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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"social network sites"”.
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Leetocracy : Political participation, social network sites and inequality
This dissertation is about whether social network sites have the potential to bring about more equal participation. It deals with a phenomenon that has changed the underlying infrastructure of how millions of people communicate. It studies the way the use of social network sites affects …
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Facebooking for Feminism: Social Network Sites as Feminist Learning Spaces
Social media such as Facebook have become a significant space where social interactions increasingly take place. Within these spaces, users construct and engage with information that may facilitate social movements such as feminism. This study explored ways feminists learn, challenge, and reproduce …
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Use of social network sites for question and answer behavior
… posting questions as status updates on popular social network sites like Twitter and Facebook. This question asking behavior is similar to the use of search engines, question and answer sites, and information exchange offline, and can provide useful information for information seeking patterns …
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The use and perception of social network sites in telecommuting work environments
… available web applications and tools including social network sites, which provided the potential to address many of the challenges that have plagued telecommuting since its inception. These included questions surrounding communication, productivity, isolation and trust. Social network sites …
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Toward an Explanation of the Privacy Paradox in Social Network Sites: A Normalized Measurement Approach
<p>Teenagers in the United States spend much time socializing on Social Network Sites (SNS). As a result, many have exposed their privacy to some serious threats. Researchers tried to understand what factors could influence online self-disclosure behavior, and arguably, one of the most researched …
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A Tale of Two Sites: An Explorative Study of the Design and Evaluation of Social Network Sites
Social Network Sites allow individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within a system. Such sites are generally …
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Exploring the relationship between social network sites and the consumption of cultural goods through the lens of affordances
… thesis presents research theorising the use of social network sites (SNS) for the consumption of cultural goods. SNS are Internet-based applications that enable people to connect, interact, discover, and share user-generated content. They have transformed communication practices and are …
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What’s In It For Me? Consumer Perceived Value of Marketing Activities as a Driver of Consumer Brand Engagement on Social Network Sites.
<p>Social network sites are transforming the way companies, both big and small, communicate and market to consumers. Many businesses recognize the need for incorporating a social networking strategy as part of their overall marketing efforts. This strategy involves the use of social network sites …
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Relationships between motivation to use social network sites, relational interdependent self-construal, achievement goals, social goals, and academic performance among Malaysian adolescents
… between adolescents’ motivation to use social network sites (SNS), relational interdependent self-construal (RISC), social goals, achievement goals and academic performance in a Malaysian context. Motivation to learn in school is vital in energising and directing students’ learning …
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An explorative investigation into the effect of frequent versus non-frequent use of social network sites on students’ spelling skills and academic performance
This paper assesses the relationship between Social Networking Sites (SNS) and the effect of its excessive use on a user’s spelling capabilities and academic performance by using a single-factor, multi-level between subjects design (One-way ANOVA). The One way Anova was applied to SNS use …
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Digital belonging : the role of social network sites in establishing a sense of belonging among first-year undergraduate males in an online-only setting
A sense of belonging is a fundamental human need, especially important for first-year undergraduates since it is directly related to their overall success and experience with the institution they attend (Ahn & Davis, 2020; Freeman et al., 2007; Tinto, 2017). This need drives individuals to seek …
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Explicit disclosure in retail communication: Impact of undetermined social network site relationships on branded identity
… to emerge from Web 2.0 developments has been the social network site. In traditional models of branded identity, it is assumed that there is a distinction made between the retailer and consumer (de Chernatony, 1999; Kapferer, 2008). However, social network sites allow for the formation of …
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The relationship between adolescent identity formation and social network site use
A majority of American adolescents use social network sites. Many adolescents access these sites multiple times a day. On these sites, adolescents engage in self-presentation by creating and managing personal profiles and by posting updates and photos. Past research has explored how much …
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Las páginas de marca en redes sociales como herramienta de marketing relacional: creación de capital cliente
… relaciones con sus clientes. El uso de las redes sociales permite a los individuos colaborar y compartir información online, permitiendo un proceso de comunicación multidireccional. Concretamente, el uso de las denominadas páginas de marca en redes sociales permite combinar aspectos sociales y …
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Identities In Motion: Cyberspace And Diasporic Queer Male Bodies In The Context Of Globalization
… realities, and how they use queer oriented social network sites for this purpose. In this dissertation, I also theorize the roles of globalization, postcolonial migration, and visual and cyber culture in the creation of hybrid cultural identities. The Internet and other computer- mediated …
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How to make Facebook your friend: queer self-presentation on a heteronormative social network site.
… paper explores queer self-presentation on the social network site, Facebook, emphasizing gendered functionality, gender and queer politics and presentations of gendered identities. It provides a review of early critical cyberculture studies, identity performance and queer theoretical …
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SOCIAL LISTENING: CONSUMER INSIGHT IN A NARRATIVE PYRAMID
The rising popularity of social networks has sparked tremendous commercial interests. Brands and companies have taken various approaches to capturing the business potential of social networks, such as posting targeted ads and building online brand communities. This paper focuses on another emerging …
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Why Can't We Be Friends? Examining the Influence of Social Network Profiles on Initial Interactions
Despite the growing number of people using social network Web sites to establish and maintain relationships, we know little about how the information available on these sites affects communication patterns and perceptions of partners. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to extend …
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