This paper presented a general overview and discussed about adoption of Social Networking sites and social commerce platforms for market expansion. Further paper also focused upon the some statistics of the use of Social Media, discussed its pros and cons and future scope for various small...

Net Trust is a system that embeds social context in web-based trust decisions by combining individual histories, social networks, and explicit ratings. The social context embedded in Net Trust allows an individual to select their own trusted sources of information and rate particular sites as...

The study of GR research (I. Mergel, 2017 [1]) made it possible to determine the peculiarities of presence, communication and visual representation of power in social networks. Conclusions were made about the emerging trends of aestheticization, new rigor, expressed in the requirements for the...

This paper studies the causal impact of social ties and network structure on helping behavior in organizations. We introduce and experimentally study a game called the 'helping game,' where individuals unilaterally decide whether to incur a cost to help other team members when helping is a...

Although trust is widely acknowledged as critical in virtual settings, little is known regarding the antecedents and consequences of trust in leaders of virtual groups. Adopting a multi-level perspective, we propose the leadership’s communication behavior and the broader cultural context in...

The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of college students' addiction in using Facebook, the extent of their study habits (time management, test-taking, note-taking, reading, and writing), and if significant relationship exists between the two. The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale...

Global companies and organisations have to be increasingly fast-moving and flexible, in order to react to market changes as rapidly as possible. This places demands upon internal communication, as strategic decisions have to be communicated to the employees. This must be done quickly in order to...

In today’s media society, political communications play an essential role within the scope of politics. It has become a necessity for political actors in modern democracies to inform and involve citizens in the process of political decision-making, as there is a need for legitimisation towards...