The Evolution of the Internet and Social Media: A Literature Review

Authors

Charles Alves de Castro, Technological University DublinFollow
Isobel O'Reilly Dr, Technological University Dublin
Aiden Carthy, Technological University DublinFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-8984-2663

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Computer Sciences, Information Science, 2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 2.2 ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC, INFORMATION ENGINEERING, 5.1 PSYCHOLOGY, 5.2 ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, 5.9 OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES, 6. HUMANITIES, 6.5 OTHER HUMANITIES

Publication Details

The Evolution of the Internet and Social Media: A Literature Review

• December 2021
• International Journal of e-Education e-Business e-Management and e-Learning 12(1):30-41

• DOI:
• 10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41

Project:

• An investigation of the personality traits that could identify vulnerable young people who will be susceptible to undue influence by social media influencers (SMIs)

• Lab:
• Research Centre For Psychology, Education & Emotional Intelligence
  

IJEEEE 2022 Vol.12(1): 30-41 ISSN: 2010-3654

http://www.ij4e.org/show-89-997-1.html

Abstract

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.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41

Recommended Citation

Charles Alves de Castro, Isobel O’Reilly, Aiden Carthy, "The Evolution of the Internet and Social Media: A Literature Review," International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 30-41, 2022. DOI: 10.17706/ijeeee.2022.12.1.30-41

Funder

Irish Research Council

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.