On social Web sites

Social Media Use and Impact during the Holiday Travel Planning Process

“…The questionnaire included an introductory statement explaining types of websites considered as social media within six broad categories: Blogs, photo & video sharing websites, microblogs, wikis, social networking websites and travel review websites. This taxonomy was created by the authors after a review of existing literature (Constantinides, 2009;Fischer & Reuber, 2011;Kim, Jeong, & Lee, 2010;Mangold & Faulds, 2009;Xiang & Gretzel 2010). For each of the above types a number of examples were given in order to increase the reliability of the instrument.…”

“…Kaplan and Haenlein (2010, p.61) define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of User Generated Content". Although there are a number of approaches in terms of social media taxonomies (Constantinides, 2009;Fischer & Reuber, 2011;Kim, Jeong, & Lee, 2010;Mangold & Faulds, 2009) Kaplan and Haenlein (2010) proposed a taxonomy scheme that classifies social media types according to their (a) level of social presence / media richness, and (b) level of self presentation / self disclosure, identifying six types of social media: social networking websites (i.e. Facebook, Linkedin), blogs, content communities (i.e.YouTube, Flickr, Scrib, Slideshare, Delicious), collaborative projects (i.e.…”

Using game mechanics for field evaluation of prototype social applications: a novel methodology

“…According to Kim, Jeong, and Lee (2010), social applications are usually classified as social networking applications, that is, website or smartphone applications that allow users to stay connected with other people in online communities; and social media applications, that is, website or smartphone applications that allow people to create, upload, post, tag, comment, and share user-created content (UCC). 1 The distinction between the two types is quickly fading, as social networking sites started to add features of social media sites, that is, the sharing of UCC, and social media sites are adding features of social networking sites, such as personal profiles and managing communities (Ellison and Boyd 2013).…”

Role of Semantic Web in the Changing Context of Enterprise Collaboration

“…In practical terms, social networks are web based social communities such as Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, LinkedIn etc (Shen, et al 2006, Kim, et al 2010. Social networking is a platform on the web where a group of people launch a highly interactive service based on common interests between users and easy to use communications tools to detail and promote those interests to others (Bloch, 1999).…”