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Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media
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In this article, the authors present a framework that defines social media by using seven functional building blocks: identity, conversations, sharing, presence, relationships, reputation, and groups, and explain the implications that each block can have for how firms should engage with social media.About:
This article is published in Business Horizons.The article was published on 2011-05-01. It has received 3073 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social media & User-generated content.read more
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Social media models, technologies, and applications: An academic review and case study
TL;DR: A critical literature review of social media research is conducted with the aim of developing a conceptual framework to explain how social media applications are supported by various social media tools and technologies and underpinned by a set of personal and social behavior theories or models.
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Analysis of the use of social media in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) using the Technology Acceptance Model
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a combination of statistical analyses such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in analysing the complex relationships between determinants of these technologies.
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A Comparison of Social Media Marketing Between B2B, B2C and Mixed Business Models
TL;DR: In this paper, the implicit assumption in the growing body of literature that social media usage is fundamentally different in B2B companies than in the extant business-to-consumer (B2C) literature is explored.
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Taking social media to a university classroom: teaching and learning using Twitter and blogs
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how social media facilitates teaching and learning and found that if appropriately deployed, Twitter and blogs are catalysts for the much hyped learner-centered approach to teaching because using these technologies, students shared and discussed course materials, posted their course reflections and interacted amongst themselves and with their lecturer 24/7.
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Bones, body parts, and sex appeal: An analysis of #thinspiration images on popular social media
TL;DR: A systematic content analysis of thinspiration images on Twitter and Pinterest indicated that particular social media channels and labels were characterized by more segmented, bony content and greater social endorsement compared to others.
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The Strength of Weak Ties
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Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
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Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media
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The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge across Organization Subunits.
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The Network Paradigm in Organizational Research: A Review and Typology
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