Social Support and Commitment within Social Networking Site in Tourism Experience

willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Social Support in Online Healthcare Social Networking

Support groups play an important role in helping individuals cope with their health conditions by providing members with a network of information and social support. It is not well understood what types of support are exchanged in an online, unmoderated, peerto-peer communication of patients and caregivers. We analyzed the informational and emotional support offered and requested among an alcoh...

Assessing flow experience in social networking site based brand communities

The sustenance of the Social Networking Site (SNS)-based brand communities relies on user retention and their active participation. Therefore, understanding the intrinsic aspects of user behavior in such communities is important for devising strategies to ensure user retention and active participation. Especially, information about the elements that induce flow experiencesdthe intrinsically enj...

Modeling Mentoring Dialogue within a Teacher Social Networking Site

Online social networking tools promise to enable mentorship, professional development, and resource sharing between teachers across the Internet. This paper describes a first attempt to model teacher dialogue, an effort that will eventual lead to overlay tools that promote these kinds of beneficial community behaviors.

Social Networking in Tuberculosis: Experience in Colombia