Social Computing and Social Media: Applications in Marketing, Learning, and Health

Background: In 2016 the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the UK introduced revalidation, which is the process nurses are required to follow to renew their registration. This provides an opportunity for nurses to shape, develop and evolve social media to meet their professional requirements. Aims: to examine different ways nurses can use social media tools for continuous professional development (CPD) and revalidation. Methods: using a qualitative reflective design, data were gathered from content on the @WeNurses platform and activities organised with other leading health organisations in England. These data were analysed using the social media relationship triangle developed by the authors with a thematic analysis approach. Findings: analysis revealed that social media was used in six categories: publishing, sharing, messaging, discussing, collaborating, and networking. Organised social media events such as: blogs, tweetchats, Twitter storms, webinars, infographics, podcasts, videos and virtual book clubs can support nurses with revalidation and professional development. Conclusion: Through using a participatory CPD approach and embracing professional social media applications nurses have moved social media from the concept of a revolution to an evolution.

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Post Your Journey: Instagram as a Support Community for People With Fibromyalgia

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732318789102 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 237-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ashley A. Berard ◽

André P. Smith

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Capital ◽

Social Media ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Chronic Illness ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Virtual Community ◽

Widespread Pain ◽

Care Systems ◽

Media Applications

Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness with primary symptoms of widespread pain and fatigue. Social media applications have become a recent resource allowing individuals with fibromyalgia to interact in a virtual community devoted to the illness. This study explores how such a community develops and maintains itself on Instagram and the ways it creates social capital for its users. Data are derived from Instagram posts and open-ended questionnaires completed by users living with fibromyalgia who use the application. Using content analysis and semiotic methodology, the study analyzes the diverse ways in which users shared their experiences with fibromyalgia, the management of its symptoms, and issues encountered in accessing health care systems. Instagram aids in the development of a community by facilitating intimate and supportive interactions about the illness and the creation of personalized day-to-day narratives accessible to all. Norms of trust, acceptance, and reciprocity characterize the diversity of interactions in this community.

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A Survey of Social Media, Big Data, Data Mining, and Analytics

Journal of Industrial Integration and Management ◽

10.1142/s2424862218500033 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 03 (03) ◽

pp. 1850003 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Jared Oliverio

Keyword(s):

Data Mining ◽

Social Media ◽

Big Data ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Family Businesses ◽

Large Percentage ◽

Specific Behavior ◽

Social Media Data ◽

Media Applications ◽

Media Data

Big Data is a very popular term today. Everywhere you turn companies and organizations are talking about their Big Data solutions and Analytic applications. The source of the data used in these applications varies. However, one type of data is of great interest to most organizations, Social Media Data. Social Media applications are used by a large percentage of the world’s population. The ability to instantly connect and reach other people and companies over distributed distances is an important part of today’s society. Social Media applications allow users to share comments, opinions, ideas, and media with friends, family, businesses, and organizations. The data contained in these comments, ideas, and media are valuable to many types of organizations. Through Data Mining and Analysis, it is possible to predict specific behavior in users of the applications. Currently, several technologies aid in collecting, analyzing, and displaying this data. These technologies allow users to apply this data to solve different problems, in different organizations, including the finance, medicine, environmental, education, and advertising industries. This paper aims to highlight the current technologies used in Data Mining and Analyzing Social Media data, the industries using this data, as well as the future of this field.

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Success Factors of Social Media Applications (SMA): Case Study among UUM Students

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i3.1303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 2733-2745

Author(s):

Mazlan Mohd Sappri Et.al

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Service Quality ◽

User Satisfaction ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Information Quality ◽

Success Factors ◽

Reference Model ◽

Mobile App ◽

Media Applications

Social media application (SMA) shows several important functions that causing theincrement of usage among mobile application or mobile app users, especially among18 to 28 years-old users. This causing several developers to create their own SMA thathave been targeted to mobile app users. However, only several SMA managed tobecome popular and successful in term of usage, leaving other unpopular SMA in thelower rank of the Google PlayStore. SMA created by developer in Malaysia face thesame situation as mentioned before where those SMA were supposed to attractMalaysian mobile users more. To assess this situation, this study aims to identify thesuccess factors of SMA usage and develop a set of metric based on the success factorsusing research model that have been developed in the past. Information SystemSuccess Model (ISSM) were studied and chosen as the reference model for this studybecause the model is suitable and have been used by other researchers in studiesregarding social media and SMA. ISSM contains several success factors like systemquality, service quality and information quality that affect the user satisfaction and useof a system, where this model were modified in this study with the addition ofnetworking quality and perceive privacy factors. This study were conducted on 380Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students and after analysing the data collected, allproposed success factors except of service quality were found to have a positive impacttowards user satisfaction and usage. The success factors were included in the metricdesign and the metric were presented in an evaluation form for SMA developer inMalaysia to evaluate and applied the metric in their SMA.

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HeinOnline Takes a Diversified Approach to Legal Research Training

Legal Information Management ◽

10.1017/s1472669610000459 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 120-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marcie M. Baranich

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Research Training ◽

Legal Research ◽

Research Skills ◽

Video Tutorials ◽

Proper Training ◽

Training Resources ◽

Media Applications

AbstractDeveloping legal research skills is something that takes time and practice and can be enhanced with proper training. Marcie M. Baranich explores the various resources that HeinOnline offers to help law librarians and legal researchers develop their research skills in HeinOnline, from training guides and video tutorials to live webinars and support, together with the platforms and social media applications used to disseminate training resources, including the Wiki, Blog, YouTube channel, Facebook page, and Twitter feed.

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Social Media Applications in Terms of Public Relations

Journal of Media Critiques ◽

10.17349/jmc114108 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 125-146

Author(s):

Erhan Akyazı ◽

Pınar Aslan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Public Relations ◽

Media Applications

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