Becky, Another great resource for defining social media is Fuchs, C. (2017). Social media: a critical introduction, 2nd edition <http://fuchs.uti.at/books/2nd-edition-social-media-a-critical-introduction/>. London: Sage. If you look at pages 37-39 of the book, you'll find that Fuchs has identified a whole host of different definitions of social media, all with citations to take you to where those sources are located. Better still, the particular chapter to which I'm referring is one of the sample chapters offered free for download directly from his website: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/Chapter2.pdf. Hope you find this helpful, John __________________________________ John L. Sullivan Professor, Dept. of Media & Communication Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104 USA 484/664-3481 (phone); 484/664-3993 (fax) http://j0hnsullivan.com; @jsullivan47 <https://twitter.com/jsullivan47> __________________________________ On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Aaron S. Veenstra <aaron@etchouse.com> wrote:
One thing worth noting about the boyd and Ellison piece -- which is often cited to define "social media" -- is that they don't define social media in there. The term "social media" appears only once in that paper, as part of the background ("Furthermore, as the social media and user-generated content phenomena grew, websites focused on media sharing began implementing SNS features and becoming SNSs themselves. Examples include Flickr (photo sharing), Last.FM (music listening habits), and YouTube (video sharing)." pg. 216). They explicitly define "social network sites," which they explicitly differentiate from "networking" sites.
Aaron
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Joshua Braun <jabraun@journ.umass.edu> wrote:
Hello! I'm sure there'll be lots of great suggestions forthcoming, but I'd recommend boyd & Ellison's "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" as a starting point:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x/full
Cheers, Josh
On 09/25/2017 12:23 PM, Hayes, Rebecca M wrote:
First of all I have found this group to be an amazing resource. So thank you.
Second, I am a criminologist who researches social media, so I am still learning. That said, I am looking for a good and trusted academic resource for definitions for social media sites. It could be a book, or a website, but I am attempting to provide appropriate definitions for reddit, 4chan, YikYak, etc.
What is a go-to source for that?
Thank you in advance!
Best,
Becky
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