper aims to focus its inquiries on the parasocial interactions (PSI) and relationships (PSR) consumers form with personae in online social media communities. The authors extend the marketing literature on parasocial interaction/relationship beyond brands by focusing on personal social media accounts (public student-athletes). Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a grounded theory methodology (Glaser and Strauss, 2009) triangulating observational netnographic data (Kozinets, 2010) of 49 public student-athlete accounts on Twitter (34,500 tweets) with in-depth interviews. The findings emphasize that PSI/PSR occur not only from interactions with brands but also through personal accounts on social media platforms. Findings The investigation reveals that through such social media platforms, PSI/PSR influence consumers cognitively, affectively and behaviorally. In terms of cognition, the data suggest that PSI/PSR can influence opinion, interests, attention allocation and construction of relations, specifically through the availability of in-depth knowledge about the social media persona. Additionally, the research findings indicate that affect-laden messages from persona can alter emotion and mood, induce empathetic reactions and trigger inspiration, especially in relation to the shared interest of the online community of the social media account. Behaviorally, the findings suggest that personas’ messages can direct and inspire both online and offline actions through endorsed behavioral parasocial interactions. Research limitations/implications This research focused on one specific social media platform, Twitter. Twitter was specifically chosen, because it is a popular social media platform and allows non-reciprocal relationships. Although the authors feel that the findings would hold for other social media platforms, future research may be conducted to see if there are differences in PSI/PSR development on different types of networks. Additionally, the authors focused on a specific type of personal account, student-athletes. Future research may wish to extend beyond this population to other personal social media accounts, such as fashion bloggers, diy bloggers and others. Originality/value This research reveals that PSI/PSR can occur not only from interactions with brands but also through personal accounts on social media platforms. The findings give support for the value of brand spokespersons and brand ambassadors and suggest that brands should take careful consideration into who is chosen to represent the brand.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Digital media Online social networks"
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Raeisi, A. "The interrelationship between choice of course of study abroad and participation in online social networks." Thesis, University of Salford, 2014. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30947/.
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This thesis examines how the choice of course of study abroad interrelates with participation in online social networks, and provides an application of semiotics to research in choice and decision making in higher education and information systems research. The study itself is justified by the increasing need to consider students’ choice of course of study as a separate phenomenon from their choice of institution or host country. Alongside the adoption of a more nuanced view of student selection, the author also recognises the need to understand the role of online social networks within the decision-making process for selecting higher education courses. This work adopts an interpretivist philosophy and utilises a comparative case study method, drawing upon semi-structured interviews with international MBA students in addition to relevant documentation. The thesis finds a strong interplay between the choice of course of study abroad and participation in online social networks.
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Riley, Will. "We the undersigned." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28102.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.Committee Chair: DiSalvo, Carl; Committee Member: Bogost, Ian; Committee Member: Klein, Hans; Committee Member: Murray, Janet; Committee Member: Pearce, Celia
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Li, Mengyu. "Digital activism in the networked age : the case of #MeToo movement in China." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2020. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/851.
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Digital activism is an increasingly popular field in academia. However, scarce attention has been paid to the process of cultural and political mediation that have shaped different examples of the contents of digital activism as well as the character of actors who collectively utilize this instrument and also personally respond to the specific context in which digital activism emerges and evolves. This study investigates the #MeToo movement in the context of China as a concrete example of digital activism in a manner that ascribes attention to both digital technologies and activist practices. With regard to the practices of social movement, this study aims to capture the discursive processes that enable different actors to be recognized and make sense of themselves in public in the #MeToo movement in China. From the digital perspective, this study attempts to identify the characteristics of activists who participated in China's #MeToo movement. This study combined content analysis and discourse analysis with social network analysis to analyze the process and discourses on the #Metoo movement in China and examined the characteristics of actors who contributed to the promotion of the #MeToo movement on a networked public space. Following the three-stage model of social drama, five themes were identified in the narrative form of China's version of the #MeToo movement. This study also found that advocates and opponents of the #MeToo movement achieved their narrative agencies through the intersection of gender, sexuality, class, and culture in the Chinese sociocultural context. Finally, this study revealed that the expressive repertoires manifested in the reposting network of China's #MeToo and testified that homophily could exist between pairs of Weibo users along with similar attributes including gender, location, and engagement
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Bendick, Eric Louis. "Fiber optic vines on the third wall cultivating natural media in the digital age /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/bendick/BendickE0509.pdf.
