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
Subjects:	facebook communications technology social media social learning networks internet age censorship
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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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.
format	Working Paper
author	Ackland, Robert Tanaka, Kyosuke
author_facet	Ackland, Robert 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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Development Impact of Social Media

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