Purpose Social media have become a key part of placemaking. Placemaking revolves around collaboration between multiple stakeholders, which requires ongoing two-way communication between local government and citizens. Although social media offer promising tools for local governments and public professionals …

Purpose: This study examined how the catering business quickly responded and recovered from the threats caused by COVID-19 with the use of social media in Beijing, China. It evidences how various catering businesses in Beijing continued to pursue their businesses after restrictive social distancing measures …

The technological change during the last years changed the way of working in many industries. The use of online marketing became more important because many people can be reached effectively, independent of the place and time of destination. Sweden is a developed and forward-looking country where 96% …

This assignment focuses on PanArt, a communication and marketing agency located in Rhoon, Netherlands. The company provides full-service packages to its customers. At this point in time the company operates without the use of a marketing plan in a fast-paced work environment. Consequently, PanArt’s marketing …

This research was carried out as part of the intern’s final graduation internship for the study program International Business at HZ University of Applied Sciences. The internship began on the 8th of February 2021 and ended on the 18th of June 2021. The internship was carried out at Medisol B.V. where …

Preface: This study is part of the collaboration between the School of Nursing from the HUAS with Diponegoro University in Semarang, Central Java and with the Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this study has been conducted online. In 2020 the COVID-19 virus …

This longitudinal, quantitative study contributes to the debate on technology-based professional development by examining the extent to which a learning (LinkedIn) intervention in a university setting affects an individual’s social media use for professional development, and the extent to which this …

As in many other countries worldwide, the coronavirus pandemic prompted the implementation of an “intelligent lockdown” in the spring of 2020 in the Netherlands, including the closure of nightlife venues and cancellation of festivals. Such restrictions and social distancing could particularly affect …

Purpose: In this article we aim to model social media users’ behavior in relation with the use of specified Facebook pages and groups, related to eHealth, specifically to healthy diet and sport activities. The study represents to the best of our knowledge the first region-focused on a specific geographical …

While live event experiences have become increasingly mediatized, the prevalence of ephemeral content and diverse forms of (semi)private communication in social media platforms have complicated the study of these mediatized experiences as an outsider. This article proposes an ethnographic approach to …