TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Twenty-five years of social media: a review of social media applications and definitions from 1994 to 2019
JO  - Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
A1  - Aichner, Thomas
A1  - Grünfelder, Matthias
A1  - Maurer, Oswin
A1  - Jegeni, Deni
SP  - 215
EP  - 222
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - In this article, the authors present the results from a structured review of the literature, identifying and analyzing the most quoted and dominant definitions of social media (SM) and alternative terms that were used between 1994 and 2019 to identify their major applications. Similarities and differences in the definitions are highlighted to provide guidelines for researchers and managers who use results from previous research to further study SM or to find practical applications. In other words, when reading an article about SM, it is essential to understand how the researchers defined SM and how results from articles that use different definitions can be compared. This article is intended to act as a guideline for readers of those articles.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0134
ID  - ref1
ER  -