The growth of social media platforms and its users has shown a stupendous growth since 2005. According to a survey done by Social Media Examiner with social media marketers, 83% of the respondents agreed that social media is the need of the hour for organization because customers use it for giving their opinion about the product/service the organization offers. It’s a proven fact that social me...

The media landscape has dramatically changed over the past decade, with traditional media (e.g., newspapers, television) now supplemented by social media (e.g., blogs, discussion forums). This new media landscape is not well understood with respect to (i) the joint impacts of traditional and social media on marketing performance (e.g., sales), (ii) how these media types influence each other, an...

As social media attract increasing attention from executives and find varied applications in different industries and fields of practice, research on the subject has been investigating the antecedents, moderators, mediators and outcomes of social media adoption, as well as impacts on the organizational and individual level. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the discussion of...

The world economy is changing due to the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The ICTs affect and change the entire socioeconomic framework. Consequently, new forms of communication are created which facilitate the flow of information around the world, like “social media”. Social media brought people “closer” by facilitating the interaction between them. Social media appeal ...

Governments increasingly leverage social media to deliver better services to the public. Web 2.0 technologies enable people to interact and collaborate with one another efficiently and effectively. The use of web 2.0 technologies by government – government 2.0 – enables citizen to interact and collaborate with government in the delivery of public services. This exploratory study examines the us...

BACKGROUND Social media has revolutionized the way people communicate, and it has been widely incorporated into medical practice. However, limited data are available regarding the use of social media by Chinese urologists in their practice. METHODS From 2014 to 2016, during the China Urological Association's (CUA) Annual National Minimally Invasive Urology Academic Conference, an anonymous su...

Scholarly research into the uses of social media has become a major area of growth in recent years, as the adoption of social media for public communication itself has continued apace. While social media platforms provide ready avenues for data access through their Application Programming interfaces, it is increasingly important to think through exactly what these data represent, and what concl...

The Arab Spring has brought a lot of attention to the use of social media in the Arab world. Whether social media was one of the catalysts or the sole agent of the socio-political movement has been an object of endless debate. Nevertheless, it can be agreed that social media usage has increased in the region and is paving the way for enduring changes in all spheres of public and private life. G...

BACKGROUND Social media has created a revolution in health services. Information available on the Internet and via social media is now being used as reference guides for sensitive health issues by nonprofessionals, physicians, and medical students. When used by physicians and medical students, social media has the potential to raise issues such as the blurring of the line between professional a...