TY - BOOK TI - Social media and networking: concepts,trends and dimensions SN - 9788184573497 U1 - 302.23 PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi PB - Kanishka publishers,distributors N1 - Contents Preface v -1. Introductory Background of Social Media 1 • Defining Social • Understanding Social Relations • Ambit of Social Studies • Defining Media • Ambit of Media Studies • Ambit of Communication Studies • Towards Understanding New Media • Towards Understanding Alternative Media 2. Social Media: An Overview 39 • Understanding Social Media • Social Media Newsroom • Social Media Measurement • Social Media Bank • Case Study: Social Media in Fashion Industry 3, Social Information Processing Software and Social Web 52 • Social Information Processing • Towards Understanding Social Software • List of Social Software • Enterprise Social Software • Towards Understanding the Social Web 4. Towards Understanding the Sociology of Internet, 78 Online Community and Web Applications Sociology of the Internet • Focus on Online Community • Defining Online Service Provider • Focus on User-Generated Content • Role of Web 2.0 5. Focus on Blogs, Microblogs and Wiki: Select Highlights 117 • Blog • Microblogging • Comparison of Microblogging Services • OpenMicroblogging • Wiki Focus on Social Network and Social 154 Networking Services • Social Network • Geosocial Networking • Geosocial Universe • Understanding Social Networking Service • List of Social Networking Websites 7. Virtual Communities: Focus on Select Social 204 Networking Sites • Virtual Community • Virtual Community of Practice • List of Virtual Communities with more than 100 Million Users • Skype • Facebook • Twitter • Orkut • Linkedin • YouTube • Google Buzz • Yahoo! Buzz 8. Social Media and Social Networking Services: 316 Privacy Concerns, Dangers and Uses in Crime Investigations Privacy Concerns with Social Networking Services Cyberstalking Social Media and Suicide Social Media and Death Use of Social Network Websites in Investigations 9. Focus on Social Bookmarking and 338 Social Media Marketing • Social Bookmarking • List of Social Bookmarking Websites • Social Media Marketing • Case Study: Social Media Marketing in the Fashion Industry Bibliography 351 Index 385 ER -