The Editors’ Introduction to the forthcoming SAGE Handbook of Social Media says: “By social media technologies, we mean those digital platforms, services and apps built around the convergence of content sharing, public communication, and interpersonal connection.” On 3/10/17, 12:53 am, "Air-L on behalf of C.H." <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of chainsawtiney@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Becky, I would like to add one more definition of social media from the sea of all definitions. I usually call it the "OII definition". "Internet-based platform that allows the creation and exchange of user-generated content, usually using either mobile or web-based technologies” (Margetts, John, Hale, & Yasseri, 2015, p. 5). Margetts, H., John, P., Hale, S., & Yasseri, T. (2015). Political Turbulence: How Social Media Shape Collective Action. Princeton University Press. Regards, Chung-hong Chan On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Hayes, Rebecca M <hayes2r@cmich.edu> 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 > > > Rebecca Hayes, Ph.D. > > Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work > > Central Michigan University > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/