The power of social networking sites in the international environment

This Bachelor thesis called The power of social networking sites in the international environment analyses the power of new so could cial platforms from global perspective with the help of insights into the past, analysing the current situation and forecasting the future developments. The aim of this thesis is to form recommendations for an effective utilization of the power of social networks based on the assessment of the impact of selected campaigns on social networks and comparison of the usage of social networking sites in selected countries. The first chapter looks into the origins of social networking sites and their characteristics. The second chapter shows how this power is given and which future impacts on the usage of social networking sites could social networks have on the international environment, even if we have to change our habits. In the third chapter the impacts of selected marketing campaigns are analysed, and in the fourth, a user survey of social networking sites was taken in three selected countries (Czech Republic, France and United Kingdom)