Identify and explain the key concepts and applications of social media uses in industry, education, and other professional arenas. Identify and synthesize key research literature that discusses current trends, theories, issues, concepts, applications, and effective practices related to a topic in social media and/or computer-mediated communication.explore a topic of choice from one of the research tracks below and describe key research literature that discusses current trends, theories, issues, and concepts, applications, and effective practices related to that topic. Overall task: The student will prepare a research paper that identifies and explores a significant problem or issue in social media.