SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION Neil Selwyn This essay was first published in The Europa World of Learning 2012. For further information see the final page of this PDF or visit www.worldoflearning.com. © Routledge 2011, all rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Few people will have failed to notice the recent emergence of social media—especially much-publicized applications such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia. Even the most casual of internet users will now be aware of the notion of social
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THE STUDY OF THE EFFECT SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK AND ITS MOBILE APPLICATIONS ON THE PURCHASING INTENTION OF FASHION APPAREL PRODUCTS TOWARDS THE GENERATIONS Y CONSUMERS IN HONG KONG SIN KIT YING, EMILY BA(Hons)Scheme in Fashion and Textiles (Fashion Marketing and Merchandising Management) INSTITUTE OF TEXTILES & CLOTHING THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2015 THE STUDY OF THE EFFECT SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK AND ITS MOBILE APPLICATIONS ON THE PURCHASING INTENTION OF FASHION APPAREL PRODUCTS
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2008 Online publication date: 21 May 2009 INTRODUCTION Much has changed since our model of the internationalization process of the firm was published in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) ( Johanson & Vahlne, 1977). In fact, the economic and regulatory environments have changed dramatically. Company behavior is also different in some respects.
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in agro-sector. Several best practices can be learned from this initiative, namely: § ease of replicability and scalability § customization to meet the specific local needs and § organizational commitment. The success of e-choupal has heralded a new era in the Indian agro-sector. The work needs to be carried forward and replicated in the other untapped areas. Creating business channels that can create a win-win situation both business and farming community has enormous economies of scope. Once a channel
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INTRODUCTION Tanishq is India’s one of the largest, most desirable and fastest growing jewellery brand. A TATA Enterprise and the jewellery division of Titan Industries Limited, it started in 1995 with its first store opening in Chennai. In its early days, Tanishq was positioned as an international jewellery brand for the Indian elite. This meant it catered to a niche market. The Tanishq portfolio comprises a wide range of jewellery, including 18-carat studded products, 22-carat plain-gold products
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War is a state of armed conflict between societies. It is generally characterized by extreme collective aggression, destruction, and usually high mortality. The set of techniques and actions used to conduct war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called "peace". Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive civilian or other non-combatant casualties. While some scholars see war as a universal and ancestral aspect of human
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Promiscuity- A Self-Destructive Behavior in Correlation with a Lack of Paternal Authority: A Single Case Study Rebecca M Bauman 2015 MAR LIB-495-GS001 Abstract Paternal authority, according to the existing literature, is of upmost importance to the healthy psychosexual development of a child. Women who were raised with a lack of paternal authority can often face significant setbacks when dealing with everyday life issues. Promiscuity as a self-destructive behavior has substantial consequences
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10 Prison Subculture and Prison Gang Influence LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Discuss the prison subculture for inmates and correctional officers. 2. Compare importation theory with exportation theory. 3. Identify different aspects of prison culture that explain how offenders and officers view the world around them. 4. Discuss how professionalization and the diversification of correctional staff have impacted the prison subculture. 5. Discuss the impact that prison gangs have had on
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Chapter 5 Organizational Development and Change Chapter Overview The organizational development (OD) tradition is a practitioner-driven intervention-oriented approach to effecting organizational change via individual change, with view to increasing effectiveness. It is implemented within a problem-solving model, places a heavy accent on survey-based problem diagnosis and subordinates people to a vision of the future. Commitment-based strategies of effecting change assume that the impetus for
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Marketing Mix “The four P approach has led to a manipulative attitude to people” (Gummesson, 2002:285). “What marketing deserves is new approaches, new paradigms, which are more market oriented” (Gronroos, 2002:140). “We propose that the mix has now reached its vanishing point, and we argue that marketing requires a new paradigm” (O’Malley & Patterson, 2002:50). What is common among the above three quotations is the fact that they are all against the Marketing mix. They also share the common
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