A review of social networking service (SNS) research in communication journals from 2006 to 2011

Yin Zhang; Louis Leung

doi:10.1177/1461444813520477

A review of social networking service (SNS) research in communication journals from 2006 to 2011

Yin Zhang^*, Louis Leung

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Department of Journalism

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This article presents a review of the scholarship on social networking services (SNS) in the period from 2006 to 2011. Through a full scan of the academic output published in six high-ranking communication journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) within the six-year period, 84 directly relevant articles were identified. The study summarizes the objects of study, methodological preferences, and thematic patterns of recent SNS research. Challenges to the field and several reflections are addressed. The findings provide not only an overview of current ongoing research trends but also insights for future studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1007-1024
Number of pages	18
Journal	New Media and Society
Volume	17
Issue number	7
Early online date	27 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444813520477
Publication status	Published - Aug 2015

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Sociology and Political Science

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Literature review
methodological preference
objects of study
social networking services
thematic pattern

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