Zusammenfassung
Dieser Buchbeitrag beschäftigt sich mit Social Media aus der Perspektive der kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Forschung. Dabei wird argumentiert, dass die Berücksichtigung einer kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Perspektive unerlässlich für eine ganzheitliche Annäherung an Social Media ist. Auch wenn sich die Kommunikationswissenschaft in ihrer Forschung immer wieder u. a. soziologischer und psychologischer Theorien bedient, entwickelt sie doch einen eigenen Blick auf den Forschungsgegenstand Social Media. Konkret bespricht dieser Buchbeitrag die Affordances der verschiedenen Social-Media-Plattformen, unterscheidet zwischen symmetrischen und asymmetrischen Plattformen, erläutert die Praktiken des Second Screenings sowie Influencer-Kommunikation auf Social Media, skizziert relevante theoretische Ansätze wie die „rich-get-richer“ vs. „social compensation theory“ und diskutiert deren Relevanz für die Forschung zu Social Media. Der Beitrag zeigt abschließend Desiderata und methodische Herausforderungen für die zukünftige kommunikationswissenschaftliche Social-Media-Forschung sowie Implikationen für die Praxis auf.
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Huber, B. (2023). Social Media – eine kommunikationswissenschaftliche Perspektive. In: Langner, AK., Schuster, G. (eds) Holistische Social-Media-Strategien. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-42563-0_3
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