On average, 6 hours 58 minutes are spent on social media everyday by each user, and 98% of young people from ages 15 to 24 use the internet of which 96% are social media users. If used inappropriately, a social media user is at risk of poor mental health and behavioural problems. Also, Problematic social media users are vulnerable to several side effects and are more exposed to social media threats than any other user. Therefore, this study attempts to develop a preventive strategy by firstly, analysing the various approaches that address problematic social media use such as the legal, education and technology strategies. By assessing their strengths and weaknesses, the most effective approach- Social Media Literacy was identified. The second objective of this study is to address the weaknesses of all the approaches analysed, and by using public relations mechanisms, social media literacy was enhanced into a new approach called the Intrinsic Social Media Literacy, ISML. This new approach is not developed to stop other preventive approaches from addressing this issue. It is developed as the main approach in the prevention, and to some degree, the solving of problematic social media use among the young generation globally.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-24eCollection Date: 2025-12-31DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2025.2492402
Katy Cleece, Bethany Cheneler, Joanna Harrison, James Hill
Relational practice describes the value and development of relationships or connections with others and is a key concept across the different systems of health, education, criminal justice, and social work. Lamph et al. (2023) undertook a scoping review of the literature to support a shared understanding of 'relational practice' in organisational and systemic contexts, noting impacts and benefits reported. They identified that relational practice may be beneficial to both the service users and the workforce across different sectors. The review authors also found that variations exist in the terminology used for 'relational practice.' This commentary describes the importance of relational practice for social work, building on the review by Lamph et al. (2023) and the implications of the findings for social work practice and research. Relational practice is pivotal to social work and is vital for meaningful intervention, yet there is a need for more scientific effectiveness studies, if relational practice is to receive the recognition it deserves, and for it to become fully embedded within different sectors.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2392295
Arif Zainudin, Dede Sri K, Utang Suwaryo, Neneng Yani Yuningsih
Social inclusion has a direct impact on communities and public service systems. There-fore, research on social inclusive has received greater attention from contemporary scholars. At present, there...
{"title":"Trends in social inclusion and its impact on public services: Research by CiteSpace","authors":"Arif Zainudin, Dede Sri K, Utang Suwaryo, Neneng Yani Yuningsih","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2392295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2392295","url":null,"abstract":"Social inclusion has a direct impact on communities and public service systems. There-fore, research on social inclusive has received greater attention from contemporary scholars. At present, there...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2395346
Samuel Opono, Frank Ahimbisibwe
The phenomenon of protracted refugee situations and the conditions of refugees living in the same situation have renewed debates on durable refugee solutions. Despite the international provision fo...
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Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2395662
Mlamli Diko
Given the reality that South African colonialism and apartheid officially ended in 1994, there is a continued visibility of racial and controversial words, phrases, and sentences that prominently s...
{"title":"Anthems of oppressed voices: a postcolonial deliberation of the South African apartheid phrase dubul’ibhunu (kill the Boer or shoot the Boer)","authors":"Mlamli Diko","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2395662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2395662","url":null,"abstract":"Given the reality that South African colonialism and apartheid officially ended in 1994, there is a continued visibility of racial and controversial words, phrases, and sentences that prominently s...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"96 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142214210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2395100
Jayanthi Iyengar, Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay
Twitter has been a valuable space for increasing public awareness and participation in discourses on sexual violence, including Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). One common thread running th...
{"title":"People power: a content analysis of #VAWG tweets in India","authors":"Jayanthi Iyengar, Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2395100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2395100","url":null,"abstract":"Twitter has been a valuable space for increasing public awareness and participation in discourses on sexual violence, including Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). One common thread running th...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2395101
Sumbol Fiaz, Muhammad Azeem Qureshi
Digitalization is the fundamental aspect of the technological revolution that has introduced organizations to disruptive change. Not only external, but digitalization has also transformed all the i...
{"title":"Unraveling the conceptual ambiguity of digital human resource management: a state-of-the-art review","authors":"Sumbol Fiaz, Muhammad Azeem Qureshi","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2395101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2395101","url":null,"abstract":"Digitalization is the fundamental aspect of the technological revolution that has introduced organizations to disruptive change. Not only external, but digitalization has also transformed all the i...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"276 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142214211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2395656
Gábor Sinkó, János Besenyő
In the last decade, al-Shabaab has carried out at least thirty terrorist attacks in Kenya, killing hundreds of people and causing damage to public and private infrastructure. The main objective of ...
{"title":"Analyzing the evolution of the threat al-Shabaab poses to Kenya post-Westgate attack period","authors":"Gábor Sinkó, János Besenyő","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2395656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2395656","url":null,"abstract":"In the last decade, al-Shabaab has carried out at least thirty terrorist attacks in Kenya, killing hundreds of people and causing damage to public and private infrastructure. The main objective of ...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142214209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-02DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2388826
Nahariah Jaffar, Sellywati Mohd Faizal, Zarehan Selamat, Izyan Syazana Awaludin, Noor Adwa Sulaiman
The low-income group is viewed as a vulnerable segment of the society, with many difficulties in various aspects of life, including finances. While the government is concerned with the financial we...
{"title":"Financial literacy and financial well-being of low-income women in Malaysia: a capability view","authors":"Nahariah Jaffar, Sellywati Mohd Faizal, Zarehan Selamat, Izyan Syazana Awaludin, Noor Adwa Sulaiman","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2388826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2388826","url":null,"abstract":"The low-income group is viewed as a vulnerable segment of the society, with many difficulties in various aspects of life, including finances. While the government is concerned with the financial we...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142214213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study advances a resource-based theory and institutional based view integrative theoretical model which contends that the export performance of firms will depend upon both firm-specific factor...
{"title":"Firm-specific and institutional factors as export performance catalysts: Insights from a developing economy","authors":"Nesredin Temam Hassen, Mesfin Lema, Gemechu Nemera","doi":"10.1080/23311886.2024.2392294","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2024.2392294","url":null,"abstract":"This study advances a resource-based theory and institutional based view integrative theoretical model which contends that the export performance of firms will depend upon both firm-specific factor...","PeriodicalId":10511,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Social Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142263452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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