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Twenty-thousand years ago, the earliest known depictions of natural forms were inscribed by primitive man onto the surface of the "third wall" . . . be it cave, grotto, overhang, or alcove. Today the myriad representations of our natural world, along with the expanding cosmic narratives of 'natural history' that animate and describe such characters within an ornate epistemological framework (part-science: evolution, thermodynamics, ecology, and part-social criticism: environmental justice, sustainability, conservation) proliferate in ever-increasing mobile permutations; not only in our textbooks and living rooms, but also in our cars, on billboards, Jumbotrons, laptops, cell phones, and portable media players. Throughout history, changes in representational 'mode' (across and through new technical mediums) have ushered in significant narrative metamorphoses, formal innovations, and accompanied revolutionary transitions in symbolic language. The focus of this paper is to assess the implications of recent technological shifts, especially those characterized by the widespread contemporary adoption of digital technologies and the emergence of vast, interconnected networks of computing power, on the representation, production, and distribution of 'natural world' (both science and social) new media content. Through a detailed survey of popular case-studies, analytical research, and data trends, this paper will analyze new media models both from within and without as they relate to digital publishing, non-linear content creation, social networking, and the increasingly permeable interface between consumer and producer in our contemporary mediascape. Finally, this paper applies formative research to prescribe a more general use of 'best practices' in new technology which may facilitate a more progressive and participatory moment in post-industrial 'natural world' media-making, in concert with peers and fans, corporations and collectives, and open to interpretation, cross-pollination, and synergistic hybridity. It is no exaggeration to remark that this technological transformation will forever change the way we learn, evaluate, and participate in a global dialogue whose subject is none other than the globe itself. As our ancestors surely harnessed the power of the 'third wall' to communicate in both personal and broad strokes, so this essay seeks to re-imagine the 'digital third wall' as a place of increasing ubiquity, intimacy, contention, and epistemological power throughout the evolving realms of scientific and social natural representation.
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Cleary, Alison. "Keeping up with the "digital natives"." The University of Waikato, 2008. http://adt.waikato.ac.nz/public/adt-uow20080310.202344/index.html.
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Urista, Mark A. "A study of Myspace and Facebook from the perspectives of uses and gratification and impression management." Scholarly Commons, 2008. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/687.
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This thesis explored MySpace and Facebook, two popular social networking sites (SNS), from the perspectives of the uses and gratification model and impression management theory. As a qualitative exploratory study, this thesis had three objectives. First, it investigated why young people use SNS. Second, it sought to discover how members use SNS for self-presentation. Finally, it aimed to contribute to the current body of literature and serve as a basis for future qualitative and quantitative studies on SNS.
The focus groups that were conducted for this thesis elicited ten themes that provided insights on the motivations and behaviors of individuals who use SNS for needs fulfillment and impression management. These themes included: 1) efficient communication, 2) convenient communication, 3) curiosity of others, 4) popularity, 5) relationship formation and reinforcement, 6) self-enhancement, 7) otherenhancement, 8) self-disclosure, 9) conformity and 1 0) identity-management.
Based on the first five themes, the study suggested that an emerging theory of instant gratification is being developed. The theory helps researchers explain why young people use SNS and predict what factors motivate young people to get ,_ involved heavily in SNS. Based on the second five themes, this study confirmed the relevance of Goffi:nan's theories of the presentation of the self in explaining how young people manage their impressions through SNS. As a powerful socialization agent, SNS provide new opportunities and diverse ways of presenting one's self online. Though there are some evident differences between online and face-to-face social interaction, it is clear that Goffman's theories will continue to help researchers explain self-presentation within the context of SNS.
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Rowse, Julie L. "Trouble Right Here in Digital City: Censorship of Online Student Speech." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1206215877.
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Notley, Tanya M. "The role of online networks in supporting young people's digital inclusion and the implications for Australian government policies." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/19097/.
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This study examines young people’s internet access and use in nine locations in Queensland, Australia. The primary aim of the research is to assess if internet use supports young people’s social inclusion: that is, if internet use supports young people to participate in society in ways they have most reason to value.
