Development Impact of Social Media

This paper assesses the role of social media in social and economic development. The web and in particular, social media such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook) and microblogs (e.g. Twitter), allows ordinary citizens to connect with one another and share information via computer-mediated net...

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Main Authors: Ackland, Robert, Tanaka, Kyosuke
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23642
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spelling okr-10986-236422021-04-23T14:04:16Z Development Impact of Social Media Ackland, Robert Tanaka, Kyosuke facebook communications technology social media social learning networks internet age censorship This paper assesses the role of social media in social and economic development. The web and in particular, social media such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook) and microblogs (e.g. Twitter), allows ordinary citizens to connect with one another and share information via computer-mediated networks. This behavior is often explicitly or implicitly networked (for example, people ‘friend’ one another on Facebook and ‘follow’ one another on Twitter, leading to the formation of social and information-sharing networks). For that reason, the paper uses an analytical framework that draws from the extensive literature on social networks. It summarizes research on social networks, social learning and development and use this as a basis for assessing the potential impact of social media on social and economic development. 2016-01-14T17:36:52Z 2016-01-14T17:36:52Z 2015-07-25 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23642 en_US WDR 2016 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic facebook
communications technology
social media
social learning
networks
internet age
censorship
spellingShingle facebook
communications technology
social media
social learning
networks
internet age
censorship
Ackland, Robert
Tanaka, Kyosuke
Development Impact of Social Media
relation WDR 2016 Background Paper;
description This paper assesses the role of social media in social and economic development. The web and in particular, social media such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook) and microblogs (e.g. Twitter), allows ordinary citizens to connect with one another and share information via computer-mediated networks. This behavior is often explicitly or implicitly networked (for example, people ‘friend’ one another on Facebook and ‘follow’ one another on Twitter, leading to the formation of social and information-sharing networks). For that reason, the paper uses an analytical framework that draws from the extensive literature on social networks. It summarizes research on social networks, social learning and development and use this as a basis for assessing the potential impact of social media on social and economic development.
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author Ackland, Robert
Tanaka, Kyosuke
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Tanaka, Kyosuke
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title Development Impact of Social Media
title_short Development Impact of Social Media
title_full Development Impact of Social Media
title_fullStr Development Impact of Social Media
title_full_unstemmed Development Impact of Social Media
title_sort development impact of social media
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23642
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