This study uses the online disinhibition effect as a theoretical framework for understanding disclosures of ADHD on non-anonymous (Facebook) and anonymous (Reddit) channels. Specifically, a quantitative content analysis compared public Facebook and Reddit posts in terms of disclosure depth. Posts were coded as either peripheral, intermediate, or core disclosures. In this context, the results aligned with the online disinhibition effect; Reddit had greater disclosure and depth of disclosure compared to those on Facebook. The implications of this study demonstrate how self-disclosure depth varies within understudied groups (i.e., individuals posting on ADHD threads) in online contexts. This study also adds to prior research by examining anonymity on multiple channels.
{"title":"Beyond the Surface","authors":"Jessica A. Kahlow","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.343629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.343629","url":null,"abstract":"This study uses the online disinhibition effect as a theoretical framework for understanding disclosures of ADHD on non-anonymous (Facebook) and anonymous (Reddit) channels. Specifically, a quantitative content analysis compared public Facebook and Reddit posts in terms of disclosure depth. Posts were coded as either peripheral, intermediate, or core disclosures. In this context, the results aligned with the online disinhibition effect; Reddit had greater disclosure and depth of disclosure compared to those on Facebook. The implications of this study demonstrate how self-disclosure depth varies within understudied groups (i.e., individuals posting on ADHD threads) in online contexts. This study also adds to prior research by examining anonymity on multiple channels.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"49 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140965828","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}
Social media movements take place in an increasingly volatile technological landscape. Researchers who want to analyse their spread must navigate methodological challenges relating to data accessibility, combining qualitative and quantitative data, and remaining attentive to the shifting technological affordances of social media platforms. In response to key challenges, the paper outlines an innovative, three-fold methodological approach to the analysis of social media movements integrating three strands: the Linguistic, Material, and Processual (LMP). Using the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie as a case study, the paper demonstrates how an LMP approach can provide richer insights into social media movements which would be missed by most current methods. Its low-cost design, flexible approach, and technical accessibility equips the researcher in anticipation of further change in the technical landscape. The framework outlined in the paper can be applied to other social media platforms.
{"title":"An Innovative Methodological Approach to Analysing Social Media Movements","authors":"Emma Anne Connolly","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.342847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.342847","url":null,"abstract":"Social media movements take place in an increasingly volatile technological landscape. Researchers who want to analyse their spread must navigate methodological challenges relating to data accessibility, combining qualitative and quantitative data, and remaining attentive to the shifting technological affordances of social media platforms. In response to key challenges, the paper outlines an innovative, three-fold methodological approach to the analysis of social media movements integrating three strands: the Linguistic, Material, and Processual (LMP). Using the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie as a case study, the paper demonstrates how an LMP approach can provide richer insights into social media movements which would be missed by most current methods. Its low-cost design, flexible approach, and technical accessibility equips the researcher in anticipation of further change in the technical landscape. The framework outlined in the paper can be applied to other social media platforms.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"26 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141019777","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}
Jarno Ojala, A. Fedosov, Thomas Olsson, Kaisa Väänänen, Marc Langheinrich
An online survey of 200 participants was conducted on the experiences of sharing material and immaterial artifacts, focusing on interaction with non-media content types. The survey included six categories of sharing: music preferences, travel plans, sports activities, apartments and vehicles, virtual items in online games, and dietary preferences. The study identified factors that motivate participation in content-mediated interaction: discovery, curating self, connectedness, collaboration, enjoyment, and instrumental motivations, as a set of six motivating factors driving contemporary sharing practices. The authors consolidated findings from earlier work on motivations to share personal content, validating the set of motivating factors with the six selected non-media types of content. The results suggest that both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations affect content sharing practices. Furthermore, motivating factors were mapped to the reported positive and negative experiences, in order to understand their relation and to discuss their capacity to guide user experience design.
