TY - JOUR
T1 - The Evolution of the Internet and Social Media: A Literature Review
AU - Alves de Castro, Charles
AU - OReilly, Isobel
AU - Carthy, Aiden
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article reviews and analyses factors impacting the evolution of the internet, the web, and social media channels, charting historic trends and highlight recent technological developments. The review comprised a deep search using electronic journal databases. Articles were chosen according to specific criteria with a group of 34 papers and books selected for complete reading and deep analysis. The 34 elements were analysed and processed using NVIVO 12 Pro, enabling the creation of dimensions and categories, codes and nodes, identifying the most frequent words, cluster analysis of the terms, and creating a word cloud based on each word's frequency. The review presents updated information about technological trends, marketing, and chronological elements regarding the evolution of the internet and social media.
AB - This article reviews and analyses factors impacting the evolution of the internet, the web, and social media channels, charting historic trends and highlight recent technological developments. The review comprised a deep search using electronic journal databases. Articles were chosen according to specific criteria with a group of 34 papers and books selected for complete reading and deep analysis. The 34 elements were analysed and processed using NVIVO 12 Pro, enabling the creation of dimensions and categories, codes and nodes, identifying the most frequent words, cluster analysis of the terms, and creating a word cloud based on each word's frequency. The review presents updated information about technological trends, marketing, and chronological elements regarding the evolution of the internet and social media.
KW - Internet
KW - social media
KW - web
KW - technology
KW - globalisation
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41
U2 - 10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41
DO - 10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41
M3 - Article
SN - 2010-3654
JO - International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning
JF - International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning
ER -