A virtual community is a precious information collation source allowing a company to identify conditions on which to base bubble information and indications regarding the time and manner on which the bubble should be triggered. Observations of virtual community dynamics, people entering and...

After four years of recession, the global economy is still suffering with the same. There are many causes of recession. And, the high usage of social networking sites may be one of the causes. Though, there is no direct evident/survey/study to prove its culpability. What kind of role the social...

In this paper, we contend that multiplayer online games and virtual worlds may be considered as cultural commons. Because of the interacting activity of users, multiplayer online game are characterized by several patterns of cultural production and consumption, which continuously redefine and...

Generally, technological innovations begin in very small niche markets when a tiny group of risk-taking consumers decide to try out a product or service they have never seen before. It is never clear that the innovation will ever reach a larger market because the forces of the status quo, as a...

The advent of new technology brings new challenges to international law. The Internet is now the world’s primary information source, and websites like Facebook and Twitter have become crucial communication means. During the Arab Spring of 2011, activists used the Internet and social media...

The problems created by the rise of social networks for user privacy have become well known throughout the world since the early paper co-authored by Edwards with Ian Brown of Oxford on data self regulation (http://ssrn.com/abstract=1148732). Reconciling the desire to self-disclose information...

The case looks at the social media marketing experience of Akash Gautam Training Solutions (AGTS). It covers many dimensions of using social media as an alternative and cost effective channel of communication. The case highlights the important considerations and tactics which can be used to...

In this article I want to discuss the question if and how the World Wide Web changes social memory practices. Therefore I examine the relationship between the World Wide Web, social memory practices and public discourses. Towards discussing mediated memory processes I focus on the online...

The importance of machine learning for social network analysis is realized as an inevitable tool in forthcoming years. This is due to the unprecedented growth of social-related data, boosted by the proliferation of social media websites and the embedded heterogeneity and complexity. Alongside...

Online word-of-mouth (eWOM) has attracted considerable research in the past decade. Yet, no attempt has been made to consolidate and synthesize this stream of literature. Based on a systematic review of 148 studies, the authors conduct a multi-dimensional analysis of eWOM communication,...