The emergence of user-centric multimedia applications on social networks has been instrumental in the creation of a new form of "social" media - created using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies for sharing via the internet.

This timely text/reference presents the latest advances in various aspects of social media modeling and social media computing research. Gathering together superb research from a range of established international conferences and workshops, the editors coherently organize and present each of the topics in relation to the basic principles and...