[Air-L] Definitions for Social Media Sites

[John Sullivan]

Becky,

Another great resource for defining social media is Fuchs, C. (2017). Social
media: a critical introduction, 2nd edition
<http://fuchs.uti.at/books/2nd-edition-social-media-a-critical-introduction/>.
London: Sage. If you look at pages 37-39 of the book, you'll find that
Fuchs has identified a whole host of different definitions of social media,
all with citations to take you to where those sources are located. Better
still, the particular chapter to which I'm referring is one of the sample
chapters offered free for download directly from his website:
http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/Chapter2.pdf.

Hope you find this helpful,
John



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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Aaron S. Veenstra <aaron at etchouse.com>
wrote:

> One thing worth noting about the boyd and Ellison piece -- which is
> often cited to define "social media" -- is that they don't define
> social media in there. The term "social media" appears only once in
> that paper, as part of the background ("Furthermore, as the social
> media and user-generated content phenomena grew, websites focused on
> media sharing began implementing SNS features and becoming SNSs
> themselves. Examples include Flickr (photo sharing), Last.FM (music
> listening habits), and YouTube (video sharing)." pg. 216). They
> explicitly define "social network sites," which they explicitly
> differentiate from "networking" sites.
>
> Aaron
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Joshua Braun <jabraun at journ.umass.edu>
> wrote:
> > Hello! I'm sure there'll be lots of great suggestions forthcoming, but
> > I'd recommend boyd & Ellison's "Social Network Sites: Definition,
> > History, and Scholarship" as a starting point:
> >
> > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x/full
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Josh
> >
> >
> > On 09/25/2017 12:23 PM, Hayes, Rebecca M wrote:
> >> First of all I have found this group to be an amazing resource. So
> thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >> Second, I am a criminologist who researches social media, so I am still
> learning. That said, I am looking for a good and trusted academic resource
> for definitions for social media sites. It could be a book, or a website,
> but I am attempting to provide appropriate definitions for reddit, 4chan,
> YikYak, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >> What is a go-to source for that?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance!
> >>
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Becky
> >>
> >>
> >> Rebecca Hayes, Ph.D.
> >>
> >> Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
> >>
> >> Central Michigan University
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