Social Media
In: Media and Communications - Technologies, Policies and Challenges
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- About this book -- Chapter 1 -- A Brief History of Social Media: Evolution and Impact -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Technologies That Connect -- Shifting to Social Media -- Impacts of Social Media -- Psychological Effects -- Communicative Effects -- Social Effects -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Social Network Analysis: Finding Meaning in Connections -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Getting Acquainted With Graphs -- Directed Networks -- Chord Diagrams -- A Final Word -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Using Social Media to Facilitate Student Engagement -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Social Media -- Integration -- Facilitating Student Engagement -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4 -- How College Instructors Use Social Media for Instruction -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Participants -- Instrument -- Results -- Social Media Selection -- Social Media and Gagne's Events of Instruction -- Gagne's Instructional Events -- 1) Gain Attention -- 2) Provide Learning Objectives -- 3) Stimulate Recall of Prior Knowledge -- 4) Present Stimulus -- 5) Providing Learning Guidance -- 6) Elicit Performance -- 7) Provide Feedback -- 8) Assess Performance -- 9) Enhance Retention and Transfer -- Concerns with Using Social Media -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Using 3D Virtual Reality as a Form of Social Media -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- Social Presence -- Methods -- Participants -- Research Design -- Instruments -- Procedure -- Methods of Data Analysis -- Results -- Quantitative Results -- Combined Results of Quantitative and Qualitative Data -- Jennifer -- Mary -- Yoko -- Keiko -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Social Network Media: Designing the Learning Network -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Networks -- Small World Problem -- Social Networking