This practitioner paper outlines some of the benefits for the use of social media, from the perspective of a locallevel or county-level emergency manager (EM). As compared to state and national level emergency management, because local level EMs have limited manpower and resources, social media can positively or negatively impact the effectiveness of communication before, during and after disas...

The information technology’s applications in cyberspace (the internet) are currently dominated by social media. The author investigates and explores the advantages of social media implementation of any political party in Indonesian general legislative elections 2014. There are twelve national political parties participating in the election as contestants plus three local political parties in Ac...

AIM Social media is becoming the way for businesses, including health care professionals, to communicate with consumers. The study examines the use of social media by dental practices in the US. MATERIALS AND METHODS An electronic survey was sent to 22,682 dentists in the United States. The survey consisted of questions related to the use of social media in the dental practice. Data was analy...

Over the past decade, social media platforms have penetrated deeply into the mechanics of everyday life, affecting people's informal interactions, as well as institutional structures and professional routines. Far from being neutral platforms for everyone, social media have changed the conditions and rules of social interaction. In this article, we examine the intricate dynamic between social m...

The use of social media has revolutionized the internal and external communications and management of many businesses. This paper discusses the various social media platforms in the context of UK building societies. Many companies from the banking sector are utilizing social media, and in some this is outpacing traditional methods of marketing and internal communication. The main aim of this re...

Social media provides both opportunities and risks for any organization. Secure integration of social media platforms in organizational ICT infrastructures tends to be focused mainly on technical aspects. Social media security management usually ignores the human dimension, but protection can only be achieved through a holistic approach. Social media security culture must be part of the overall...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a viewpoint on the historical roots and future evolution of social media. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a summary of the authors’ previous research and experience in the area of social media. Findings – This paper contains practical insights on the consumer use and business potential of social media applications. Originality/...

The recent explosion of social media services like Twitter, Google+ and Facebook has led to an interest in social media predictive analytics – automatically inferring hidden information from the large amounts of freely available content. It has a number of applications, including: online targeted advertising, personalized marketing, large-scale passive polling and real-time live polling, person...