Why we need to examine multiple social network sites

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Airi Lampinen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Privacy Management ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Interaction Change

The hyper-concentration of research on mainstream social media sites like Facebook and Twitter comes at the cost of lesser emphasis on, if not the exclusion of, other platforms and practices. How might our conceptualizations of social media and social interaction change if we were to explore a wider range of systems to enrich our theorizing? This piece considers three examples of how looking beyond the usual suspects may broaden our understanding of how social media sites play into privacy management, identity work, and interpersonal relationships. I argue that our theorizing of social media and the practices that surround them gains strength from exploring varied sites of study.

scholarly journals DIMENSIONALITY AND EFFECTS OF INFORMATION MOTIVATION ON USERS’ ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK ADVERTISING ACCEPTANCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
IMRAN ANWAR MIR
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Uses And Gratifications Theory ◽  
Marketing Literature

ABSTRACT Social media has produced substantial changes in the communication landscape. Online social network sites (SNS) grew as a common platform for online social interaction. SNS firms generate revenue from the advertising appearing on SNS. Their survival depends on users’ approval of such social network advertising (SNA). Marketing literature indicates that users accept advertising if it is consistent with their motivations for using social media. Information seeking is the most recognized SNS motivation. Yet, research on evaluating the influence of SNS information motivation on users’ approval of SNA is scarce. Based on SNS uses and gratifications theory, this study proposes a multidimensional model that shows the influence of SNS information motivation on users’ approval of SNA.

When Our Changing Society Meets the Social Media Era

2014 ◽  
pp. 1102-1112
Author(s):  
Efi A. Nisiforou ◽  
Andrew Laghos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Media Research ◽  
Social Media Research

The rapid growth and the popularity of Social Network Sites (SNSs) are increasingly attracting the attention of millions of students for many different purposes. The chapter reviews the background of the current social media research in relation to the international literature and tackles the most important findings. The practical part of the chapter outlines the results of a survey on social media services. The findings provide real research evidence on online social technology use amongst university students. The chapter has educational and theoretical significance and shapes future directions for research on this issue. A compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations of concepts is clearly explained.

Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 556-572
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar ◽  
S. Thanuskodi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Online Library

Social Network sites are one of the innovative technologies contributing libraries the opportunity to reach out to its patrons. Keeping library users up to date is the primary aim of every library, online library services taken the role successfully, and among them Social Network Sites plays the unique role to keep the patrons informative. In this chapter, we provide a study of an attempt to use social media to engage with public libraries. Also this chapter has come out with a testimony on library services and the challenges through FaceBook, Twitter and Weblogs.

The Matthew Effect in social media news use: Assessing inequalities in news exposure and news engagement on social network sites (SNS)

Journalism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1083-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Sophie Kümpel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Information Gain ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Matthew Effect ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Current Events ◽  
The Matthew Effect ◽  
News Use

Social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become a key part of online users’ news diets. On social network sites, even individuals who are not motivated to seek out news are believed to be exposed to news posts due to the sharing activities of friends or inadvertently witnessing discussions about current events. Research on this incidental news exposure (INE) has largely focused on its potential for positive effects on information gain or political participation, while simultaneously turning a blind eye to the inequalities in news exposure and engagement. This article aims to address this issue by proposing and explicating the existence of a ‘Matthew Effect’ in social media news use. It is argued that INE research needs to consider the unequal chances to both be exposed to news on social network sites and to actually engage (i.e. read and interact) with ‘accidentally’ encountered news content.

The cost of (anti-) social networks: Identity, agency and neo-luddites

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Bigge
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Cost

The media coverage and resultant discourse surrounding social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster contain narratives of inevitability and technological determinism that require careful explication. Borrowing a tactic from the Russian Futurists, this paper attempts to make strange (that is, to defamiliarize) social network sites and their associated discourses by drawing upon an eclectic but interrelated set of metaphors and theoretical approaches, including: the digital enclosure, network sociality, socio-technical capital and Steven Jones’s recent examination of neo-Luddites. Whenever appropriate, this paper will integrate relevant magazine and newspaper journalism about social networking sites.

