Perspectives on Social Media

Perspectives on Social Media presents the most current research on the effectiveness of social media across sectors. Progress in finding better applications for social media relies on the difficult task of integrating media technologies into fields such as engineering, marketing, health, learning, art, tourism, and the service industry. This book is based on cutting-edge creative work among top international researchers and renowned designers and provides readers with a preview of the most visionary outcomes in the field of social media. Some of the major topics that the book discusses are:
New social media design
Sense of community in web applications
App design and development for mobile devices.-
Perspectives on Social Media uniquely builds on recent disputes among the top scholars around the world, thus including the dynamics of knowledge-sharing and cross-fertilization that one would expect to happen on the web but that are rarely found in a book.

Piet Kommers is Associate Professor at the University of Twente and Adjunct Professor at the University of Joensuu, Finland, and Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Pedro Isaías is Professor of Information Management and Information Systems and Director of the master degree program in Electronic Commerce and Internet at the Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Lisbon, Portugal. Tomayess Issa is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Information Systems at Curtin University, Australia.

Foreword Sehnaz Baltaci Goktalay, Uludag University, Turkey Preface Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Tomayess Issa, Curtin University, Australia Section I - Collaborative Learning and Social Network Systems Chapter 1 Analysis of Computing Platforms as a Tool for Collaborative Learning of Secondary School Students in the Municipality of Guimarães in Portugal: New Perspectives Dalila Alves Durães, Secondary School of Caldas das Taipas, Portugal Francisco Javier Hinojo Lucena, University of Granada, Spain Chapter 2 Knowledge exchange in social networking sites Oriol Miralbell, Open University of Catalonia, Spain Chapter 3 Social Networking as an Enabler to Recruit and Retain Students at the University of Pretoria (UP) Karen Lazenby, University of Pretoria, South Africa Petrus Lombard, University of Pretoria, South Africa Section II - Social Media Chapter 4 Toward Realizing Meta Social Media Contents Management System in Big Data Takafumi Nakanishi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Kiyotaka Uchimoto, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Yutaka Kidawara, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan Chapter 5 Social media for, with, and by professionals-participatory design through reflexive engagement Suvi Pihkala, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Oulu, Finland Helena Karasti, Information Processing Science, University of Oulu, Finland; Computer and Systems Science, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Chapter 6 Cyberpsychology and Social Media: Online Social Support in Mental Health Kyriaki G. Giota, University of Thessaly, Greece George Kleftaras, University of Thessaly, Greece Section III - ICT Communities Chapter 7 Challenges in Promoting Digital Communities in Rural Coopetitive Settings Federico Cabitza, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Carla Simone, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Chapter 8 Non-users of ICT and Social Media - Marginal Voices Noora Talsi, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Chapter 9 The Use of a Social Media Community by Multicultural Information Systems Development Teams to Improve Communication Roelien Goede, North-West University, South Africa Moleboge Emma Nhlapo, North-West University, South Africa Chapter 10 Using Social Media to Improve the Work-Integrated Learning Experience of ICT Students: A Critical Systems Approach Roelien Goede, North-West University, South Africa Anneke Harmse, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa Section IV - Social media technologies in Higher education Chapter 11 Higher Education: The Incorporation of Web 2.0 Paula Miranda, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, IPS, Portugal Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta, Portugal and ADVANCE Research Center - ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Sara Pífano, Universidade Aberta, Portugal Chapter 12 Factors that influence acceptance of social Web technologies for learning Razep Echeng, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom Abel Usoro, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom Grzegorz Majewski, Faculty of Information Studies, Novo Mesto, Sloveni Chapter 13 Smart Media in Higher Education - Spread of Smart Campus- JeongWon Choi, Korea National University of Education, Korea SangJin An, Korea National University of Education, Korea YoungJun Le, Korea National University of Education, Korea Section V - Security and Privacy in ICT or Social Media Chapter 14 An Investigation into Japanese University Students' Online Privacy Concerns Yukiko Maruyama, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan Section VI - Social Media and Smart Technologies Chapter 15 Connecting and communicating with the near field: How NFC-services for smartphones may benefit consumers/citizens through social media integration and augmentation Dag Slettemeås, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway Bente Evjemo, Telenor, Research and Future Studies, Norway Sigmund Akselsen, Telenor, Research and Future Studies, Norway Chapter 16 Biasomic Future Esad Širbegovi-, Institute of Software Technology & Interactive Systems, Austria Chapter 17 Mobile Solutions for the New Ways of Working Era Mari Ylikauppila, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Antti Väätänen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Jari Laarni, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Pasi Välkkynen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Section VII - Gaming Chapter 18 The role of interactive technology in prosocial mobile games for young children Lynne Humphries, David Goldman Informatics Centre, UK Chapter 19 Location-Enabled Stamp-Rally System for Local Revitalization Akira Hattori, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Haruo Hayami, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Tasuku Kobayashi, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan Chapter 20 Technology Enhanced Literacy Learning In Multilingual Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Graphogame Kiswahili and Kikuyu Adaptations in Kenya Carol Suzanne Adhiambo Puhakka, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Heikki Lyytinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Ulla Richardson, University of Jyväskylä, Finland