Social Media - Shrestha (2015)

Social Media: A Communication Revolution

Anish Raj Shrestha

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Abstract:

Social media is now a significant, parallel communication channel in our daily lives. It has been marked an advanced, easy and accessible human communication technology, making possible the networking of almost all people around the world. Its dynamic and customizable nature has made it a parallel communication channel that befits almost every avenues of personal, group, community and organizational levels of communication. People have highly benefitted with social media in exchanging and informing, which has resulted even to social and regime-change. On the other side, nevertheless, it has also been used for libel, defame, hate speech and has many a times challenged privacy concern.

Keywords: user-generated, viral, share, social engagement, Arab Spring, Dil Shova, social media revolution, parallel communication channel.

Citations

APA (6th edition): 

Shrestha, A. R. (2015, July). Social Media: A Communication Revolution. KCC Media Journal, I(1), 47-54.

MLA (7th edition): 

Shrestha, Anish Raj. "Social Media: A Communication Revolution". KCC Media Journal I:1. (2015): 47-54.

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Assistant Editor, KCC Media Journal

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Department of Mass Communication and Journalism

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kantipur City College

Putalisadak, Kathmandu.