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Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.
The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.
Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition, the instructor has provided additional resources, including a research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course.
Assignment Requirements:
- Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by your professor.
- Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
- Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your own words. Note - paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s).
- Structure your paper as follows:
- Cover page
- Overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.
- Purpose of Research should reflect the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the larger body of research.
- Review of the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
- Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic.
- Conclusion in your own words
- References formatted according to APA style requirements
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Running head: THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN BUSINESS
The Use of Social Media in Business
Student's Name
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The Use of Social Media in Business
Overview
Social media is an online communication platform used by different business enterprises
to market their goods. It provides a platform for consumers of various commodities to air their
views about a business, thereby impacting the sale of products in the market. The world today
has many business enterprises using multiple social media platforms in marketing their
commodities. The increased use of technology has been impacted by the developments in
communication networks that have been promoted by the technological advancements taking
place in the world. Some of the most common social media platforms used by business people in
marketing their commodities are YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Tik Tok, and
Reddit (Johnson, 2020). Although many businesses use all these social media platforms in
marketing, Facebook's social media platform is used by people in many parts of the world. Many
people use it because it is not complicated and the costs incurred are also limited. Therefore,
since the introduction of social media in marketing, businesses have benefited in various ways.
Purpose of the Research
The study was conducted to investigate the use of social media in entrepreneurship. It
came after seeing the technological changes taking place in the marketing world. The world has
continuously experienced changes in different areas, thereby affecting the sales and profitability
of many businesses. Therefore, the research objective was to investigate the importance of social
media marketing in business enterprises. The study also compares the effects of using social
media and other methods of marketing commodities. In addition, the research will also look at
some of the negativities associated with using social media in business. Although social media in
the business has proven to increase sales for many companies across the globe; it also has some
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disadvantages that come with it. For instance, it may promote carelessness in the business,
thereby affecting its success. Therefore, the adoption of social media in marketing has the overall
impact of increasing sales for the business, despite it also having some negative consequences.
Literature review
Researchers worldwide have conducted many studies to find out the impacts of adopting
social media usage in business. In one study, the researchers focused on how a salesperson can
utilize social media to maintain business relationships (Bill et al., 2020). The research involved
using the Unified Theory of Acceptance, thus providing information on the use of technology
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