TY - BOOK AU - Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris, TI - Social media communication: concepts, practices, data, law and ethics SN - 9781032246598 AV - HM 741 .L57 2024 PY - 2024/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Social media KW - Social networks KW - Online social networks KW - Law and legislation KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This updated fourth edition presents a wide-scale, interdisciplinary guide to social media communication. Examining platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube, the book analyzes social media's use in journalism, public relations, advertising, and marketing. Lipschultz focuses on key concepts, best practices, data analyses, law and ethics - all promoting the critical thinking that is needed to use new, evolving and maturing networking tools effectively within social and mobile media spaces. Featuring historical markers and contemporary case studies, essays from some of the industry's leading social media innovators and a comprehensive glossary, this practical, multipurpose textbook gives readers the resources they will need to both evaluate and utilize current and future forms of social media communication. Updates to the fourth edition include expanded discussion of disinformation, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), natural language chatbots, virtual and augmented reality technologies, and the COVID-19 infodemic. Social Media Communication is the perfect social media primer for students and professionals, and, with a dedicated online teaching guide, ideal for instructors, too"--Provided by publisher ER -