Tag Archives: Social media

GIBS Article: Exploring the digital detox journey among generation Y Instagram users By Matiena Marie Scheppe, Anna Luise Seiffen, and Adele Berndt

Purpose Social media (SM) provides a range of positive and negative benefits to users, and an SM detox has been suggested as a way to deal with its negative effects. Instagram (IG) is one of Generation Y’s most widely used SM platforms, noted for its addictive potential. Using a journey perspective, the purpose of this […]
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Elon Musk changes Twitter logo from blue bird to ‘X’ (EN)

“It’s an exceptionally rare thing – in life or in business – that you get a second chance to make another big impression,” the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino tweeted.Twitter has changed its branding from the blue bird to an X on the website.The change followed a series of tweets from the social media platform’s billionaire […]
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How to cite Instagram in APA

With social media being recognised for its research potential, it becomes more and more important to know how to cite and reference these site. APA’s style blog tells you how Click here to access the blog post

The science people see on social media (Pew Research)

by Paul Hitlin and Kenneth Olmstead Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers but feature more posts with ‘news you can use’ or ads than scientific discoveries. Click here to read the full article.  

What happens in an internet minute in 2017?

 By: John McKenna September 18, 2017 Source: https://www.weforum.org

How social media is shaping financial services(Weforum)

By: Richard Eldridge April 06, 2016 Source: http://www.weforum.org

3 things you should know about snapchat according to an expert (Hootsuit)

By: Kendall Waltets March 14, 2016 Source: https://blog.hootsuite.com  

The 5 biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make

By: Timothy Sykes March 02, 2016 Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/271673 Being an entrepreneur may very well be one of the most difficult jobs on the planet. There are very few career paths that require the same amount of work, skill, sacrifice and commitment. Being an entrepreneur is really hard but also really rewarding. No matter what field you are […]
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How to cite a TED Talk in APA Style

By Timothy McAdoo If you viewed the video on the TED website, a reference to this TED Talk would be as follows: Reference: Palmer, A. (2013, February). Amanda Palmer: The art of asking [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking In-text citation: Palmer (2013) or (Palmer, 2013) Note that the TED page and the video itself give […]
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Friends with benefits? : Facebook and several news firms have entered an uneasy partnership (Economist)

By: The Economist Source: econ.st/1EVuW6q  May 16, 2015