The research findings demonstrate that the digital divide in Queensland – the gap between citizens with and without access to ICTs – continues to inhibit young people’s ability to participate online. This divide is embedded within historic, economic, social and cultural inequalities. To address this, this study proposes that a digital inclusion framework, founded on the concept of social inclusion, offers the Australian federal and state governments an opportunity to extend digital divide policies so that they connect with and complement broader social policy goals.
The research outcomes also illustrate that creative uses of online networks provide a powerful means through which young people can participate in a networked society. While young people’s access to a range of ICTs impacts on their ability to use online networks, gradations of use, social networks and informal learning contexts frequently act as mediators to support effective internet use. This study contends that by understanding the social benefits of young people’s online network use and the role that mediators play in different environments, we can move towards a policy framework that supports equitable opportunities for young people’s digital inclusion.
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Tollemache, Catherine Elizabeth Ann. "How do new media technologies reconfigure the experience of watching and being watched?" Thesis, Bucks New University, 2012. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.714454.
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Sicuro, Clarisse Halpern. "À espera de um clique: o papel das mídias e redes sociais no recrutamento online de estagiários." Niterói, 2017. https://app.uff.br/riuff/handle/1/3970.
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As tecnologias da informação e comunicação passaram a fazer parte dos processos organizacionais nas últimas décadas, acompanhando o dinamismo do mercado, a necessidade de reduzir custos e de aumentar lucros. O recrutamento ganhou destaque neste cenário competitivo entre as organizações, passando a ser progressivamente conduzido na internet. Esta Dissertação apresenta os resultados de uma pesquisa qualitativa sobre o recrutamento online direcionado aos estudantes universitários. Trata-se de indivíduos que, geralmente, são integrantes da geração Y, e mais propensos a procurarem vagas no ambiente virtual. Com efeito, o objetivo central da pesquisa foi compreender como os estudantes se relacionam com as mídias e redes sociais online quando buscam vagas de estágios. Os objetivos específicos foram: (a) investigar como a forma e o conteúdo dos anúncios publicados nas mídias e redes sociais online os afetam para decidirem ou não se inscreverem nos processos seletivos para vagas de estágio; (b) compreender as razões que os levam a procurar vagas nesses as mídias e redes sociais; (c) examinar como eles se relacionam com tais meios. Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, por meio do estudo de casos múltiplos. A coleta de dados foi realizada a partir de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, individuais, via Skype e observações diretas em oito indivíduos. Os resultados evidenciaram a existência de cinco categorias principais: (1) Navegação: esclarece como os entrevistados fazem suas buscas por vagas na rede, assim como os motivos que os levaram a interrompê-las; (2) Forma e conteúdo dos anúncios: mostraram em que medida esses fatores influenciaram sua decisão de se inscreverem ou não em uma vaga; (3) CV online na (contra)mão da navegabilidade: revela que o preenchimento do CV online foi percebido como um obstáculo à inscrição nas vagas; (4) Afastamentos (diversions): sinalizaram o deslocamento do foco dos sujeitos nas entrevistas, expressos nas distrações que os desviaram da busca de vagas para fazerem outras coisas; (5) Zona de conforto: aponta a preferência pelo recebimento de anúncios via e-mail e a centralização de suas atividades – sociais, pessoais, profissionais e de entretenimento – no Facebook, evidenciando a necessidade de os entrevistados permanecerem em um espaço familiar. Concluiu-se que o magnetismo do meio – das mídias e, principalmente, do Facebook – é maior do que o conteúdo divulgado, tornando secundária a busca por vagas de estágios.