scholarly journals Information Re-Sharing on Social Network Sites in the Age of Fake News

10.28945/3871 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 215-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Koohikamali ◽  
Anna Sidorova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Sharing Behavior

Aim/Purpose: In the light of the recent attention to the role of social media in the dissemination of fake news, it is important to understand the relationship between the characteristics of the social media content and re-sharing behavior. This study seeks to examine individual level antecedents of information re-sharing behavior including individual beliefs about the quality of information available on social network sites (SNSs), attitude towards SNS use and risk perceptions and attitudes. Methodology: Testing the research model by data collected through surveys that were adminis-tered to test the research model. Data was collected from undergraduate students in a public university in the US. Contribution: This study contributes to theory in Information Systems by addressing the issue of information quality in the context of information re-sharing on social media. This study has important practical implications for SNS users and providers alike. Ensuring that information available on SNS is of high quality is critical to maintaining a healthy user base. Findings: Results indicate that attitude toward using SNSs and intention to re-share infor-mation on SNSs is influenced by perceived information quality (enjoyment, rele-vance, and reliability). Also, risk-taking propensity and enjoyment influence the intention to re-share information on SNSs in a positive direction. Future Research: In the dynamic context of SNSs, the role played by quality of information is changing. Understanding changes in quality of information by conducting longitudinal studies and experiments and including the role of habits is necessary.

scholarly journals Von der Kinderserie Die Pfefferkörner bis zum Ego-Shooter Call of Duty

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (Medienpädagogik als Schlüsseld) ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
Henrike Friedrichs-Liesenkötter ◽  
Friederike Von Gross
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites

Der Beitrag stellt zwei qualitative Studien der Autorinnen vor, welche zum einen die Veränderung der (Online-)Mediennutzung im Übergang von später Kindheit zum Jugendalter fokussieren und zum anderen persönliche Deutungen, Umgangsweisen und Reflexionsprozesse des Medienhandelns sichtbar machen. Letztere bleiben in quantitativen Studien in der Regel unberücksichtigt, sodass ein qualitativer Zugang mittels Gruppendiskussionen mit Heranwachsenden gewählt wurde. Die Gruppendiskussionen mit Grundschulkindern (4. Klasse) zeigen, dass sich die im Durchschnitt Neunjährigen bereits Medien und deren Inhalten, die sich an Jugendliche und Erwachsene richten, zuwenden. Ihr Verständnis über das Internet im Allgemeinen und über Social Network Sites im Besonderen ist aber noch ungenau und oberflächlich. Die Nutzung findet zudem oftmals noch eingebunden in den familiären Kontext statt. Dies ändert sich mit dem Erwerb des ersten eigenen Smartphones. Dieses bekommen die Kinder in der Regel nach der vierten Klasse im Übergang zur weiterführenden Schule, wie die Gruppendiskussionen mit den Befragten aus der fünften, sechsten und siebten Klassenstufe zeigen. Im Hinblick auf die Herausforderungen im Umgang mit Internet, Social Media und Smartphones lässt sich resümieren, dass die Medienkompetenz der befragten Kinder im Laufe der Zeit zunimmt; Unsicherheiten bleiben aber bestehen.

scholarly journals Social Media and the Changing Information Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (S1) ◽  
pp. 195-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W Kraft ◽  
Yanna Krupnikov ◽  
Kerri Milita ◽  
John Barry Ryan ◽  
Stuart Soroka
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
News Stories

Abstract  There is reason to believe that an increasing proportion of the news consumers receive is not from news producers directly but is recirculated through social network sites and email by ordinary citizens. This may produce some fundamental changes in the information environment, but the data to examine this possibility have thus far been relatively limited. In the current paper, we examine the changing information environment by leveraging a body of data on the frequency of (a) views, and recirculations through (b) Twitter, (c) Facebook, and (d) email of New York Times stories. We expect that the distribution of sentiment (positive-negative) in news stories will shift in a positive direction as we move from (a) to (d), based in large part on the literatures on self-presentation and imagined audiences. Our findings support this expectation and have important implications for the information contexts increasingly shaping public opinion.

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