Web 2.0 technology has supported the arrival of various social and collaborative
applications. Those applications, which is known as social media, provide an opportunity for …

Executive summary There is a lot of debate amongst academics and researchers about the
opportunities and challenges of online and social media research. Social media websites …

Research into social media has proliferated significantly over the last few years. However,
the majority of papers published in this domain lack rigorous theoretical underpinning. This …

Since an ever-increasing part of the population makes use of social media in their day-to-
day lives, social media data is being analysed in many different disciplines. The social …

Social media, derived from the social software movement, are a collection of Internet
websites, services, and practices that support collaboration, community building …

Today, the impact of social media (SM) and social network services are undeniable. Social
web applications are particularly so pervasive that finding innovative ways to incorporate …

In this invited paper the author summarises the benefits which can be gained from use of
social media to support research activities. The paper is based on personal experiences in …

The emergence of social media on the Internet provides an opportunity for information
systems researchers to examine new phenomena in new ways. However, for various …

Social media refers to conversational media (ie, channel or tools used to store and deliver
information). Safko and Brake (2009) highlight the main goal of social media is to engage …

Social media is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, consume and
collaborate. It provides companies a new platform to interact with their customers. In …