Information and communications technologies have become a part of the organizational processes in recent decades to follow the of the market dynamism, to reduce costs, and increase profits. The recruitment has gained importance in this competitive scenario among organizations, being progressively carried out on the internet. Therefore, this research focused on investigating the online recruiting of university students, generally a part of the Generation Y, more prone to seek jobs online and to become targeted for human resources professionals‟ actions on media and social networks. The main objective was to understand how students deal with media and online social networks when they search for internships positions. The specific objectives were: (a) to investigate how the format and content of the advertisements published on the media and online social networks affect student‟s decision to enroll or not in selection processes for internship positions; (b) to understand the reasons why they seek jobs on these medias; (c) to examine how individuals deal with these medias. A qualitative research was conducted applying the multiple case study method, through semistructured interviews and direct observations in eight individuals. Data collection was carried out through individual interviews via Skype. Results revealed five main categories: (1) Navigation: refers to how respondents search for openings on the web, as well as presents the reasons that led them to stop their quest; (2) The form and content of the ads: shows the extent to which these factors influenced their decision to enroll or not in an internship position; (3) Online CV playing against the navigability: the difficulty to fill them out was perceived as a barrier to apply in advertised internship positions; (4) Diversions: shed light as to how the focus of each subject shifted during their interviews, expressed in the distractions that led them to stray from their search for positions to do other things online; (5) Comfort zone: revealed a major preference for receiving job openings advertisements via e-mail, as well as to center all activities – social, personal, professional and entertainment – on Facebook, suggesting the need of the interviewees to remain in a familiar setting. In conclusion, the means magnetism, mainly the Facebook, is greater than its content, making secondary students‟ search for internship openings.
Books on the topic "Digital media Online social networks"
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Digital identity and social media. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2013.
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Sherman, Young, ed. Media convergence: Networked digital media in everyday life. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Online communication and social networking. San Diego, CA: ReferencePoint Press, Inc., 2012.
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University of Pune. Department of Communication Studies, ed. Metamorphosis of new media and digital culture. Delhi: Lenin Media, 2015.
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McEwan, Breanna. Navigating new media networks: Understanding and managing communication challenges in a networked society. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015.
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Sautter, Guido, Klemens Böhm, and David King. "RefConcile – Automated Online Reconciliation of Bibliographic References." In Digital Libraries: Social Media and Community Networks, 161–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03599-4_20.
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Narayan, Bhuva, Bazilah A. Talip, Jason Watson, and Sylvia Edwards. "Social Media as Online Information Grounds: A Preliminary Conceptual Framework." In Digital Libraries: Social Media and Community Networks, 127–31. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03599-4_15.
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Koltsova, Olessia, Alexander Porshnev, and Yadviga Sinyavskaya. "Social Media-based Research of Interpersonal and Group Communication in Russia." In The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies, 335–52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42855-6_19.
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AbstractRapidly proliferating social media not only serve as a new channel of human communication but also open up research opportunities to ask a wider set of questions about political, sociological and psychological factors that influence interpersonal and group online communication, development and maintenance of personal networks and the growth or decline of social capital. In this chapter we discuss the research opportunities provided by new survey, observational and experimental data that may be obtained from a social networking site. For doing so, we refer to Russian-language social networking sites (SNS) or SNS segments, notably VKontakte as the most popular SNS in Russia. We demonstrate how the aforementioned types of data may or have already been used to address research tasks from a number of disciplines.
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Pae, Hye K. "The Impact of Digital Text." In Literacy Studies, 209–17. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55152-0_11.
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Abstract This chapter discusses reading on screen and in print, as the emergence of digital age has transformed our reading and attention. Digital reading reshapes the concept of reading with the use of various forms of social media that are full of acronyms and emoticons or emoji. Advantages and disadvantages of reading on screen and in print are reviewed. The effects of digitally-mediated text on information processing and reading comprehension are also discussed. Although reading online has merits, such as convenience, low cost, and easy accessibility, readers are likely to scan through an F-shaped gaze pattern. The use of digital media may have a significant influence on brain networks due to the brain’s adaptability and accommodating abilities. Digital text that includes more images and visual aids than hardcopy text may lead to more balanced brain functions. This may have implications for reduced script relativity in the future.
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Li, Hui, and Xin Yang. "Interpretation of Network Sovereignty." In Co-governed Sovereignty Network, 29–60. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2670-8_2.
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AbstractIn recent years, with the integration of the Internet and various economic and social fields, the security situation in cyberspace has been changing rapidly. There are more and more network games at the national level and the network attack and defense have become more intense. Network sovereignty has become one of sovereignty that all states are striving for. Cyber war against national targets has emerged and will not abate. Major countries have successively set up cyberspace forces. These facts have demonstrated the existence of a new frontier for humanity, national interests, and digital sovereignty in cyberspace, and demonstrated the absence of international rules or laws that effectively coordinate the management of this space. The chaos in the online media during the US presidential election in 2020, in which the incumbent US president has been banned from several public accounts by major online social media, shows that there is still a long way to go in terms of citizens’ digital human rights and the reasonable and orderly legislative and judicial administration of domestic cyberspace management. All of these topics are discussed in detail in this chapter.
