Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue

The special issue of Telecommunications Policy focuses on social media definition and the governance challenge. The special issue brings together contributions from leading communication policy scholars to address a variety of regulatory challenges raised by social media. This introductory contribution begins with a definition of social media that informs all contributions in this special issue. A section describing the governance challenge is presented next, followed by an overview of the various articles included in this special issue.