Pub Date : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2268165
Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Brianna P. Lemmons, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Gabrielle A.E. White, Grace Dennis, Morgan Carter, Stacy Ryan-Pettes, Fay Keys
Television is a valuable sociocultural resource that allows stereotypes to be exposed and challenged including those of Black fathers. Critics note that most African American media images are Euroc...
{"title":"Finally moving on up: Messages of hope in television programs featuring Black fathers","authors":"Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Brianna P. Lemmons, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Gabrielle A.E. White, Grace Dennis, Morgan Carter, Stacy Ryan-Pettes, Fay Keys","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2268165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2268165","url":null,"abstract":"Television is a valuable sociocultural resource that allows stereotypes to be exposed and challenged including those of Black fathers. Critics note that most African American media images are Euroc...","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138541037","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 : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2281968
Alexandre Cardoso da Cunha, Edson Theodoro dos Santos-Neto, Cleodice Alves Martins, Luciane Bresciani Salaroli
Hemodialysis treatment negatively change people’s daily lives, which can be minimized by improving the social determinants of health. This study aims to learn the leisure activities of individuals ...
{"title":"Leisure practices of individuals on hemodialysis and the social determinants of health","authors":"Alexandre Cardoso da Cunha, Edson Theodoro dos Santos-Neto, Cleodice Alves Martins, Luciane Bresciani Salaroli","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2281968","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2281968","url":null,"abstract":"Hemodialysis treatment negatively change people’s daily lives, which can be minimized by improving the social determinants of health. This study aims to learn the leisure activities of individuals ...","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138541031","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 : 2023-11-27DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2282695
Md Shahjahan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Mirajul Islam, Kumer Pial Das, Ahmed Al Sabbir
This study investigates the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among urban adults in Bangladesh and explores the associated socio-demographic factors. An online cross-sectional survey wa...
{"title":"Urban insights into mental health: A study of depression and anxiety factors among urban adults of Bangladesh in the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Md Shahjahan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Mirajul Islam, Kumer Pial Das, Ahmed Al Sabbir","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2282695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2282695","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among urban adults in Bangladesh and explores the associated socio-demographic factors. An online cross-sectional survey wa...","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"248 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138541032","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 : 2023-11-22DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2281961
Betty L. Wilson, Terry A. Wolfer, Nikki R. Wooten, Ronald Pitner, Sharon E. Moore, Allison Daniel Anders
Because repeated incidents of police violence against unarmed Black people are increasingly visible, as a result of technological advances, there is growing need to understand their potentially tra...
{"title":"Black and Blue: An integrated conceptual framework for understanding the trauma and mental impacts of police violence exposure in Black communities","authors":"Betty L. Wilson, Terry A. Wolfer, Nikki R. Wooten, Ronald Pitner, Sharon E. Moore, Allison Daniel Anders","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2281961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2281961","url":null,"abstract":"Because repeated incidents of police violence against unarmed Black people are increasingly visible, as a result of technological advances, there is growing need to understand their potentially tra...","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138541029","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 : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2278526
Daniel A Montoya, Janaki Santhiveeran
{"title":"Health Behavior Model (HBM) and American’s perceived health risks of the COVID-19 vaccine","authors":"Daniel A Montoya, Janaki Santhiveeran","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2278526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2278526","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"57 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139270485","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 : 2023-11-12DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2278524
Sungkyu Lee, Jihun Na, Hyeyeon Sung
ABSTRACTObjective Although several studies have found the Adolescent Gambling Expectancies Survey (AGES) valid and reliable for high school students and college students, the applicability of the AGES to Korean college students remains unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the validity of the Adolescent Gambling Expectancies Survey (AGES) developed by Wickwire et al. (2010).Methods The study sample consisted of 481 college students in Korea, and the data were collected through an online survey. To examine the construct validity and internal consistency of the Korean version of the AGES (K-AGES), an item analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were conducted.Results The results of item analysis have identified 22 items with five factors: Material gain, negative affect, positive self-evaluation, negative social consequences, and parent disapproval. In addition, the results of confirmatory factor analysis show these 22 items fit the data well.Conclusions The K- AGES has strong psychometrics, including good construct validity and reliability, and, hence, it may be a useful tool for assessing, preventing, and treating gambling problems in college students.KEYWORDS: Adolescent gambling expectancies surveygambling expectancygambling behaviorgambling of college studentspsychometrics Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