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Smith, Marc A. "Mapping Online Social Media Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 848–57. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_331.
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Smith, Marc A. "Mapping Online Social Media Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 1239–47. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_331.
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Smith, Marc A. "Mapping Online Social Media Networks." In Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining, 1–9. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_331-1.
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Richter, Dirk, Stijn Bannier, Ruediger Glott, Markus Marquard, and Thomas Schwarze. "Are Internet and Social Network Usage Associated with Wellbeing and Social Inclusion of Seniors? – The Third Age Online Survey on Digital Media Use in Three European Countries." In Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. User and Context Diversity, 211–20. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39191-0_24.
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Ciocca, Mandi. "Online Product Localization: Challenges and Solutions in Global Online Marketplaces." In Digital and Social Media Marketing, 275–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24374-6_19.
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Mitrović, Ksenija, Anja Jakšić, and Jelena Spajić. "The analysis of graphic design platforms used in social media marketing." In 10th International Symposium on Graphic Engineering and Design. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of technical sciences, Department of graphic engineering and design,, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.24867/grid-2020-p74.
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Development of the internet conditioned the evolution of marketing. Nowadays, organizations have relocated their marketing activities on the internet, so digital marketing comes into focus, as the most influential branch of marketing. A progress of digital marketing activities established the appearance of different digital marketing elements, among which social media marketing becomes more prevalent. Social media marketing is an inevitable element of digital marketing strategy and nowadays business. In order to complement social media marketing activities, graphic design is used as a crucial part of a content strategy. This paper focuses on the importance of effective visual content for social media and the usage of different tools that can facilitate and improve its creation. Social media users interact with visual content. In order to achieve higher engagement, social media posts are enriched with compelling visuals. Social media have become a real field for competition in terms of creating competitive content and attracting more users’ attention. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of online graphic design tools that are used for creating visual content adapted to the requirements of communication on social networks. Given the importance of visuals in social media marketing, an abundance of tools are created with different features in order to support content design. These online platforms offer complete customization options, a wide range of different editing tools and templates and diverse functionalities. Visual content, through social media platforms, boosts user awareness of existing brands and makes it easier for users to associate with the organization. Through a relevant literature review in the field of social media marketing, the importance of visual elements and graphic design in online marketing communication is emphasized. In addition, this paper provides a comparative analysis of the most commonly used online tools and platforms that provide graphic design solutions and increase the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns.
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Tosyalı, Hikmet. "Political Communication in the Digital Age: Algorithms and Bots." In COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS. ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17932/ctcspc.21/ctc21.004.
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Technology is one factor that has formed the basis for change in the media throughout history. Analog data and information shared by verbal, visual or written methods are now stored, processed, reproduced and shared in digital format due to developments in information technologies. On the other hand, social media, which is an important part of the digital media system, has become an important medium for political communication studies due to its prevalence and big data. As political actors better understand the value of data sets of millions of users, their interest in social media has also increased. However, this growing interest has also brought concerns such as digital profiling, informatics surveillance, systematic disinformation, and privacy violations. It has long been discussed that the practices of governments and technology companies for creating a structure similar to the gatekeeping in traditional media by taking social media under control. In recent years, some of these discussions are (ro)bot accounts on social media because online social networks are no longer just connecting people. Machines talk and interact with people, and even machines do this with other machines. Automatic posts made by bot accounts through algorithms to imitate people’s behavior on social media are liked, reposted or commented on by people and other bots. Bots that make political shares are also used by political actors worldwide, especially during election periods. Politicians use political bots to appear more popular on social media, disrupt their rivals’ communication strategies, and manipulate public opinion. This study aimed to reveal the effects of bots on political communication. After explaining the concepts of propaganda, algorithm, bot and computational propaganda, how political bots could affect the public sphere and elections were discussed in the light of current political communication literature.
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Faust, Maria. "Revitalizing Eastern and Western Online Communication: A Micro-Meso-Macro Link of Temporal Digital Change." In GLOCAL Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019. The GLOCAL Unit, SOAS University of London, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.47298/cala2019.2-2.
