Social media have become an important element of modern society in a short period of time. Social media are online tools to connect people; it implies the development of publication to conversation and from sending to dialogue (Social Media Update 2010, 2010, p.2). It is important to keep in mind that …

Being a successful company, especially one small in size, is no longer all about having the best product. Twenty-first century business is more about marketing and communication than it has ever been. The internet has revolutionized the way we think, do business and live. No wonder most companies who …

IT-based networking trends such as the rise of social media, crowd sourcing, open innovation, and cloud computing enable a profoundly different way of working and collaborating that challenges significantly traditional approaches of companies towards governance, i.e. the mechanisms a company employs …

Motivation -- Communication technologies providing location-based and social applications may stimulate social cohesion and community building in deprived neighbourhoods. This study investigates the expertise required to develop mobile, social and context-sensitive applications. Research approach …

The advent of the internet as a publicly available service in the 1990s set new standards for communication. With e-mailing and chatting in the picture, the way people talk to each other was revolutionized; within years, it became normal to have a least one personal computer per household in the westernized …

The past few years Internet has become an important medium in modern society. The use of Internet as a mass medium has resulted in the development of new online media. The feature all these new online media have in common is interactivity. The new web based applications allow citizens to create and share …

Het kennisplatform intergemeentelijk samenwerking, www.platformintergemeentelijkesamenwerking.nl, bestaat sinds september 2009. Het doel van deze website is het faciliteren van kennisdeling op het gebied van intergemeentelijke samenwerking, dat als doel heeft community-vorming, portalfunctie, uitwisseling …

In dit artikel ligt de nadruk op het belang van een goede balans tussen theorie en praktijk. De balans tussen het trainen van benodigde informatievaardigheden en het leren benutten van ondersteunende softwaretools is ver te zoeken. Daarom worden de mogelijkheden van een aantal ondersteunende tools voor …

"How can IDF communicate better and optimize their external communication to generate more free publicity?" Over the years IDF has given priority to focussing on their work rather than building up a strong image to the outside publics. So far, the communication strategy of the foundation with the target …

Social media is a trend in the field of marketing communications. Earlier research has shown that it is of great importance for organisations to embed consumer conversations in their marketing strategy. In our online and branded universe, this will only become more significant in the future. Unfortunately, …