Social media shaping e-Publishing and academia. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nashrawan Taha, Rizik Al-Sayyed, Ja'far Alqatawna, Ali Rodan, editors.
• Editors: Taha, Nashrawan; Al-Sayyed, Rizik; Alqatawna, Ja'far; Rodan, Ali
• Contents: Preface; Contents; Social Media in Libraries and Information Centers; 1 Reaching Your Community via Social Media: Academic Libraries and Librarians Using Facebook and Twitter for Outreach; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Choosing a Social Media Platform; 2.1 Audience; 2.2 Privacy; 2.3 Time Commitment; 3 Social Media Best Practices; 3.1 Content of Posts; 3.2 Format, Length, and Frequency of Posts; 4 Assessing Your Social Media Use; 5 Conclusion; References; 2 Social Networks Impact on Information Consumption and Usage: e-Marefa Case; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Structure of Social Networks. 3 Content Viralization4 Social Content Evaluation; 5 Profile-Oriented Publishing; 6 Social Capital; 7 Research Method and Results; 8 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Analysing How the Prosumption of Information in Social Media Shapes Wikipedia; Abstract; 1 Why Social Media?; 2 Technological, Social, Economic and Political Perspectives; 2.1 Technological Determinism or Social Constructivism?; 2.2 Political and Economic Perspectives: Political Economy; 3 Explicating the Underpinning Determinants of Social Media; 3.1 Internet, World Wide Web and Wikipedia: The Tensions. 3.2 Prosumer Capitalism3.3 Information as a Gift or Commodity?; 4 Social Media Shaping E-publishing; References; Social Media and E-Learning; 4 The Role of Social Networks in Increasing the Activity of E-learning; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 E-learning; 2.1 The Definition; 2.2 Historical Background; 2.3 Benefit and Drawback of E-learning; 3 The Social Network; 3.1 Definition; 3.2 Historical Background; 3.3 Advantages and Disadvantages; 4 The Relationship Between Social Network and E-learning; 5 The Use of Social Media as E-learning Platforms; 6 Practical Part; 7 The Questionnaire. 8 Conclusion9 Recommendations; References; 5 Using IPython for Teaching Web Scraping; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Five Fundamental Practices for Learning Web Scraping; 2.1 Fetching Webpages; 2.2 URLs Extraction; 2.3 Regular Expressions; 2.4 Working with HTML Tags; 2.5 Basic Web Authentication; 3 Web Scraping Labs; References; 6 The Role of Social Network Sites in Connecting Students with Learning and Academic Activities: A Case Study; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Learning and Academic Activities; 3 Literature Review; 4 Research Problem; 5 Research Objectives. 6 Methodology and Data Collection Method6.1 The Sample; 6.2 The Questionnaire; 7 Statistical Analysis-The Results; 7.1 Demographic Information; 7.2 The Extent of Usage of SNSs Among Undergraduate Students; 7.3 The Role of SNSs in Supporting Education and Academic Activities-Discussion; 7.4 The Challenges Students Might Face When Using SNSs for Academic Purposes; 8 Effect of Possible Factors on Results; 9 Recommendations; 10 Limitations and Future Work; 11 Conclusion; Appendix 1: The Questionnaire; Appendix 2: Statistical Analysis (Results); References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.231; 301; Social media; Online social networks; Electronic publishing; Libraries; Information services; Education; Library science; PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology; Electronic publishing; Information services; Libraries; Online social networks; Social media; Computers -- Information Technology; Education -- Computers & Technology; Social Science -- Media Studies; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Library & Information Science -- General; Information retrieval; Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Media studies; Library & information sciences; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319553542; 3319553542
• Related ISBNs: 9783319553535; 3319553534
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 12, 2017).
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