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This paper explains in a de-westernized sense (Gunaratne, 2010) how internet-mediated communication changes the way we deal with and plan time both individually and culturally in Germany and China. Therefore, it blends Western and Eastern culture and media theories. The paper focuses on two distinct phenomena: temporal change due to social media, and Online journalism, as the core of Internet-mediated communication (for Germany 39% communication, media use 24% Projektgruppe ARD/ZDF-Multimedia, 2016; for China 90.7% instant messaging, 82% Internet news China Internet Network Information Center, 2017), with other temporal change via smart devices touched upon (Ash, 2018). General research on time in post modern societies, recently more focused on media’s temporal change phenomena (e.g. Barker, 2012; Barker, 2018; Castells, 2010; Eriksen, 2001; Hartmann, 2016; Hassan, 2003; Innis, 2004; Neverla, 2010a, 2010b; Nowotny, 1995; Rantanen, 2005; Wajcman, 2010; Wajcman and Dodd) has not yet linked the different societal and cultural levels of temporal change. Thus, we suggest the following to fill this research gap: For a micro perspective the notions of network theories (e.g. Granovetter, 1973; Schönhuth, 2013), media synchronicity (Dennis, Fuller, and Valacich, 2008) and the idea of permanent connectivity (Sonnentag, Reinecke, Mata, and Vorderer, 2018; van Dijck, 2013; Vorderer, Krömer, and Schneider, 2016) are linked. On a meso level, institutional change in Online journalism with a focus on acceleration is modeled (Ananny, 2016; Bødker and Sonnevend, 2017; Dimmick, Feaster, and Hoplamazian, 2011; Krüger, 2014; Neuberger, 2010). On a macro level, mediatization theory (Couldry and Hepp, 2017; Krotz, 2001, 2012) and recent acceleration theory (Rosa, 2005, 2012, 2017) is discussed. The levels are systematically linked suggesting a micro-meso-macro-link (Quandt, 2010) to then ask if and how many of the dimensions of the construct temporal understanding (Faust, 2016) can be changed through Internet-mediated communication. Temporal understanding consists of nine dimensions: General past, general future, instrumental experience (monochronicity), fatalism, interacting experience (polychronicity), pace of life, future as planned expectation and result of proximal goals as well as future as trust based interacting expectation and result of present positive behavior. Temporal understanding integrates the anthropological construct of polychronicity (Bluedorn, Kalliath, Strube, and Martin, 1999; Hall, 1984; Lindquist and Kaufman-Scarborough, 2007), pace of life (Levine, 1998) and temporal horizon (Klapproth, 2011) into a broader framework which goes beyond Western biased constructs through the theory driven incorporation of Confucian notions (Chinese Culture Connection, 1987). Finally, meta trends are laid out.
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Gilvan Souza Lima Júnior, Emanuel, Gustavo Nogueira de Sousa, Antonio Fernando Lavareda Jacob Junior, and Fábio Manoel França Lobato. "Ferramentas para Análise de Mídias Sociais: Um Levantamento Sistemático." In Computer on the Beach. Itajaí: Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14210/cotb.v11n1.p389-396.
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Social media are increasingly present in the daily life of humanbeings. As a consequence, the volume of content generated by usersgrows considerably. These contents are published on digital platforms,such as blogs, communities and online social networks. Theanalysis of these data requires different approaches and methods toobtain a satisfactory result. Seeking to know the current scenario ofsocial media analysis, this work performs a systematic mapping toidentify the most used databases, algorithms, and tools in researchin this area. The results presented provides the identification of themain research topics and how they are related to each other andcan serve as a basis to guide new researchers, both in the choiceof data sources and in the definition of tools and algorithms in thesolution of the identified problems.
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Fosu, Agyei. "Readiness of Universities for the 21st Century Digital Economies: A Look at Selected Lecturers from Universities in Buffalo City Metropolitan in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa [Abstract]." In InSITE 2020: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Online. Informing Science Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4593.
