Social Media, Sociality, and Survey Research

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Murphy ◽  
Craig A. Hill ◽  
Elizabeth Dean
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research

scholarly journals The Impact of “Manipulated News” on Student Attitudes and Perceptions and Their Participation in the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110197
Author(s):  
Chesca Ka Po Wong ◽  
Runping Zhu ◽  
Richard Krever ◽  
Alfred Siu Choi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Attitudes And Perceptions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Potential Use

While the impact of fake news on viewers, particularly marginalized media users, has been a cause of growing concern, there has been little attention paid to the phenomenon of deliberately “manipulated” news published on social media by mainstream news publishers. Using qualitative content analysis and quantitative survey research, this study showed that consciously biased animated news videos released in the midst of the Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong impacted on both the attitudes of students and their participation in the protests. The findings raise concerns over potential use of the format by media owners to promote their preferred ideologies.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Information Seeking and Utilization Among Women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Esharenana E. Adomi ◽  
Gloria O. Oyovwe-Tinuoye
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Mobile Network ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Mobile Network Operators

The study is intended to explore COVID-19 information seeking and utilization among women in Warri Metropolis, Delta State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted using a self-constructed questionnaire to collect data. Data were analyzed using simple percentages. Findings revealed that a majority of the women need information on COVID-19 preventive measures, followed by causes of the pandemic; Internet is the source of COVID-19 information used by the highest number of respondents, followed by television and social media; a majority of them consider the authority of the source of the information on coronavirus followed by usefulness of the information; a majority access COVID-19 information to enable them identify symptoms of the disease followed by protection against COVID-19 infection while concern for reliability of much of the available information on the pandemic was a major barrier to their utilization of COVID-19 information. It is recommended that effort should be made by government to get mobile network operators to reduce network tariff.

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FRAMING ON AUDIENCE PERCEPTION OF ENDSARS AGENDA PROTEST

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiemezie Chukwuka Ugochukwu ◽  
Obiajulu Joel Nwolu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Category Theory ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Proper Action ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Nigerian Government

In 2017, the #ENDSARS hashtag began trending across social media platforms, calling for a scrap of a police unit Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Nigerians complained about the activities of SARS that include extortion, extra-judicial killing, and harassment, among others. The Nigerian government and Police authorities promised to overhaul the SARS activities despite calls to scrap the police unit. On October 3rd 2020, a video went viral across social media platforms how police officers suspected SARS officers shot a young man and took his Lexus car away. Social media influencers organized the protest and like wildfire, it spread across the country. Based on this, the research is structured to ascertain respondents’ level of exposure to social media framing on EndSARS protest, to determine if social media framing on EndSARS protest motivated the youths, to find out if social media framing contributed to protests across the country. No doubt, the internet and social media have changed the narrative of organizing protests across the globe and Nigeria in particular. Anchored on three theories namely, framing theory, social category theory, and technology determinism theory. Survey research method was adopted for the study and copies of the questionnaire were distributed online with help of Google forms. Findings revealed that respondents were exposed to social media framing on EndSARS agenda and social media framing contributed to country’s protest across the country. The study recommends, among others, that government should always investigate reports about its agencies and take proper action to forestall any protest in the future.

scholarly journals Nollywood Accounting and Financial Performance: Evidence From Nigerian Cinemas

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaoluwa Elsie Umukoro ◽  
Damilola Felix Eluyela ◽  
Emmanuel Ozordi ◽  
Ofe Iwiyisi Inua ◽  
Sheriff Babajide Balogun
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Resource Dependency ◽  
Major Determinant ◽  
Resource Dependency Theory ◽  
Dependency Theory ◽  
Media Campaigns

The main aim of this study is to discover what influences the financial performance of a given Nollywood film in Nigerian cinemas. We hypothesize that social media, filmmakers and friends influences financial performance of Nollywood films in Nigeria. In order to achieve this objective, we adopted survey research design methodology via the use of google forms to generate 530 copies of questionnaire between November 2018 and January 2019. Using resource dependency theory, we find out that social media, filmmakers and friends are major determinant of Nollywood financial performance in Nigeria. We recommend that filmmakers should embark on more social media campaigns and adverts in order to generate more revenue and profit for their films.

scholarly journals "She's a fan, but this was supposed to be scientific": Fan misunderstandings and acafan mistakes

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisy Pignetti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Fan Studies ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Social Media Platforms

