writing has always been considered an important literacy skill for foreign/second language learners. the internet provides such unique applications for the writing skill as weblogs, wikis, and social networking websites. up to now researchers have put their focus on the learners’ performances in the traditional paper and pencil environment or wikis and blogs it is time to also consider learners...

The social networking population continues to expand at a phenomenal pace. Nevertheless, the question of how an organization gets people to spend long periods of time on a particular social networking website as well as return to its website is becoming an increasingly important question. Is it technological sophistication of the website or the social aspect that is most important? This study a...

Social media is a biggest successful buzzword used in the recent time. Its success opened various opportunities for the developers. Developing any application requires storage of large data into databases. Many databases are available for the developers, Choosing the right one make development easier. MongoDB is a cross platform document oriented, schema-less database eschewed the traditional t...

The goal of the project was to design an integrated system for the California Academy of Sciences that combined new technology with a social-networking based website to promote educational learning. Five mini-games were developed for the iPad and connected to a series of websites through a database. The use of new technology drew in users that would not have otherwise engaged in the experience....

Social networking sites (SNS) provide opportunities for mood management through selective exposure. This study tested the prediction that negative mood fosters self-enhancing social comparisons to SNS profiles. Participants were induced into positive or negative moods and then browsed manipulated profiles on an experimental SNS. Profiles varied in a 2 2 within-subjects design along two dimensio...

Social networking site is a type of repository where you can find all type of information from all around the world. Reddit is a rising social website containing meaningful and useful information. Various view, comments and likes by people on social networking sites enables them to gather a large set of data to arrive at some consensus or analysis. This paper is a study to analyze the tendency ...

The introduction of the social networking platform has drastically affected the way individuals interact. Even though most of the effects have been positive, there exist some serious threats associated with the interactions on a social networking website. A considerable proportion of the crimes that occur are initiated through a social networking platform [5]. Almost 33% of the crimes on the in...

The techniques of cross-cultural analysis of Websites based on culture models are used to examine user-interface components (the metaphors, mental models, navigation, interaction, and appearance) of social networking sites in three countries. The authors note and evaluate patterns of similarity and difference in the Website designs that seem to link social networking sites by culture dimensions.

Social networking websites (SNS) facilitate communication and information sharing between people. Media have reported significant concerns of SNS users regarding their privacy. SNS have tried to address these privacy concerns by introducing controlling features. This study investigates the issue of trust in SNS, its predictors, and its consequences. We suggest that three categories of factors s...

As a new type of e-commerce, social commerce is an emerging marketing form in which business is conducted via social networking platforms. It is playing an increasingly important role in influencing consumers’ purchase intentions. Social commerce uses friendships on social networking platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, as the vehicle for social sharing about products or sellers to induce i...