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[The full paper was previously published in the International Journal of Community Development & Management Studies, 3, 65-77.] Aim/Purpose: The purpose of this study is to expand the knowledge base on factors likely to impede implementation and adoption of web-based learning management systems to blend with traditional methods of lecturing in universities to cater for the next generation of learners in Africa and Eastern Cape Province South Africa in particular. Background: The shift from the industrial economies to 21st century digital and knowledge-based economies, fueled by rapid Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as Internet, YouTube, Chartrooms, Skype, Social media networks and its introduction to the educational system not only resulted in a new teaching approach globally but also paved way to usher in new generation of learners (anytime, anywhere learners) in the higher education system. Despite the fact that universities and other institutions of higher education in developed countries and some Africa countries have since recognized that the 21st century global digital and knowledge-based economies evolution has ushered in the next generation of learners, and as a result have taken the necessary steps to blend the traditional method of lecturing in higher education with web-based learning management systems in order to accommodate these learners. However, in Africa not much research has been done on the readiness of higher education institutions in terms of blending web-based learning management systems with the traditional method of lecturing to cater for the next generation of learners. Methodology: Quantitative and two non-probability sampling methods, namely, quota and purposive sampling was used to investigate the technological skills of selected lecturers from universities within Buffalo City Metropolitan as one of the core component to check the readiness of their faculty for the next generation of learners. Contribution: This research will add to the growing knowledge about the blending of web-based learning management with the traditional style of lecturing in higher education in the 21st century digital economies. Findings: The results indicated that the participating lecturers need to be trained and supported in the skills of using of the ICTs and computer programs applicable to enhance web-based learning in teaching and learning environment in higher education in order to cater for the next generation of learners associated with the 21st century digital economies. Recommendations for Practitioners: Much as there is a need for increased in investment in infrastructure within higher education institutions to support teaching and learning, continuous support and training for academics to be technologically literate and also be abreast on rapidly evolving field of ICTs is paramount as it can expedite the teaching and learning process in higher education. Recommendations for Researchers: There is the need to explore in depth the other two components suggested by Mishra and Koehler that can serve as barriers for successfully integration of technology into teaching and learning by locus of knowledge. Impact on Society: The research will assist stakeholders, policy makers and agencies tasked with transforming institutions of higher learning to identify the barriers likely to hinder transformation efforts and address them accordingly. Future Research: Checking technological skills of students are critical in this context.
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Bölükbaşı, Selahattin. "The Example of Fanatik Newspaper Within the Context of The Evolution of Communication From Traditional Media to New Media Tools During the Covid-19 Pandemic." In COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS. ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17932/ctcspc.21/ctc21.024.
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Fanatik Newspaper has been chosen as a sample in explaining the evolution of communication from traditional media to new media tools during the Covid-19 pandemic period, as Fanatik uses both media platforms efficiently. During the pandemic period, in which people didn’t go out or even avoid meeting their relatives, it’s been harder to reach daily newspapers to be informed about developments. After the 1990s, humanity has already become acquainted with internet journalism, which led to a decrease in the purchase of newspapers, and people started following the developments mostly from other platforms such as computers and mobile phones. And the advent of Covid-19 increased people’s dependence to digital platforms as a result of the restrictions implemented by the states. This study includes a video interview with Ömer Necati Albayrak, who has been the editor of Fanatik since 2012, and the data collected about newspapers and online journalism during the pandemic. The meeting was originally planned to be held face-to-face, yet because of the pandemic, it had to be held over Zoom, one of the relatively new media applications. The questions asked in the interview were prepared in line with the location feature that’s in social networks (URL-1). Both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods were used in this study. With the content analysis performed with quantitative methods, information about the circulation and advertising revenues of the newspapers in Turkey in the last ten years were collected. As a result of both studies, it has been recorded that people mostly follow the news from the internet sites, however; the circulation of the newspapers, which declined at the beginning of the pandemic, increased again later. In consequence of the findings, although the evolution of communication from traditional media to new media seems to have been completed during the pandemic, it has been detected those newspapers are preferred more when it comes to advertising revenue.
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Elyashar, Aviad, Jorge Bendahan, Rami Puzis, and Maria-Amparo Sanmateu. "Measurement of Online Discussion Authenticity within Online Social Media." In ASONAM '17: Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining 2017. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3110025.3110115.
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Atig, Mohamed Faouzi, Sofia Cassel, Lisa Kaati, and Amendra Shrestha. "Activity profiles in online social media." In 2014 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2014.6921685.