{"title":"Validation of the Adolescent Gambling Expectancies Survey (AGES) among Korean college students: A pilot study","authors":"Sungkyu Lee, Jihun Na, Hyeyeon Sung","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2278524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2278524","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTObjective Although several studies have found the Adolescent Gambling Expectancies Survey (AGES) valid and reliable for high school students and college students, the applicability of the AGES to Korean college students remains unknown. The objective of this study was to examine the validity of the Adolescent Gambling Expectancies Survey (AGES) developed by Wickwire et al. (2010).Methods The study sample consisted of 481 college students in Korea, and the data were collected through an online survey. To examine the construct validity and internal consistency of the Korean version of the AGES (K-AGES), an item analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were conducted.Results The results of item analysis have identified 22 items with five factors: Material gain, negative affect, positive self-evaluation, negative social consequences, and parent disapproval. In addition, the results of confirmatory factor analysis show these 22 items fit the data well.Conclusions The K- AGES has strong psychometrics, including good construct validity and reliability, and, hence, it may be a useful tool for assessing, preventing, and treating gambling problems in college students.KEYWORDS: Adolescent gambling expectancies surveygambling expectancygambling behaviorgambling of college studentspsychometrics Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"13 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135038491","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 : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2275623
Phan Tan Luc, Thu-Hang Hoang
ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the world economy and health services, leading to fear, panic, and vulnerability among billions of people. Panic buying, observed in many countries, became a common phenomenon during the pandemic. However, there is still an incomplete understanding of how social media influences fear and consumer responses during such turmoil. This study aims to comprehend consumer experiences, thoughts, and emotions regarding the role of social media in driving panic buying behavior. Through an inductive thematic analysis of data from 30 consumers, the results reveal six key themes that highlight the impact of social networks on panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 crisis. These themes include the provision of evidence of uncertainty, social pressure, and social contagion; fostering interaction and discussion; facilitating the spread of messages and group thinking; the role of government communications; expert opinions; and the influence of social media influencers. This study contributes to existing theories by providing empirical evidence that supports the role of social media in generating consumer panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.KEYWORDS: Qualitativesocial mediapanic buyingCOVID pandemic AcknowledgmentsThis research is funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Conflicts of interest/Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis research is funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Grant number: 2023-10-24-1883).
{"title":"Social media and panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam: Preliminary analysis","authors":"Phan Tan Luc, Thu-Hang Hoang","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2275623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2275623","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the world economy and health services, leading to fear, panic, and vulnerability among billions of people. Panic buying, observed in many countries, became a common phenomenon during the pandemic. However, there is still an incomplete understanding of how social media influences fear and consumer responses during such turmoil. This study aims to comprehend consumer experiences, thoughts, and emotions regarding the role of social media in driving panic buying behavior. Through an inductive thematic analysis of data from 30 consumers, the results reveal six key themes that highlight the impact of social networks on panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 crisis. These themes include the provision of evidence of uncertainty, social pressure, and social contagion; fostering interaction and discussion; facilitating the spread of messages and group thinking; the role of government communications; expert opinions; and the influence of social media influencers. This study contributes to existing theories by providing empirical evidence that supports the role of social media in generating consumer panic buying behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.KEYWORDS: Qualitativesocial mediapanic buyingCOVID pandemic AcknowledgmentsThis research is funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Conflicts of interest/Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis research is funded by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (Grant number: 2023-10-24-1883).","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":" 10","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135290792","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 : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2273863
Man Wai Alice Lun
ABSTRACTYoung adult family caregivers (age 18–34) are increasingly providing care to their older family members with chronic, disabling, or other serious health conditions. Little is known on young adult family caregivers and their resilience in the context of family interaction and resources. Utilizing the 2015 National Study of Caregiving (NOSC) data, the aim of this study is to examine the correlation of caregiver strain, with the three elements of Family Resilience model: beliefs, family organizational patterns, and communication processes. The results of the study found that two parameters of NOSC in particular were associated with less caregiver strain: completed trainings and enjoying being with the care recipient. In addition, the parameter “feeling lonely,” defined as having a few friends was found significantly associated with higher caregiver strain. The results demonstrated the importance of understanding the unique resilience factors and tailored interventions for young adult family caregivers.KEYWORDS: Young adult family caregiversfamily resiliencecaregiver strain AcknowledgmentsThis project was supported by PSC-CUNY grant (2023–2024) from the City University of New York to Author.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Institutional Review BoardFile # 2022-0682, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York.Additional informationFundingThis work is supported by PSC-CUNY grant (2023–2024) from the City University of New York.
