TY - CHAP
T1 - What’s trending in is social media research
AU - Doyle, Cathal
AU - Neville, Karen
AU - Sammon, Dave
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Due to the popularity of social media amongst individuals and organsiations, it has become an emerging phenomena for academic research, evidenced by the volume of papers published in ICIS, AMCIS, and ECIS. This paper gives a snapshot of this research, highlighting the trends across the following categorisations: paper type (empirical vs. non empirical), research design, theories used and theory type, and theoretical strength. This provides an understanding of the emerging field of social media, with the results indicating that it remains consistent with the IS discipline. Empirical research is much more published than non-empirical, as well as case studies and surveys being the dominant research designs. It is also evident that there is tentative agreement on what the underpinning characteristics of social media are, so these are extracted and explained from the literature.
AB - Due to the popularity of social media amongst individuals and organsiations, it has become an emerging phenomena for academic research, evidenced by the volume of papers published in ICIS, AMCIS, and ECIS. This paper gives a snapshot of this research, highlighting the trends across the following categorisations: paper type (empirical vs. non empirical), research design, theories used and theory type, and theoretical strength. This provides an understanding of the emerging field of social media, with the results indicating that it remains consistent with the IS discipline. Empirical research is much more published than non-empirical, as well as case studies and surveys being the dominant research designs. It is also evident that there is tentative agreement on what the underpinning characteristics of social media are, so these are extracted and explained from the literature.
KW - Literature Review
KW - Social Media
KW - Social Media Characteristics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85140051944
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-399-5-557
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-399-5-557
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85140051944
SN - 9781614993988
T3 - Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
SP - 557
EP - 568
BT - DSS 2.0 - Supporting Decision Making with New Technologies
A2 - Phillips-Wren, Gloria
A2 - Carlsson, Sven
A2 - Respicio, Ana
A2 - Brezillon, Patrick
PB - IOS Press BV
T2 - IFIP TC8/Working Group 8.3 Conference on Supporting Decision Making with New Technologies. DSS 2.0 2014
Y2 - 1 June 2014
ER -