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A Study on the Environmental Campaigns in Traditional and Social Media
Kuppuswamy, Sunitha - In: International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 9 (2018) 1, pp. 29-47
This article describes how the environment is a significant part of today's world. The media has the responsibility of educating the audience about the prevailing environmental issues such as pollution, global warming, and climate change as they threaten the humankind and sustainable...
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European Expectations of Disaster Information provided by Critical Infrastructure Operators: Lessons from Portugal, France, Norway and Sweden
Petersen, Laura; Fallou, Laure; Reilly, Paul; … - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 23-48
Previous research into social media crisis communication has tended to focus on use by emergency managers rather than other key stakeholder, critical infrastructure (CI) operators. This article adds to the field by empirically investigating public expectations of information provided by CI...
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Social Media and Autonomous Learning at a Latin America University: The Social Neuroscience Role of the Developing Metacognitive Capacities
Laaser, Wolfram Lothar; Toloza, Eduardo Adrián - In: International Journal of Advanced Pervasive and … 10 (2018) 2, pp. 38-57
The main purpose of this article is to investigate the selection patterns and uses made of the web tools and social media in both formal and non-formal education of students. The possibility of using networks to provide a multitude of stimuli that can be used for facilitating the learning, which...
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E-Marketing Practices from Jordanian Tourism Agencies Perspectives: A Qualitative Evidence
Al-Weshah, Ghazi - In: International Journal of Online Marketing (IJOM) 8 (2018) 1, pp. 21-36
The article aims at providing a deep understanding of electronic marketing practices and investigating the current status of e-marketing (benefits, tools, and barriers) in Jordanian tourism agencies. Methodologically, the article adopts a qualitative design to achieve its objectives. In-depth...
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Cyberbullying in the World of Teenagers and Social Media: A Literature Review
Alim, Sophia - In: International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and … 6 (2016) 2, pp. 68-95
Cyberbullying amongst teenagers is a major issue, due to their increased use of social media. Previous literature surveys have not covered in detail cyberbullying studies in 2014 and cyberbullying risk factors. This literature review explores cyberbullying research areas, such as the use of...
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Interacting with Whom?: Swedish Parliamentarians on Twitter during the 2014 Elections
Svensson, Jakob; Larsson, Anders Olof - In: International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 7 (2016) 1, pp. 1-15
This article explores Swedish Parliamentarians' Twitter practices during the 2014 general elections. For individual candidates, the political party is important for positions within the party and on the ballot, especially in a party-centered democracy. A previous qualitative (n)ethnographic...
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The Indernet: From Internet Portal to the Social Web
Goel, Urmila - In: International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 7 (2016) 3, pp. 1-14
The social web creates a different technological environment for natio-ethno-cultural community building than internet … relaunch of the former internet portal as a blog and a Facebook page it no longer functioned as a space of the second …
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An Assessment of Mobile Internet Usage in a Rural Setting of a Developing Country
Eilu, Emmanuel - In: International Journal of Mobile Computing and … 9 (2018) 2, pp. 47-59
In sub-Saharan Africa, studies show that the key driver for mobile Internet use is social media. However, despite the … global reach and proliferation of the Internet and mobile phones, research on mobile Internet use in rural communities in Sub …-Saharan Africa is lacking. There is very little research on how rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa use the Internet, yet a …
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Social Media Intelligence for Business
Maravilhas, Sérgio - In: International Journal of Organizational and Collective … 6 (2016) 4, pp. 19-44
Social Media intelligence allow the knowledge of competitor's moves and the analysis of trends from the communications exchanged in the networks of individual consumers, making it easy for companies to develop solutions according to their clients and prospects desires. There are several...
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Social Media Use and Political Mobilization
Holmes, Justin W; McNeal, Ramona S - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 5 (2018) 4, pp. 50-60
This article describes how political participation is a central component of democracy. Past research has found that a variety of factors drive individual decisions about participation, including the media that citizens use to gain political information. Social media offers the possibility of...
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