I here reflect on my first forays into fan studies, two separate projects on fans' reactions to Tom Hiddleston's short-lived relationship with Taylor Swift. After discovering live tweets of my 2018 Fan Studies Network presentation that included yet-to-be-published survey research I collected on post-Hiddleswift fannish behaviors, some fans turned to the Anonymous Ask feature of a Hiddleston-focused Tumblr blog to interrogate the results, an article I had recently published, and me. I highlight this experience as a way to reexamine my methodological choices going forward when working with fan populations while writing for academic audiences. Ultimately, I realize future misinterpretations might be prevented by transparency as an acafan on Tumblr and more consistent interaction with fans across social media platforms.

Survey Research

2018 ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
Ernest W. Brewer ◽  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele ◽  
Victor C. X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
The Core ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Core Issues

Survey research, in various forms, is the mainstay for social researchers and anyone interested in finding out about people's opinions, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences. Survey research evolved from simple data collection to a more sophisticated scientific method and has proved useful in describing various aspects of the human condition as a basis for further action. However, now survey research is being challenged by the digital world as defined by big data, social media, and mobile devices. In the chapter, the authors provide a historical perspective on survey research, along with a brief presentation of foundational elements of survey research. Then, with the intent of evoking reflective discussion, the authors identify some of the core issues and viewpoints surrounding survey research in the present digital world.

scholarly journals Recruiting Pregnant Patients for Survey Research: A Head to Head Comparison of Social Media-Based Versus Clinic-Based Approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. e326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay Admon ◽  
Jessica K Haefner ◽  
Giselle E Kolenic ◽  
Tammy Chang ◽  
Matthew M Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research

scholarly journals Relationship between Social Media Collaboration and Ecosystem Management in Enugu State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4(J)) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Emmanuel K Agbaeze ◽  
Ajoku P.P. Onyinye ◽  
Obamen Joseph ◽  
Omonona Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Ecosystem Management ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Snowball Sampling Technique

This study was done on the relationship between social media collaborations and ecosystem management in Enugu state. The study was premised on the case of herdsmen-farmers/villagers clash over grazing fields and farmlands in Enugu State being the ecology-related issue. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 100 social media group participants was selected using snowball sampling technique. The questionnaire was used for data collection. Content validity was used as a method for testing the validity of the questionnaire while Cronbach's alpha method was used for testing the internal consistency of the items on the questionnaire. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis formulated for the study. Findings revealed that social media collaborations via Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have a significant relationship with ecosystem management. It was recommended that government and ecologically concerned agencies should employ social media collaborations as the policy for ecosystem management. 

scholarly journals The Role of Social Media in the ‘Syrian Uprising’

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Araz Ramazan Ahmad ◽  
Nazakat Hussain Hamasaeed Hussain Hamasaeed
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Revolution ◽  
Social Media Technology

This paper, which is entitled ‘The Role of Social Media in the ‘Syrian Uprising’ aimed to report on survey research conducted  which identify the role of played by social media  in the ‘Syrian Uprising’ Currently social media tools were good mediums of electronic communication among protesters in Syria. Further, it was a vital medium for spreading information such as photos, videos and documents about the revolution for national, regional and international spheres. This paper looked at the impact and relationship between protesters and Syrian people who used social media ,technology and the nature of its role in the ‘Syrian Uprising ‘ as well as the study has made a controversial argument between different views of scholars about the subject and its case. This paper has interviewed 30 protesters inside Syria through a survey.This study, demonstrate the appeal that social media can have both positive and negative points in the ‘Syrian uprising’. 

Theories of Social Media and Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Lourduraj Ignacimuthu ◽  
Mallika Vijaya Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
College And University ◽  
The Social

The objective of the study is to find out how students use social media for learning. Theories of social media and learning: social constructivism, heutagogy, activity theory, connectivism, cognitive development, peer learning, and peer tutoring, Cooperative learning is discussed and connected to learning. Social media is used at the college and university level for formal learning. The research methodology was survey research by a questionnaire, personal interviews, and focus group discussion. Youth in general are interested in using the technologies and it is found that they adopt technologies faster than the respondents in the age group of 45 and above. Learning takes place in their own habitats as opposed to formal classroom learning. The study also proves that the social media learners find new web portals to extend their learning and find answers for their questions from quora.com, edx.org, scribd.com, libgen.io, etc.

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