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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Social media websites"”.
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Thinspiration: new media's influence on girls with eating disorders
The use of thinspiration and social networking by girls with eating disorders on social media websites and through user-generated content aids the disease in general. The purpose of this research exploration is to find out how influential these specific forms of new media are on girls with eating …
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Exploring the Use of Social Media and Its Effect on Policy in Community Colleges
The use of online social media websites has grown exponentially in past years. Recent studies show faculty use of social media is also growing. This study examined how faculty are using social media websites with students and if they are aware of issues that violations of the Federal Educational …
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An Extensible Framework for Creating Personal Archives of Web Resources Requiring Authentication
… web content but much of this content (namely, social media content) was not archived, or still to this day is not being archived,for various reasons. Tools built to accomplish this frequently break because of the dynamic structure of social media websites. Because many social media websites …
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Effects of social media on diffusion of responsibility in crowdfunding
… can be considered as a collaborative social media. Since the early stages of its development, crowdfunding has made use of social media as a way of attracting more people to fund projects. Therefore, there have been many studies on the effect of social media on crowdfunding campaigns …
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Communicating a centralized message within a decentralized political movement: the Tea Party
… including broadcast and cable television, social media, websites, radio, and face-to-face.
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Use of Images on Social Media and How That Effects Consumer Engagement for Online-Only Clothing Brands: Lulu's, Nasty Gal, and Tobi
… of Lulu's, Nasty Gal, and Tobi's social media accounts, Pinterest andInstagram. The three companies chosen are online-only clothing brands that targetfashionable young women. How do Tobi, Nasty Gal, and Lulu's visual communicationstrategies on Instagram and Pinterest affect …
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Organizational Use of Social Networking in Employment Actions
… federal court cases related to the use of social media websites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn) in various employment practices (e.g., selection, promotion, employee monitoring, layoffs). Court cases were identified using various online databases in an attempt to create an …
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Using Statistical Methods to Determine Geolocation Via Twitter
<p>With the ever expanding usage of social media websites such as Twitter, it is possible to use statistical inquires to form a geographic location of a person using solely the content of their tweets. According to a study done in 2010, Zhiyuan Cheng, was able to detect a location of a Twitter user …
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The Effect of Facebook on Parasocial Interaction in Local News
… build with viewers. Strong feelings of parasocial interaction, or these on-sided "relationships" audiences feel with on-screen media figures, have been found to be a strong predictor of media use. Local news stations have long been challenged with ways to encourage these feelings of …
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The Relationship between Social Media and Empathy
<p>The relationship between social media and empathy has not been explored extensively. Research on the expression of emotion and the association with empathy displayed on social media websites have been minimally explored. This study sought to support findings that chatting online leads to …
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How and Why are Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Public School Teachers Using Social Media for Professional Development?
<p>Social media has revolutionized technologies used today. While social media was originally developed for personal use, it has also permeated the professional world. Teachers are among those who are embracing social media for professional purposes. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to …
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Integration Of Multi-Sensory Earth Observations For Characterization Of Air Quality Events
… videos and personal observations gathered from social media websites such as Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. In this thesis, the service-oriented approach is demonstrated using two case studies. The first explains the benefits of data reuse in real-time event analysis focusing on the 2009 Southern …
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Psychological variables involved in chronic pain outcomes : the role of pain catastrophizing and self-compassion
… factors are controlled for or considered as mediating or moderating variables. The limitations of the review and implications of findings are discussed. The second section of this thesis is an empirical study that considered the relationship between chronic pain-related outcomes and a more …
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Finding the loudest megaphone: recognition rewards and narcissistic investors
… in turn, leads to an increase in a startup’s social media presence. I provide evidence that higher levels of narcissism are associated with a higher value being placed on recognition rewards. In addition, I find that narcissists are more likely to post about their investment on social media, …
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Social Media Intelligence extractor
… gave birth to a whole new data source called social media. Social media is a term that integrates technology, social interaction and user generated content and differs from traditional broadcasting. It commonly comprises of technologies such as instant messaging programs, discussion forums, …
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The business and dynamics of free-to-play social-casual game apps
The rapid growth of social media platforms, specifically Facebook, has caused startup firms to develop new business models based on social technologies. By leveraging the Facebook platform, new entertainment companies making free-to-play social-casual games have created a multi-billion dollar …
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Social Media Intelligence extractor
… gave birth to a whole new data source called social media. Social media is a term that integrates technology, social interaction and user generated content and differs from traditional broadcasting. It commonly comprises of technologies such as instant messaging programs, discussion forums, …
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Social Media Intelligence extractor
… gave birth to a whole new data source called social media. Social media is a term that integrates technology, social interaction and user generated content and differs from traditional broadcasting. It commonly comprises of technologies such as instant messaging programs, discussion forums, …
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Influence of digital marketing on the growth of Small and Medium enterprises: A Case of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.
… conducted on digital channels such as email, social media, websites, and mobile applications. It has become an important strategy for businesses to connect with consumers and expand their markets. The goal of this study was to explore the influence of digital marketing on the growth of small …
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Masculine Identities Among Asian American Men: Negotiating Varying Masculine Ideals for the Self and Others
… 257 White men) were recruited via advertising on social media websites and completed an online self-report questionnaires assessing the variables mentioned above. The results indicate that Asian American men endorse higher levels of Western hegemonic masculine ideals compared to White men, see …
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