Everything about Pinterest

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: PinterestA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Let’s see the whole picture: a multi-platform visual analysis of historic Mission San José on Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, and TripAdvisorInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Pinterest For DummiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: On pins and needles: How vaccines are portrayed on PinterestCited 181 times
5. Go sideways: Timeline of PinterestA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: SkimlinksA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• On pins and needles: How vaccines are portrayed on Pinterest

  Jeanine P.D. Guidry, Kellie Carlyle, Marcus Messner · 2015 · Vaccine · 181 citations

• Representativeness of Social Media in Great Britain: Investigating Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, and Instagram

  Grant Blank, Christoph Lutz · 2017 · American Behavioral Scientist · 155 citations

• Skinny Is Not Enough: A Content Analysis of Fitspiration on Pinterest

  Courtney C. Simpson, Suzanne E. Mazzeo · 2016 · Health Communication · 132 citations

• “PIN” pointing the motivational dimensions behind Pinterest

  Ian R. Mull, Seung-Eun Lee · 2014 · Computers in Human Behavior · 103 citations

• Pinterest or Thinterest?: Social Comparison and Body Image on Social Media

  Jennifer Lewallen, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz · 2016 · Social Media + Society · 95 citations

• Expanding the Learning Network: How Teachers Use Pinterest

  Stephanie Schroeder, Rachelle Curcio, Lisa Lundgren · 2019 · Journal of Research on Technology in Education · 81 citations

• Do you prefer, Pinterest or Instagram? The role of image-sharing SNSs and self-monitoring in enhancing ad effectiveness

  Dong Hoo Kim, Natalee Kate Seely, Jong-Hyuok Jung · 2017 · Computers in Human Behavior · 76 citations

• Public Health Implications of Image-Based Social Media: A Systematic Review of Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Flickr

  Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, Elizabeth B Blankenship, Jennifer O Ahweyevu · 2020 · The Permanente Journal · 76 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Let’s see the whole picture: a multi-platform visual analysis of historic Mission San José on Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr, and TripAdvisor

  Melissa McMullen · 2024 · Journal of Heritage Tourism · 14 citations

• Exploring Urological Malignancies on Pinterest: Content Analysis

  Amber S Herbert, Naeemul Hassan, Rena D Malik · 2022 · JMIR Cancer · 12 citations

• Searching for quality: Examining Pinterest as a resource for teachers of science

  Shannon L. Navy, Ryan S. Nixon · 2023 · Teaching and Teacher Education · 8 citations

• Oh Baby! A Content Analysis of Contraception Pins on Pinterest

  Tessa Kohler, Jeanine P. D. Guidry, Paul Perrin · 2023 · Health Education & Behavior · 8 citations

• Connected Design Learning: Aspiring Designers, Pinterest, and Social Media Literacy

  Leah Scolere · 2023 · Journal of Interior Design · 7 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Pinterest For DummiesKelby Carr · 2012
• How to QuinoaTiffany Beveridge · 2014
• Pinterest for businessJess Loren · 2013
• 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using PinterestKristi Lew · 2016
• Pinterest PowerKaren Lacey · 2012
• The complete idiot's guide to Pinterest marketingChristine Martinez · 2012
• PinterestJanet Majure · 2012
• Social mediaJohn Williams · 2016

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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