Social media, especially user-generated content, is a relatively young field of research. A
research community is just forming around the topic. There is no common understanding of …

Purpose When a concept is diffusely defined or, as this article argues,“taken for granted”, it
becomes very difficult to track such concept on the literature and have some continuity as …

Social Media is a term that is used quite often these days. It is the new in-thing and one
would imagine that everyone knows or understands what social media is. It is a fact that …

This fascinating dictionary covers the whole realm of social media, providing accessible,
authoritative, and concise entries centred primarily on websites and applications that enable …

Social media is becoming more and more attractive to Web users. However, the majority of
social media services do not have a clear business model. Typically an innovative idea …

This article presents a review of communication research on user-generated content with a
special focus on studies which include a content analysis. The trends of research on this …

The aim of this paper is to present results from a study that examines the use of the Internet
for collecting material and the attention people pay to advertisements through different …

The article focuses on the increased popularity in online social networks like Facebook,
YouTube, and Twitter, social media, and user generated content. The author states that …

Online social media have democratized the broadcasting of information, encouraging users
to view the world through the lens of social networks. The exploitation of this lens, termed …

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