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5. Conclusion
As evident from the developments that took place in social media over past years, we can say that the trend of these developm ents is likely to grow at a exponential pace in the future also. Newer types of social networking sites are connecting different types of individuals for different purposes. The usage of social media has seen immense growth in terms of users across the world including developed as well as developing countrie s. Usage of social networking sites has grown immensely over past decade. About 70% adults in America used minimum one SNS in 2017 (Pew Research Center, 2017). As estimated average person, in his or her lifetime, spends five years and four months on accessing social networking sites (Campbell, 2017). Smith (2017) observed that with more and more people joining internet, the number of Facebook users is also on rise. The usage rate is significantly increasi ng in countries like India and Indonesia; with massive populations and rapidly expanding internet penetration rates, these countries provide the platform of new Facebook users in the future. Livemint (2018) also reported that India has become highest audience country of Facebook, the p opular social media platform and has crossed 241 million mark as compared to US where the number of a ctive users of Facebook is 240 million. Thus, entire world now, has starting using some or the other form of social media; businesses are now largely dependent on social media for promotion of their products; consumers seek information from social media; different types social media cater to specific needs of different individuals and groups. As more and more people are becoming dependent on social media for different purposes, in the future also there is likelihood of emergence of even more sophisticated form of social media which will cover the masses across the world. Based on the available literature and trends, we can conclude that the ti mes to come will witness even more developments in the field of social media which will take communication technology by stride. Studying history of social media can help us better understand just how much, and how quickly, the world around us is changing. R EFERENCES Bickart, B., & Schindler, R. M. (2001). Internet forums as influential sources of consumer information. Journal of Interactive Marketing, 15 (3), 31-40 Boyd, D. (2004). Friendster and publicly articulated social networks. Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Fa ctors in Computing Systems (pp. 1279–1282). New York: ACM Press. Boyd, D. (2006). Friends, Friendsters, and MySpace Top 8: Writing community into being on social network sites. First Monday, 11 (12). Retrieved December 16, 2017 from http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_12/boyd/ Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13 (1), 201- 230. Retrieved December 14, 2017 from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html. Boyd, S. (2007). Scoble asks what is social media? Retrieved April 28, 2018 from http://stoweboyd.com/post/1339189186/scoble -asks-what-is-social-media Campbell, G. (2017). This terrifying infographic shows how much time we spend on social media. Highsnobiety (March 22, 2017), Retrieved April 28, 2018 from http://www.highsnobiety.com/2017/03/22/time-spent-on-social-media/ Chaffey, D. (March 28, 2018). Global social media research summary 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018 from https://www.smartinsights.com/social -media- marketing/social-media-strategy/new-global-social-media-research/ Cohen, R. (2003, July 5). Livewire: Web sites try to make internet dating less creepy. Reuters. Retrieved December16,2017from http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3041934 Edighoffer, J. L. (1986). Distributed, Replicated Computer Bulletin Board Service. Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved January 02, 2018 from http://repository.cmu.edu/philosophy/index.7.html Emerson, S. L. (1983). Usenet: A bulletin board for Unix users. Byte Magazine, 8 (10), 219-240. Encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc. reaches 500 million users. (July 21, 2010). Download 299.03 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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