{"title":"“Shared Online, Made People Envious, Felt Good”","authors":"Jarno Ojala, A. Fedosov, Thomas Olsson, Kaisa Väänänen, Marc Langheinrich","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.341587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.341587","url":null,"abstract":"An online survey of 200 participants was conducted on the experiences of sharing material and immaterial artifacts, focusing on interaction with non-media content types. The survey included six categories of sharing: music preferences, travel plans, sports activities, apartments and vehicles, virtual items in online games, and dietary preferences. The study identified factors that motivate participation in content-mediated interaction: discovery, curating self, connectedness, collaboration, enjoyment, and instrumental motivations, as a set of six motivating factors driving contemporary sharing practices. The authors consolidated findings from earlier work on motivations to share personal content, validating the set of motivating factors with the six selected non-media types of content. The results suggest that both extrinsic and intrinsic motivations affect content sharing practices. Furthermore, motivating factors were mapped to the reported positive and negative experiences, in order to understand their relation and to discuss their capacity to guide user experience design.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"71 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378107","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 article seeks to find the uses and gratification that consumers receive by using digital media during the lockdown when there is a situation of Covid. This article tries to provide a more comprehensive understanding of why consumers use digital media. Exploratory research was conducted. In-depth interviews were conducted with over 30 individuals who use social media or digital media during the lockdown. This study identified eight implications of uses and gratifications for using digital media. They are social interaction, seeking information, time-pass, entertainment, relaxation, expression of opinion, information sharing, and knowledge about others.
{"title":"Users and Gratification Theory Approach to Understand Why People Use Digital Media Mainly During Lockdown","authors":"Dhruv Sabharwal","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.336477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.336477","url":null,"abstract":"This article seeks to find the uses and gratification that consumers receive by using digital media during the lockdown when there is a situation of Covid. This article tries to provide a more comprehensive understanding of why consumers use digital media. Exploratory research was conducted. In-depth interviews were conducted with over 30 individuals who use social media or digital media during the lockdown. This study identified eight implications of uses and gratifications for using digital media. They are social interaction, seeking information, time-pass, entertainment, relaxation, expression of opinion, information sharing, and knowledge about others.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"114 33","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139615260","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}
Samantha Monk, Sheldon Fetter, Paige Coyne, Sarah J. Woodruff
Social media that caters to societal appearance ideals can be harmful to psychological well-being, particularly within the health/fitness industry. The purpose of this study was to determine whether racial/ethnic diversity, appearance ideal depiction, fitness competency, objectification, and sexualization differed between men and women in fitness apparel brand Instagram content. A content analysis of 400 images from ten popular fitness apparel accounts was performed. A binomial logistic regression, χ2(17) = 222.744, p & lt; .001, suggested that images with white, lower body weight, lower musculature, and sexualized posed models tended to feature women, while non-white, higher body weight, higher musculature, and neutrally posed models tended to feature men. The results may help guide interventions to prevent negative body dissatisfaction from viewing such content and encourage fitness apparel brands to reflect on the content of their promotional images on Instagram.
迎合社会形象理想的社交媒体可能对心理健康有害，尤其是在健康/健身行业。本研究的目的是确定在健身服装品牌Instagram内容中，种族/民族多样性、外貌理想描述、健身能力、物化和性化在男性和女性之间是否存在差异。对来自10个流行健身服装账户的400张图片进行了内容分析。二项logistic回归，χ2(17) = 222.744, p <.001的研究结果表明，白人、低体重、低肌肉组织和性感姿势的模特往往以女性为特征，而非白人、高体重、高肌肉组织和中性姿势的模特往往以男性为特征。研究结果可能有助于指导干预措施，防止负面的身体不满观看这些内容，并鼓励健身服装品牌反思他们在Instagram上的宣传图片的内容。
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to re-evaluate the ways in which they conduct business—specifically, how they allow employees to work. Changes to organizational culture and the demands of today's workforce have brought about a revolution in the work arrangement universe—and a possible death to the traditional ‘full-time in office' model. Through the analysis of Twitter sentiment regarding three types of work arrangement preferences, this study observes the preference for flexibility in work modes—a combination working from home + office (hybrid work). Random forest models were able to predict a worker's specific preference to an accuracy of ~68%. Such findings can help businesses continue to sharpen their work arrangement policies that take into consideration trends among the American working populace to ultimately build an effective employment model that will help their organization thrive.
