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This article builds upon communication infrastructure theory and investigates how communication practices on online neighborhood networks (ONNs) relate to the social cohesion of neighborhood communities. Specifically, we study the hyperlocal social media platform Hoplr, which provides ad-free ONNs in which neighbors can communicate with one another. Local governments can subscribe to Hoplr to communicate with their residents and engage them for community and public participation purposes. This study is based on an online survey of Hoplr members (N = 3,055) from 150 randomly selected ONNs. Social cohesion is disentangled as a combination of social support, a sense of community, reciprocal exchange, and social trust. We investigated social cohesion differences at the neighborhood level in relation to self-reported types of ONN communication practices (shared interest, supportive communication, and both tangible and informational support mobilization). The results reveal the limited value of quantified behavioral data to explain differences in neighborhood social cohesion. However, interesting patterns are revealed between different communication practices and neighborhood social cohesion, such as the importance of trivial storytelling and information exchange practices for enhancing trust, reciprocal support, and a sense of community. At the same time, a reversed relation appears when ONNs are considered explicit information exchange platforms. With these insights, we enhance the theoretical understanding of ONNs in relation to neighborhood social cohesion and within a broader repertoire of neighborhood communication infrastructures.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Is Social Collaboration? -- Birth of Being "Social" -- Collaboration-An Introduction -- What Is Social Collaboration, Then? -- Fundamentals of Social Collaboration -- Social Collaboration Makes an Enterprise Work Like a Network -- Advantages of Social Collaboration -- Introduction to Social Media -- Start of New Definitions -- Rise of Internal and External Social Media -- Background of Communities Exchange Initiative in AMS Organization -- Integration of Reward System with Communities Exchange -- Community Exchange Accomplishments -- Birth of Yammer -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Art of Community Management -- Who Is a Community Manager? -- How Does One Become a Community Manager for Yammer? -- Regular Actions in the Life of a Community Manager -- Check Whether Yammer Is Functioning from Technical Standpoint -- Respond to User Posts -- Post a Link from Internet to Build User Engagement -- Guide People to Not Create Groups on Similar Topics -- Stuff You Need to Know on Group Creation -- Educate User Community -- What are you expected to do as a Yammer group administrator? -- Build group strategy -- Publicize your group -- How do you archive or delete your group? -- Educate People to Not Share Copyrighted Content on Yammer -- Publish Useful Yammer Content to Create Leadership Engagement -- Reasons why employees want execs active on Yammer -- Reasons why execs should be active on Yammer -- How leaders can spend 60 seconds a week on Yammer -- New User Checklist -- Promotional Ideas -- Other Posts to Be Published by Community Manager -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Ways to Keep Your Network Engaged -- Differences Between Community and Hierarchy Models -- Hierarchy Model -- Keep Your Network Engaged by Working Like a Network.

Co-authored by ASTD President and CEO Tony Bingham, and long-time workplace educator and Fast Company business writer Marcia Conner, this book shows readers how social media can help trainers and workers increase their knowledge, innovate faster than their competitors, and enjoy themselves in a way that increases their commitment to their employer and to the customers they ultimately serve

Social media has accelerated communication, expanded business horizons and connected millions of individuals who otherwise would never have met. But not everything social media touches turns to gold--much of it is brass. Social networking sites are used by scammers, criminals and sexual predators, and many people now self-diagnose illness based on misinformation shared online. Businesses make great claims about social media as a marketing tool but few show any real returns. We communicate through social media but are we really saying anything? Is social media doomed to be a conduit of narcissi

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: What Is Social Media? -- Chapter 2: Why Use Social Media? -- Chapter 3: Advanced Features of Social Media -- Chapter 4: Social Networks in Action -- Glossary -- Find Out More -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 The Old and The New: Regional Development and Transformational Entrepreneurship -- 3 Stewardship and Resilience in Networked Spaces -- 4 A Fork in the Road: Exploring Space, Place and Method -- 5 Zooming from Somewhere to Anywhere: Case Studies -- 6 Pioneering Stewardship: Thriving in a Networked World -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

If you're interested in using social media as an investigative tool, Introduction to Social Media Investigation will show you how! Social networks and social media, like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, are some of the most popular services on the Web, with hundreds of millions of users. The public information that people share on these sites can be valuable for anyone interested in investigating people of interest through open, public sources. Social media as an investigative device is in its infancy and not well understood. This book presents an overview of social media and discusses s

The article provides a theoretical overview of the main scientific approaches to the concept of "emotional violence", a comparison with similar concepts. Peculiarities of forms and manifestations of emotional violence in social networks are analyzed. The concept of cyberbullying and its modern types are considered. It has been established that difficulties in diagnosing and providing psychological assistance in emotional violence are associated with a distorted perception of modern formalized norms of social relations, which perceive and define threats, humiliation and insults as the norm of communication. To increase the effectiveness of combating cyberbullying requires a comprehensive solution: the inevitability of punishment for the crime, the definition of criteria for assessing the presence of signs of crime, which requires the formation of tools for assessing the consequences of harm. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify and describe the definition of "psychological violence", to determine the psychological signs of emotional violence, to create tools to assess the harm done to the victim. An influential factor in combating cyberbullying is a collaborative approach: involving a wide range of professionals in the design and implementation of cyberbullying prevention programs, cyberbullying victim support programs, and zero tolerance programs for bullying, educating children and youth on media security and media literacy.