Social media research: Theories, constructs, and conceptual frameworks

EWT Ngai, SSC Tao, KKL Moon - International journal of information …, 2015 - Elsevier
In just one decade, social media have revolutionized the life of many people and thus
attracted much attention, not only from industry, but also academia. To understand how …

Twenty-five years of social media: a review of social media applications and definitions from 1994 to 2019

T Aichner, M Grünfelder, O Maurer… - … , behavior, and social …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
In this article, the authors present the results from a structured review of the literature,
identifying and analyzing the most quoted and dominant definitions of social media (SM) …

Social media research: A review

J Wu, H Sun, Y Tan - Journal of Systems Science and Systems …, 2013 - Springer
Social media is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, consume and
collaborate. It provides companies a new platform to interact with their customers. In …

Advances in social media research: Past, present and future

KK Kapoor, K Tamilmani, NP Rana, P Patil… - Information Systems …, 2018 - Springer
Social media comprises communication websites that facilitate relationship forming between
users from diverse backgrounds, resulting in a rich social structure. User generated content …

Social media marketing: literature review and future research directions

M Yadav, Z Rahman - International Journal of Business …, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
In a decade's time, the social media has not only brought about drastic changes in the mode
of communication but has also become an important marketing tool, making it an area of …

Social media models, technologies, and applications: an academic review and case study

EWT Ngai, KK Moon, SS Lam, ESK Chin… - … Management & Data …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose In recent years, social media have attracted considerable attention. Hence, the
purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical literature review of social media research with …

The dependent variable in social media use

H Scheepers, R Scheepers, R Stockdale… - Journal of Computer …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
What is the dependent variable in social media use? From a research perspective, this is a
pertinent question to help explain and understand the behaviors that underpin the …

Trying to understand social media users and usage: The forgotten features of social media platforms

K Weller - Online Information Review, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper from the series “Monitoring the Media: Spotlight on
Social Media Research” is to look into different approaches to study uses of social media …

Social media: back to the roots and back to the future

AM Kaplan, M Haenlein - Journal of systems and information …, 2012 - emerald.com
This viewpoint provides insights to anyone who is interested in researching consumer use of
social media or using social media in a managerial context. It will be particularly helpful to …

Social media: A contextual framework to guide research and practice.

LA McFarland, RE Ployhart - Journal of applied psychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Social media are a broad collection of digital platforms that have radically changed the way
people interact and communicate. However, we argue that social media are not simply a …