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Zaffar, Fahd Omair 2018-05-21T06:42:18Z 2018-05-21T06:42:18Z 2018-05-21 978-91-88245-04-5 http://hdl.handle.net/2077/56287 Social media are a phenomenon that has quickly become deeply rooted in the mechanics of our everyday lives, dramatically changing how we interact and collaborate with family, peers, and society. Meanwhile, organizations have increasingly been exposed to and affected by this societal use, and hence been nudged into also adopting social media platforms. Since few academic studies have examined what this change will mean to organizations, I aim to contribute a deeper qualitative understanding of the topic. The empirical foundation comprises six separate studies that together cast light the value of social media bring to today’s organizations. The thesis contributes both empirically and theoretically to research into the organizational use of social media. The constituent papers of this thesis can be seen as offering different perspectives on the potential value of social media, and what social networking sites (SNSs) afford organizations. Together, they contribute to an improved understanding of the roles and structure of social media, and of how SNSs create and share knowledge and thereby influence innovation. In the last decade, the rapid development of social media and their growing importance in both industry and society at large have spurred interest among both academics and practitioners, an interest that is likely to continue to grow. It is therefore important that the value of social media for organizational use, has not yet been fully explored, receives more attention, so organizational efforts and investments in social media often lack suitable guidance and strategies. This dissertation is designed to mitigate these challenges. eng Gothenburg Studies in Informatics 54 Paper I. Bergquist, Magnus; Ljungberg, Jan; Omair Zaffar, Fahd; and Stenmark, Dick, "Social Media As Management Fashion - A Discourse Perspective" (2013). ECIS 2013 Completed Research. 209. Paper II. Zaffar, Fahd-Omair and Ahmad Ghazawneh. "Objectified Knowledge through Social Media: The Case of a Multinational Technology and Consulting Corporation." IJICTHD 5.3 (2013): 1-17. Web. 15 May. 2018. ::doi::10.4018/jicthd.2013070101 Paper III. Stenmark, D., and Zaffar, F. O. (2014). Consultant Strategies and Technological Affordances: Managing Organizational Social Media. In Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 7–9 August 2014, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Paper IV. Ljungberg, Jan & Stenmark, Dick & Zaffar, Fahd. (2016). Social Networking Sites, Innovation and the Patient as Peer - The Case of PatientsLikeMe. In proceedings of Conference: European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2016, At Paris, France. Paper V. Ljungberg J., Stenmark D., Zaffar F.O. (2017) Like, Share and Follow: A Conceptualisation of Social Buttons on the Web. In: Stigberg S., Karlsen J., Holone H., Linnes C. (eds) Nordic Contributions in IS Research. SCIS 2017. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 294. Springer, Cham. ::doi::10.1007/978-3-319-64695-4_5 Paper VI. Zaffar, F. O., Ljungberg, J., and Stenmark, D., (2018). Social Media Logics and Perceived Business Value. In Manuscript. Social Media Innovation Social Networking Sites Social Media Affordances Social Media Logic Knowledge Sharing Innovation Networks The Value of Social Media: What Social Networking Sites Afford Organizations Text Doctoral thesis Doctor of Philosophy fahdzaffar@gmail.com Göteborgs universitet. IT-fakulteten Department of Applied Information Technology ; Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi Måndag den 11 juni 2018, kl. 13.15, Torg Grön, Forskningsgången 6 2018-06-11 ITF open.access