{"title":"Caregiver resilience factors among young adult family caregivers of frail elders","authors":"Man Wai Alice Lun","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2273863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2273863","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTYoung adult family caregivers (age 18–34) are increasingly providing care to their older family members with chronic, disabling, or other serious health conditions. Little is known on young adult family caregivers and their resilience in the context of family interaction and resources. Utilizing the 2015 National Study of Caregiving (NOSC) data, the aim of this study is to examine the correlation of caregiver strain, with the three elements of Family Resilience model: beliefs, family organizational patterns, and communication processes. The results of the study found that two parameters of NOSC in particular were associated with less caregiver strain: completed trainings and enjoying being with the care recipient. In addition, the parameter “feeling lonely,” defined as having a few friends was found significantly associated with higher caregiver strain. The results demonstrated the importance of understanding the unique resilience factors and tailored interventions for young adult family caregivers.KEYWORDS: Young adult family caregiversfamily resiliencecaregiver strain AcknowledgmentsThis project was supported by PSC-CUNY grant (2023–2024) from the City University of New York to Author.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Institutional Review BoardFile # 2022-0682, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York.Additional informationFundingThis work is supported by PSC-CUNY grant (2023–2024) from the City University of New York.","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"76 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135539843","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 : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2271546
Seok Won Jin, Young Ji Yoon, Melissa Hirschi
ABSTRACTKorean Americans have consistently reported the underutilization of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, despite their high rates of CRC incidence and mortality. Research has indicated suboptimal CRC knowledge in Korean Americans as one of the main barriers to their recommended CRC screening. Also, research has shown the potential of online health information seeking (OHIS) to improve cancer knowledge and gender-based differences in the link between OHIS and cancer knowledge. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between OHIS and CRC knowledge and the moderating effect of gender in this association among Korean Americans. A cross-sectional survey with purposive sampling was conducted of 421 Korean Americans aged 50–75 years in the Southeastern U.S. Three-step hierarchical multiple-regression analyses were performed to investigate if three blocks of variables—Block 1: control variables (sociodemographics and health-related information), Block 2: independent variables (OHIS and gender), and Block 3: an (OHIS × gender) interaction term—significantly reduce unexplained variance in CRC knowledge. The analyses showed that the final model fits best accounting for 29.3% of the variance in CRC knowledge. Also, the analyses showed that OHIS was positively associated with CRC knowledge and gender moderated the association between OHIS and CRC knowledge. The findings close the knowledge gap existing in the body of literature on the connection of OHIS to CRC knowledge in Korean Americans. The findings also extend the understanding of gender-specific approaches leveraging OHIS for CRC prevention education among Korean Americans.KEYWORDS: Cancer knowledgecolorectal cancer screeninghierarchical linear regressionKorean Americansonline health information seeking Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Additional informationFundingThe first author of the project was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under Grant Number U54MD008173, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIMHD or NIH.
{"title":"A Moderating Role of Gender in Online Health Information Seeking Behaviors for Colorectal Cancer Knowledge among Korean Americans Aged 50 to 75 Years","authors":"Seok Won Jin, Young Ji Yoon, Melissa Hirschi","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2271546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2271546","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTKorean Americans have consistently reported the underutilization of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, despite their high rates of CRC incidence and mortality. Research has indicated suboptimal CRC knowledge in Korean Americans as one of the main barriers to their recommended CRC screening. Also, research has shown the potential of online health information seeking (OHIS) to improve cancer knowledge and gender-based differences in the link between OHIS and cancer knowledge. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between OHIS and CRC knowledge and the moderating effect of gender in this association among Korean Americans. A cross-sectional survey with purposive sampling was conducted of 421 Korean Americans aged 50–75 years in the Southeastern U.S. Three-step hierarchical multiple-regression analyses were performed to investigate if three blocks of variables—Block 1: control variables (sociodemographics and health-related information), Block 2: independent variables (OHIS and gender), and Block 3: an (OHIS × gender) interaction term—significantly reduce unexplained variance in CRC knowledge. The analyses showed that the final model fits best accounting for 29.3% of the variance in CRC knowledge. Also, the analyses showed that OHIS was positively associated with CRC knowledge and gender moderated the association between OHIS and CRC knowledge. The findings close the knowledge gap existing in the body of literature on the connection of OHIS to CRC knowledge in Korean Americans. The findings also extend the understanding of gender-specific approaches leveraging OHIS for CRC prevention education among Korean Americans.KEYWORDS: Cancer knowledgecolorectal cancer screeninghierarchical linear regressionKorean Americansonline health information seeking Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Additional informationFundingThe first author of the project was supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under Grant Number U54MD008173, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIMHD or NIH.","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135636208","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 : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1080/10911359.2023.2265439
