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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 Education: Barriers and Critical Issues
Melani Au,Jeanne Lam,Radar Chan +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discussed the barriers behind the use of social media in education in Hong Kong, i.e., factors from technological perspective, institutional perspective and users' perspective are critically discussed.
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A computational study of mental health awareness campaigns on social media
Koustuv Saha,John Torous,Sindhu Kiranmai Ernala,Conor Rizuto,Amanda Stafford,Munmun De Choudhury +5 more
TL;DR: The results suggest an important role for social media-based peer support to not only guide information seekers to useful content and local resources but also illuminate the socially-insular aspects of stigmatization.
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Clustering halal food consumers: A Twitter sentiment analysis:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used opinion mining techniques in tracking and monitoring consumers' preferences in social media content, and found that the exponential growth of user-generated content raises the possibility of using opinion mining to track and monitor consumer preferences.
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Countermarketing Alcohol and Unhealthy Food: An Effective Strategy for Preventing Noncommunicable Diseases? Lessons from Tobacco
TL;DR: This review describes common elements of tobacco countermarketing such as describing adverse health consequences, appealing to negative emotions, highlighting industry manipulation of consumers, and engaging users in the design or implementation of campaigns and assesses the potential for using these elements to reduce consumption of alcohol and unhealthy foods.
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External Communication About Sustainability: Corporate Social Responsibility Reports and Social Media Activity
Anne H. Reilly,Naznin Larya +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, external communication about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability activities may vary significantly across firms, and the communication channel, content, and frequency may reflect a com...
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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.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of complex knowledge to explain the role of weak links in sharing knowledge across organization subunits.
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The Network Paradigm in Organizational Research: A Review and Typology
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