Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies

• Author : Hui-Lan Titangos
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2013-08-31
• ISBN : 9781780633619

Social media technologies can help connect local communities to the wider world. Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies introduces the experience of bringing a local community to the world. This book, with the model of Santa Cruz County, California, develops a truly global approach to the subject. The first section of the book covers the early efforts of recording the local Santa Cruz area, before moving on to deal with Library 1.0. The next section looks at the

• Author : Kristy Hess,Lisa Waller
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release Date : 2017-09-16
• ISBN : 9781137504784

This unique text addresses the gap between journalism studies, which have tended to focus on national and international news, and the fact that most journalism is practised at the local level, where people live, work, play and feel most 'at home'. Providing a rich overview of the role and place of local media in society, Hess and Waller demonstrate that, in this changing digital era, the local journalist must not only specialize in niche 'place-based' news, but also have a

• Author : Nina Verishagen
• Publisher : Chandos Publishing
• Release Date : 2018-11-26
• ISBN : 9780081024102

Social Media: The Academic Library Perspective provides a step-by-step guide on social media as written by somebody who has already done the work. Made up of case studies written by authors at various institutions who provide different perspectives on their institution’s use of social media, the book highlights successes and failures, while also focusing on tips for social media management in the academic library that anybody in the community can interpret and adapt. Social media platforms are dealt with

• Author : Xu, Guandong
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2013-01-31
• ISBN : 9781466628076

Social Media Mining and Social Network Analysis: Emerging Research highlights the advancements made in social network analysis and social web mining and its influence in the fields of computer science, information systems, sociology, organization science discipline and much more. This collection of perspectives on developmental practice is useful for industrial practitioners as well as researchers and scholars.

• Author : Alan Oxley
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release Date : 2013-07-31
• ISBN : 9781780633800

Security measures can be used by management, IT staff, and users in participatory/collaborative service provision within the public sector. Security Risks in Social Media Technologies explores this use. Topics are targeted, and issues raised and lessons learnt are analyzed. The book helps the reader understand the risks posed by relevant Web 2.0 applications and gives clear guidance on how to mitigate those risks. The body of the book is concerned with social media, the dominant Web 2.0 technology associated with security

• Author : Larry D. Browning,Jan-Oddvar Sørnes,Peer Jacob Svenkerud
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2022-07-16
• ISBN : 9783030948146

The pandemic has created a crisis that has no equivalent in recent history, leading to a wide range of disruption across various social strata, highlighting and reinforcing inequality, and leading to profound organizational shifts. In this book, organizational communication scholars grapple with the implications of the pandemic for work and organizations, examining the immediate impact on their personal lives in an ethnographic narrative, but also theorising what the long term implications of COVID-19 will be. The book also explores the

• Author : Bu Zhong
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2021-08-31
• ISBN : 9781119041610

Examines the social media mechanism and how it is transforming communication in an increasingly networked society Social Media Communication: Trends and Theories explores how social media is transforming the way people think and behave. Providing students with an in-depth understanding of the mechanism underlying social media, this comprehensive textbook uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine social media use in a wide range of communication and business contexts. Each chapter is based on original research findings from the author as well

• Author : Alex Grech
• Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
• Release Date : 2021-07-08
• ISBN : 9781800439061

This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the impact of media, emerging technologies, and education on the resilience of the so-called post-truth society.

• Author : Limbu, Marohang
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2013-11-30
• ISBN : 9781466647589

Since the dawn of the digital era, the transfer of knowledge has shifted from analog to digital, local to global, and individual to social. Complex networked communities are a fundamental part of these new information-based societies. Emerging Pedagogies in the Networked Knowledge Society: Practices Integrating Social Media and Globalization examines the production, dissemination, and consumption of knowledge within networked communities in the wider global context of pervasive Web 2.0 and social media services. This book will offer insight for business stakeholders,

• Author : Downey, Ed
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2012-01-31
• ISBN : 9781466600720

"This book investigates the effects of Web technologies and social media on interaction and the political process helping readers to use Web technologies to address local and global problems and improve systems of governance, social equity, economic activity, sustainability, service delivery, transparency, and the ethical and legal dimensions of public service"--Provided by publisher.

• Author : Chris Atton
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2015-05-15
• ISBN : 9781317509417

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world. The volume offers a multiplicity of perspectives to examine the reasons why alternative and community media arise, how they develop in particular ways and in particular places, and how they can enrich our understanding of the broader media landscape and its place in society. The 50 chapters present a range of theoretical

• Author : Bahaaeddin Alareeni,Allam Hamdan
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2022-07-13
• ISBN : 9783031080845

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2021) organized by EuroMid Academy of Business & Technology (EMABT), held in Istanbul, between 06–07 November 2021. In response to the call for papers for ICBT2021, 485 papers were submitted for presentation and ‎inclusion in the proceedings of the conference. After a careful blind refereeing process, 292 papers ‎were selected for inclusion in the conference proceedings from forty countries. Each of these ‎chapters was evaluated through an editorial board, and each

• Author : Axel Bruns,Gunn Enli,Eli Skogerbo,Anders Olof Larsson,Christian Christensen
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2015-12-22
• ISBN : 9781317506553

Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences beyond the US and UK. This collection tackles this imbalance head-on, compiling cutting-edge research across six continents to provide a comprehensive, global, up-to-date review of recent political uses of social media. Drawing together empirical analyses of the use of social media by political movements and in national and regional elections and referenda,

• Author : Rajib Shaw,Suvendrini Kakuchi,Miki Yamaji
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2021-03-16
• ISBN : 9789811602856

This book analyzes recent advances, trends, challenges and potentials of the role of media in disaster risk reduction. Collaboration, co-design and co-delivery with other stakeholders in science technology, private sectors, and civil society are found to be effective in reaching people and communities. The media is considered to be of utmost importance in all phases of disasters, before, during and after, with different types of media having different proactive roles to play in disaster risk reduction. Before disasters, they play

• Author : Akoumianakis, Demosthenes
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release Date : 2009-04-30
• ISBN : 9781605663418

Provides an analysis of virtual communities, explaining their lifecycle in terms of maturity-based models and workflows.