Development Impact of Social Media

This paper assesses the role of social media in social and economic development. The web and in particular, social media such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook) and microblogs (e.g. Twitter), allows ordinary citizens to connect with one another and share information via computer-mediated net...

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Main Authors: Ackland, Robert, Tanaka, Kyosuke
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23642