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Rajapaksha, Praboda, Reza Farahbakhsh, Noel Crespi, and Bruno Defude. "Inspecting Interactions: Online News Media Synergies in Social Media." In 2018 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2018.8508534.
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Shibarshina, S. "Online Academic Social Networks and “Digital Mobility”." In The Second All-Russian Scientific and Practical Youth Conference “Mobility as a Soft Power Dimension: Theory, Practice, Discourse”. Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.17506/articles.mobility.2019.5369.
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Hotsur, Oksana. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND BLOGS AS TOOLS PR-CAMPAIGN IMPLEMENTATIONS. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2021.50.11110.
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The article deals with the ways in which social networks and the blogosphere influence the formation and implementation of a PR campaign. Examples from the political sphere (election campaigns, initiatives), business (TV brands, traditional and online media) have revealed the opportunities that Facebook, Telegram, Twitter, YouTube and blogs promote in promoting advertising, ideas, campaigns, thoughts, or products. Author blogs created on special websites or online media may not be as much of a tool in PR as an additional tool on social media. It is noted that choosing a blog as the main tool of PR campaign has both positive and negative points. Social networks intervene in the sphere of human life, become a means of communication, promotion, branding. The effectiveness of social networks has been evidenced by such historically significant events as Brexit, the Arab Spring, and the Revolution of Dignity. Special attention was paid to the 2019 presidential election. Based on the analysis of individual PR campaigns, the reasons for successful and unsuccessful campaigns from the point of view of network communication, which provide unlimited multimedia and interactive tools for PR, are highlighted. In fact, these concepts significantly affect the effectiveness of the implementation of PR-campaign, its final effectiveness, which is determined by the achievement of goals. Attention is drawn to the culture of communication during the PR campaign, as well as the concepts of “trolls”, “trolling”, “bots”, “botoin industry”. The social communication component of these concepts is unconditional. Choosing a blog as the main tool of a marketing campaign has both positive and negative aspects. Only a person with great creative potential can run and create a blog. In addition, it takes a long time. In fact, these two points are losing compared to other internet marketing tools. Further research is interesting in two respects. First, a comparison of the dynamics of the effectiveness of PR-campaign tools in Ukraine in 2020 and in the past, in particular, at the dawn of state independence. Secondly, to investigate how/or the concept of PR-campaigns in social networks and blogs is constantly changing.
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Ibrayeva, Galiya, Saltanat Anarbaeva, Violetta Filchenko, and Lola Olimova. Online News Consumption in Central Asia. Edited by Jazgul Ibraimova. The Representative Office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in Central Asia, September 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.46950/201902.
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This investigation is the first attempt in Central Asia to measure online news consumption. It focuses on identifying trends of online news consumption and sources of news content in the region. The publication contains the results of online survey with participation of 4,130 online news consumers, in-depth interviews with 20 experts in new media who know regional and local peculiarities of news outlets, and analysis of news accounts in social media. The research will be useful to journalism faculties, news media, researchers, and international organisations, as well as to all who are interested in development of digital media in the region. The publication is available in English, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik and Uzbek languages.
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Manhiça, Anésio, Alex Shankland, Kátia Taela, Euclides Gonçalves, Catija Maivasse, and Mariz Tadros. Alternative Expressions of Citizen Voices: The Protest Song and Popular Engagements with the Mozambican State. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2020.001.
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This study examines Mozambican popular music to investigate three questions: Are notions of empowerment and accountability present in popular music in Mozambique? If so, what can these existing notions of empowerment and accountability reveal about relations between citizens and state institutions in general and about citizen-led social and political action in particular? In what ways is popular music used to support citizen mobilisation in Mozambique? The discussion is based on an analysis of 46 protest songs, interviews with musicians, music producers and event promoters as well as field interviews and observations among audiences at selected popular music concerts and public workshops in Maputo city. Secondary data were drawn from radio broadcasts, digital media, and social networks. The songs analysed were widely played in the past two decades (1998–2018), a period in which three different presidents led the country. Our focus is on the protest song, conceived as those musical products that are concerned with public affairs, particularly public policy and how it affects citizens’ social, political and economic life, and the relationship between citizens and the state.