Search results for "NETWORKING SITES"
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Italian Amateur Pop-Rock Musicians on Facebook: Mixed Methods and New Findings in Music Making Research
2017
This chapter investigates how and why amateur musicians use social networking sites, employing a mixed-methods approach. Attention is focused on four big Italian Facebook communities of pop-rock musicians: drums, bass, guitar, and keyboard players (overall, 2,101 active users), analyzing the relational and textual data extracted from the web. The chapter analyzes the network structures emerging from the interactions among the users. It also identifies and maps the main areas of discussion (sound shaping, studio recording, marketplace, musical references, computer production, and relations) and the latent semantic dimension characterizing Facebook users’ activities, through social network an…
Entrepreneurship on Social Networking Sites: The Roles of Attitude and Perceived Usefulness
2023
Background: Social media platforms are a significant growth opportunity for enterprises, especially for microenterprises, due to the possibility of establishing direct contact with their customers. We investigate the psychological reasons that drive entrepreneurs towards the use of social networking sites (SNSs) for their business, following two important social psychology theories: the theory of planned behaviour and the technology acceptance model. We also tested for two personality traits: openness to experience and dominance. Methods: Data were acquired by examining 325 microentrepreneurs who decided to use either SNSs or traditional sales methods for their businesses. Results and concl…
Communication of Dienvidkurzemes region libraries on social media during Covid-19
2022
Jau vairāk nekā desmit gadus dažādas sociālo tīklu vietnes lielai sabiedrības daļai ir kļuvušas par galveno saziņas veidu ar draugiem, radiem, kā arī ar uzņēmumiem un valsts pārvaldes iestādēm, tai skaitā ar bibliotēkām. Covid-19 laiks parādīja to, ka sociālo tīklu vietnes patiesi ir nozīmīgs komunikācijas kanāls daudziem uzņēmumiem un organizācijām. Autores pētījuma mērķis ir noskaidrot, kā Dienvidkurzemes novada publiskajās bibliotēkās mainījās informācijas nodošanas paradumi to klientiem un lietotājiem un vai komunikācija sociālo tīklu vietnēs kļuva aktīvāka. Lai mērķi sasniegtu, autore veica aptaujas ar lietotājiem un bibliotēku darbiniekiem, kā arī tika veikta dokumentu analīze Dienvid…
The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on Well-Being
2021
The present research examines the longitudinal average impact of frequency of use of Internet and social networking sites (SNS) on subjective well-being of adolescents in Germany. Based on five-wave panel data that cover a period of nine years, we disentangle between-person and within-person effects of media use on depressive symptomatology and life satisfaction as indicators of subjective well-being. Additionally, we control for confounders such as TV use, self-esteem, and satisfaction with friends. We found that frequency of Internet use in general and use of SNS in particular is not substantially related subjective well-being. The explanatory power of general Internet use or SNS use to p…
Disposition-Content Congruency in Adolescents’ Alcohol-Related Social Media (Self-) Effects: The Role of the Five-Factor Model
2019
Objective: Accumulating evidence indicates that social networking sites play an increasingly important role in young people’s drinking behavior. The present study adds to this research by assessing the conditionality of the relationships between exposure to and self-sharing of alcohol-related content on social media and adolescents’ drinking behavior. Specifically, the moderating role of the five-factor model of personality is determined. Method: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted among 866 mid-adolescents (Msubsample = 14.85 years, SD = 0.71, 57.5% girls). Polynomial regression analysis with response surface modeling was used to test the interactions. Results: Exposure, but not s…
Aviokompāniju reklāmu raksturojums sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnēs Facebook un Twitter
2018
Reklāma ir profesionālā diskursa žanrs, kas tiek izmantots komunikācijai ar sabiedrību. Mūsdienās internets un sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnes tiek bieži izmantotas reklāmas nolūkos. Šī pētījuma mērķis bija analizēt lingvistiskās un paralingvistiskās iezīmes sociālo tīklu tīmekļa vietnēs Facebook un Twitter publicētajās aviokompāniju reklāmās. Pētījums tika balstīts uz Kuka (Cook, 1992) piedāvāto diskursa analīzes modeli, kas ietver teksta un konteksta analīzi. Pētījuma rezultāti parādīja, ka šo reklāmu tekstos izmantotā valoda ir vienkārša un lasītājam draudzīga, kas ir panākts, pārsvarā izmantojot vienkāršus teikumus, kā arī lietojot kontrakcijas un saīsinājumus. Tā arī imitē sarunu ar lasī…
The social significance of the Facebook Like button
2015
In this paper we study social aspects of using the Like button for purposes of impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online. On the theoretical level our investigation combines Goffman’s notion of face-work with concepts of social network analysis, shedding light on what we dub ‘nano-level’ interaction and sociality on social networking sites. Our data come from a 2013 classroom survey in which 26 Finnish university students were asked about their motives for and ways of using the Like button. Our results show that though the Like button was designed to allow users to express their positive evaluations of the contents of Facebook posts, comments, and p…