Many investigations of the associations of self-presentation on Facebook with mental health
and personality variables exist, but their findings have not yet been synthetized. We …

This textbook provides the first foundational introduction to the practice of analysing
multimodality, covering the full breadth of media and situations in which multimodality needs …

Purpose Social media experience a rapid rise in recent years and steep into almost every
aspect of people's lives by altering their lifestyles and creating an impact on their wellbeing …

People externalize their autobiographical memories by creating representations that exist
outside of their minds. Externalizations often serve personal and social functions, consistent …

In this study we conceptualize cues in social media that require a single click (eg, Likes,
Favorites) as paralinguistic digital affordances (PDAs). Why do people use PDAs and how …

We conducted a mixed methods study of the use of the Meerkat and Periscope apps for live
streaming video and audio broadcasts from a mobile device. We crowdsourced a task to …

This study extends previous research into social networking sites (SNSs) as environments
that often reduce spatial, temporal, and social boundaries, which can result in collapsed …

People are spending increasingly more time on social media platforms, with Facebook
being the biggest and most successful. Historically, media technologies have for long been …

Purpose This study aims to explore the business models and strategies of digital enterprises
in a developing economy context to understand the nature of their operations, as well as …

Many existing studies of social media focus on only one platform, but the reality of users'
lived experiences is that most users incorporate multiple platforms into their communication …