{"title":"“From Where Should We Work?”","authors":"Bryan Ji Yang Leong, Zareef Mohammed","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.330754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.330754","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to re-evaluate the ways in which they conduct business—specifically, how they allow employees to work. Changes to organizational culture and the demands of today's workforce have brought about a revolution in the work arrangement universe—and a possible death to the traditional ‘full-time in office' model. Through the analysis of Twitter sentiment regarding three types of work arrangement preferences, this study observes the preference for flexibility in work modes—a combination working from home + office (hybrid work). Random forest models were able to predict a worker's specific preference to an accuracy of ~68%. Such findings can help businesses continue to sharpen their work arrangement policies that take into consideration trends among the American working populace to ultimately build an effective employment model that will help their organization thrive.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134886279","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}
The intensive use of the internet comes with negative and positive effects. Cyberbullying is one of the negative effects of using the internet. Cyberbullying has a negative effect on the victims emotionally, academically, and psychologically. Cyberbullying detection tools can help in reducing or eliminating cyberbullying on social media platforms. The aim of the study was to identify the elements that drive cyberbullying and build classification models to determine whether social media textual information contains cyberbullying text or not. The research aim was achieved through a mixed methods research design, containing qualitative and quantitative elements. The drivers of cyberbullying were identified through a literature review. These included age, gender, family structure, parental education, race, technology, anonymity, academic achievement, and awareness of cyber safety. The support vector machines and naïve Bayes models were used to classify the text dataset (Formspring.me dataset), with a 72.81% and a 99.87% classification accuracy, respectively.
{"title":"Guidelines for Detecting Cyberbullying in Social Media Data Through Text Analysis","authors":"Nomandla Mkwananzi, Hanlie Smuts","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.330533","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.330533","url":null,"abstract":"The intensive use of the internet comes with negative and positive effects. Cyberbullying is one of the negative effects of using the internet. Cyberbullying has a negative effect on the victims emotionally, academically, and psychologically. Cyberbullying detection tools can help in reducing or eliminating cyberbullying on social media platforms. The aim of the study was to identify the elements that drive cyberbullying and build classification models to determine whether social media textual information contains cyberbullying text or not. The research aim was achieved through a mixed methods research design, containing qualitative and quantitative elements. The drivers of cyberbullying were identified through a literature review. These included age, gender, family structure, parental education, race, technology, anonymity, academic achievement, and awareness of cyber safety. The support vector machines and naïve Bayes models were used to classify the text dataset (Formspring.me dataset), with a 72.81% and a 99.87% classification accuracy, respectively.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136130944","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 explored social media (SM) usage amongst young adults. Participants (N = 750) completed an online survey about their usage of/relationship with SM and the sacrifices they would make to remain on SM. Almost half of participants reported checking SM 9+ times/day and more than three-quarters spent 1+ hour/day on SM. SM addiction scores averaged 17.5/30 (SD = 5.08). Regression analyses revealed that number of SM checks/day (p < 0.05), time/day spent on SM (p < 0.01), and SM addiction (p < 0.001) all predicted increases in the number of trade-offs participants were willing to make, F(6,733) = 21.941, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.390. These results act to both confirm existing literature, while also highlighting the specific compromises young adults would make to maintain their SM access. Future health efforts should aim to promote awareness of these psychological and social issues.
