Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media

Abstract

Online social media present unprecedented opportunities and challenges for a range of organizing processes such as information sharing, knowledge creation, collective action, and post-disaster resource mobilization. Concepts and tools of network research can help highlight key aspects of online interaction. This editorial introduction frames the thematic issue along three themes of networked processes: identity and identification; interaction patterns in online communities; and challenges and cautionary notes concerning social media organizing. A diverse range of country contexts, as well as theoretical and methodological approaches illustrated in this issue, represent the multifaceted research that scholars can undertake to understand networked organizing on social media.

Blended knowledge sharing model in design professional

“…These issues contribute to students' passive thinking behaviors and hinder their creativity. The advent of the internet and social media as platforms for design communication has presented both unprecedented opportunities and challenges for information sharing, knowledge creation, and collective action 5 . Consequently, social media design has become a major strategy for corporate marketing 6 .…”