Social media in the context of development : A case study of Dutch NGOs
(2015) 23rd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2015 In ECIS Proceedings p.1-18- Abstract
This paper presents views of six Dutch development NGOs on possibilities and threats of social media for their work. A systematic analysis of the literature and the systematic analysis of the interviews yield an interesting theoretical framework in which social media characteristics are cross-referenced with NGO organisational characteristics. The resulting preliminary framework of emerging themes suggests that potential disadvantages associated with social media use may impede the organizational use. Furthermore it is suggested that potential organisational uses of social media may motivate use and adaptation of the social media use to a development context. It is also suggested that disadvantages attributed to social media may... (More)
This paper presents views of six Dutch development NGOs on possibilities and threats of social media for their work. A systematic analysis of the literature and the systematic analysis of the interviews yield an interesting theoretical framework in which social media characteristics are cross-referenced with NGO organisational characteristics. The resulting preliminary framework of emerging themes suggests that potential disadvantages associated with social media use may impede the organizational use. Furthermore it is suggested that potential organisational uses of social media may motivate use and adaptation of the social media use to a development context. It is also suggested that disadvantages attributed to social media may influence the use or non-use of social media for particular developmental activities.
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- author
- Anand, Sheombar ; Cathy, Urquhart LU ; Tidings, Ndhlovu and Pascal, Ravesteijn
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- ICT for Development, NGO, Organisational social media, Social media
- host publication
- ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers
- series title
- ECIS Proceedings
- pages
- 1 - 18
- publisher
- European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
- conference name
- 23rd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2015
- conference location
- Munster, Germany
- conference dates
- 2015-05-26 - 2015-05-29
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85007579467
- ISBN
- 978-3-00-050284-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
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- id
- e5a3eb28-a67d-4e41-8b9a-45a7a0dc358c
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- https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_cr/
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- 2023-11-22 15:10:39
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abstract = {{<p>This paper presents views of six Dutch development NGOs on possibilities and threats of social media for their work. A systematic analysis of the literature and the systematic analysis of the interviews yield an interesting theoretical framework in which social media characteristics are cross-referenced with NGO organisational characteristics. The resulting preliminary framework of emerging themes suggests that potential disadvantages associated with social media use may impede the organizational use. Furthermore it is suggested that potential organisational uses of social media may motivate use and adaptation of the social media use to a development context. It is also suggested that disadvantages attributed to social media may influence the use or non-use of social media for particular developmental activities.</p>}},
author = {{Anand, Sheombar and Cathy, Urquhart and Tidings, Ndhlovu and Pascal, Ravesteijn}},
booktitle = {{ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers}},
isbn = {{978-3-00-050284-2}},
keywords = {{ICT for Development; NGO; Organisational social media; Social media}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{1--18}},
publisher = {{European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)}},
series = {{ECIS Proceedings}},
title = {{Social media in the context of development : A case study of Dutch NGOs}},
url = {{https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_cr/}},
year = {{2015}},
}