{"title":"A Social Media Give and Take","authors":"Paige Coyne, Bailey A. Csabai, S. J. Woodruff","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.324106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.324106","url":null,"abstract":"This study explored social media (SM) usage amongst young adults. Participants (N = 750) completed an online survey about their usage of/relationship with SM and the sacrifices they would make to remain on SM. Almost half of participants reported checking SM 9+ times/day and more than three-quarters spent 1+ hour/day on SM. SM addiction scores averaged 17.5/30 (SD = 5.08). Regression analyses revealed that number of SM checks/day (p < 0.05), time/day spent on SM (p < 0.01), and SM addiction (p < 0.001) all predicted increases in the number of trade-offs participants were willing to make, F(6,733) = 21.941, p < 0.001, R2 = 0.390. These results act to both confirm existing literature, while also highlighting the specific compromises young adults would make to maintain their SM access. Future health efforts should aim to promote awareness of these psychological and social issues.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128999588","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}
Margaret C. Stewart, Christa L. Arnold, David Wisehart
As mediated communication technologies, or MCTs, are increasingly used to interact, consequences across levels of communication arise. The social listening process using MCTs has positive and negative implications. The process of social listening exists within four levels of communication. The pervasiveness and determinism of MCTs and their impact on communication and social listening are supported by existing and developing research, practical examples, and theoretical frameworks. This critical review of literature discusses potential consequences of social listening via MCTs. These findings (1) demonstrate alignment among levels of communication, relevant theories, and resulting social consequences, such as big data and mediated deception, and (2) support exploratory research investigating mediated deception, which may contribute towards future studies of social listening and MCTs. In closing, a matrix to visualize the communication contexts, theories, and social consequences related to social listening via MCTs is presented.
{"title":"Consequences of Social Listening via Mediated Communication Technologies (MCTs)","authors":"Margaret C. Stewart, Christa L. Arnold, David Wisehart","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.324104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.324104","url":null,"abstract":"As mediated communication technologies, or MCTs, are increasingly used to interact, consequences across levels of communication arise. The social listening process using MCTs has positive and negative implications. The process of social listening exists within four levels of communication. The pervasiveness and determinism of MCTs and their impact on communication and social listening are supported by existing and developing research, practical examples, and theoretical frameworks. This critical review of literature discusses potential consequences of social listening via MCTs. These findings (1) demonstrate alignment among levels of communication, relevant theories, and resulting social consequences, such as big data and mediated deception, and (2) support exploratory research investigating mediated deception, which may contribute towards future studies of social listening and MCTs. In closing, a matrix to visualize the communication contexts, theories, and social consequences related to social listening via MCTs is presented.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"282 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121369500","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}
With the advancement of technology, the widespread use of mobile phones for internet access has become routine for many people. This trend has also impacted how the elderly maintain social relationships, which is a crucial aspect of healthy aging. To address this research question, a survey employing questionnaires was conducted, targeting a large sample of elderly individuals aged 50 years and above in the Ningo-Prampram district of Ghana. The study revealed that a significant number of respondents were hesitant to use social media, primarily due to the perception that it could disrupt communal culture and social relations. These findings highlight the need for further investigation into the usage and perception of computer-mediated communication (CMC) among the elderly, including those from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Exploring these aspects could uncover valuable opportunities to improve the digital experiences and social well-being of the elderly population.
{"title":"Computer-Mediated Communication Usage and Perceptions Amongst Rural Elderly in the Ningo-Prampram District","authors":"Marian Tsegah, G. Yamson","doi":"10.4018/ijsmoc.323857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsmoc.323857","url":null,"abstract":"With the advancement of technology, the widespread use of mobile phones for internet access has become routine for many people. This trend has also impacted how the elderly maintain social relationships, which is a crucial aspect of healthy aging. To address this research question, a survey employing questionnaires was conducted, targeting a large sample of elderly individuals aged 50 years and above in the Ningo-Prampram district of Ghana. The study revealed that a significant number of respondents were hesitant to use social media, primarily due to the perception that it could disrupt communal culture and social relations. These findings highlight the need for further investigation into the usage and perception of computer-mediated communication (CMC) among the elderly, including those from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Exploring these aspects could uncover valuable opportunities to improve the digital experiences and social well-being of the elderly population.","PeriodicalId":422935,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities","volume":"49 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114131976","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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