Meryem Walid Al-Rawi, Pinar Sarisaray Boluk, Ahmet Yucel
ABSTRACTPublic information and early warning are key components of social disaster prevention because they can complement planning, and multi-disciplinary coordination and minimize losses. Social media has increasingly become an important communication channel for users to disseminate useful public and emergency information in these incidents. Communications, including web-based services, between governments, communities, and people involved in the management of disasters are mandatory for the purposes of early warning, rescue services, and recovery. Purpose of this article is exploring how people may use or had used the social media applications during the disaster and provide the advantages of social media in disaster management all over the world but specifically for citizens of Türkiye and Iraq. To get the response of the users, a Google form based survey questionnaire was distributed to the users through the internet. Two hundred and eleven persons, from both genders responded, ages ranged from 17 years to above 45, from different educational levels, inhabiting Türkiye (n = 105, 49.8%), Iraq (n = 88, 41.7%), and other countries (n = 18, 8.5%). The study shows that depending on the culture, social media usage behaviors change for disaster situations. During the disaster, Iraqi citizens preferred to use the Facebook application, meanwhile Türkish citizens prefer to use WhatsApp application to communicate. Both, governments and private sector, are invited to establish and continuously update the infrastructure and facilities of an effective social media communication system, plans should be made to encourage all sectors of society to learn how to use social media in the event of a disaster.KEYWORDS: Disasterdisaster managementsocial mediatechnology Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Data availability statementThe datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.DeclarationAll authors have read, understood, and have complied as applicable with the statement on “Ethical responsibilities of Authors” as found in the Instructions for Authors and are aware that with minor exceptions, no changes can be made to authorship once the paper is submitted.Informed consentThis manuscript did not involve human or animal participants; therefore, informed consent was not collected.Additional informationFundingNo financial support was provided relevant to this article.
{"title":"Social media as a tool supporter in disaster management: Comparative analysis between Türkiye and Iraq","authors":"Meryem Walid Al-Rawi, Pinar Sarisaray Boluk, Ahmet Yucel","doi":"10.1080/10911359.2023.2265439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2023.2265439","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTPublic information and early warning are key components of social disaster prevention because they can complement planning, and multi-disciplinary coordination and minimize losses. Social media has increasingly become an important communication channel for users to disseminate useful public and emergency information in these incidents. Communications, including web-based services, between governments, communities, and people involved in the management of disasters are mandatory for the purposes of early warning, rescue services, and recovery. Purpose of this article is exploring how people may use or had used the social media applications during the disaster and provide the advantages of social media in disaster management all over the world but specifically for citizens of Türkiye and Iraq. To get the response of the users, a Google form based survey questionnaire was distributed to the users through the internet. Two hundred and eleven persons, from both genders responded, ages ranged from 17 years to above 45, from different educational levels, inhabiting Türkiye (n = 105, 49.8%), Iraq (n = 88, 41.7%), and other countries (n = 18, 8.5%). The study shows that depending on the culture, social media usage behaviors change for disaster situations. During the disaster, Iraqi citizens preferred to use the Facebook application, meanwhile Türkish citizens prefer to use WhatsApp application to communicate. Both, governments and private sector, are invited to establish and continuously update the infrastructure and facilities of an effective social media communication system, plans should be made to encourage all sectors of society to learn how to use social media in the event of a disaster.KEYWORDS: Disasterdisaster managementsocial mediatechnology Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Data availability statementThe datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.DeclarationAll authors have read, understood, and have complied as applicable with the statement on “Ethical responsibilities of Authors” as found in the Instructions for Authors and are aware that with minor exceptions, no changes can be made to authorship once the paper is submitted.Informed consentThis manuscript did not involve human or animal participants; therefore, informed consent was not collected.Additional informationFundingNo financial support was provided relevant to this article.","PeriodicalId":47328,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment","volume":"318 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136067715","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}