Development Impact of Social Media

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Development Impact of Social Media

dc.contributor.author	Ackland, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Tanaka, Kyosuke
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-14T17:36:52Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-14T17:36:52Z
dc.date.issued	2015-07-25
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/23642
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23642
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WDR 2016 Background Paper;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	facebook
dc.subject	communications technology
dc.subject	social media
dc.subject	social learning
dc.subject	networks
dc.subject	internet age
dc.subject	censorship
dc.title	Development Impact of Social Media	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2016-01-14
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:49:07.792040Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.identifier.report	102964
okr.language.supported	en
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Analysis
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Capital
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Digital Divide
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Broadcast and Media
okr.unit	DECWD