Social Media Development and Application During Pandemic and Post-pandemic from the Perspectives of Recovery and Preparedness

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-61
Author(s):  
Yongxi Jang ◽  
Jinling Hua ◽  
Bismark Adu Gyamfi ◽  
Rajib Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Development

scholarly journals Using the New Media by Companies From the Sme Sector in Podkarpackie Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Masłyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Online Presence ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Abstract The main purpose of this article is to present the results of research concerning the use of social media by companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province. The article includes data obtained in the first stage of the study, which is a part of a research project on the use of social media in the area of creating the image of an organization / company as an employer.The survey covered the entire population of companies from the SME sector, which are registered in Podkarpackie Province (REGON database). The research phase, the results of which are presented in this article, mainly involved the analysis of data on companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province in terms of their presence on the Internet (having an individual website, having company profiles on selected social networks). The results of the first stage of the study confirm that the companies see the potential of the online presence / functioning in social media (more and more companies have their own website, Facebook profiles). The dynamics of changes in this area is definitely not adequate to the pace of new media development. On the basis of preliminary results of further stages of the research, it can also be concluded that in the vast majority of cases, however, these are non-strategic and non-systematic activities.

The Qualities and Potential of Social Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 499-510
Author(s):  
Udo Richard Averweg ◽  
Marcus Leaning
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Election Results ◽  
Business And Management

In recent years social media have been clearly identified as playing a significant part in facilitating, if not causing a number of political revolutions and unexpected election results. Similarly, social media has also been considered as a way to improve organizational performance. In business and management, social media is seen as a way to empower customers and users, improve service levels through feedback loops, and generally offer an improved service users' experience of bureaucracy. In this chapter, the qualities and potential of social media can be understood to cause social change are examined. First in the background discussion to social media, new technologies are discussed. Then the four key areas of the characteristics of social media (the contemporaneity of communications, productive audiences, its dialogical and network nature, and its searchable and “taggable” nature) are explored. Finally, a number of possible trends in social media development and extrapolation are identified. From these (the self-leveraging network, deeper personal profiles and the Universal ID and identity, and hyper locality), they are extrapolated to the future.

scholarly journals Issues and Challenges on Social Networking Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 3186-3189
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Content Sharing ◽  
Online Communications ◽  
The Creation

Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Reduce the challenges of social networking applications has lifted the research and industrial attention towards the growth of social media development. Web and Mobile based internet applications that allow the creation, access & exchange of user generated content that is available on all the places. Examples of social media are Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Wikipedia, Linkedin, pinterest. In this paper discusses only in detail about the main issues and challenges in social media application, and also discuss about social networking applications.

Facebook as a source of access to medicines. (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Zaprutko ◽  
Dorota Kopciuch ◽  
Anna Paczkowska ◽  
Józefina Sprawka ◽  
Julia Cynar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Therapeutic Use ◽  
Significant Source ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Otc Medicines

BACKGROUND Over the last decade, we’ve observed an enormous social media development, which have recently become commercial services. OBJECTIVE The objective was to verify Facebook as a source of pharmaceuticals offers. We also intended to identify prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines if available on that platform. METHODS The study was conducted from January 2019 to July 2020. We investigated offers of pharmaceuticals posted on the Polish Facebook (individual posts and communities) between 2016 and 2019. Medicines were divided into Rx and OTC brands and in accordance with their possible therapeutic use. We verified whether the medicines were for sale, to exchange, or available for free. Posts and groups were investigated for example by entering the phrase “for free,” followed by a city in Poland. RESULTS Out of 409 offers, 380 (92.91%) concerned Rx brands and 29 OTC brands. 315 (77.02%) medications were available “for free”. In 47 (11.49%) cases, an “exchange” was expected, and 47 (11.49%) announcements were marked as “for sale”. Cardiovascular medicines (n=125) were the most popular. There were also antidiabetics (n=38) and antipsychotics (n=28). We also found clear candidates for misuse. These were opioids (n=7), benzodiazepines (n=2 )as well as clomifene (n=1) and letrozole (n=1). CONCLUSIONS Facebook is a significant source of uncontrolled access to medicines. The majority of offers concerned Rx brands, including opioids and benzodiazepines. Medicines offered on Facebook are mainly accessible for free, and the scope and the number of medicines offered on Facebook should make this issue a hazardous phenomenon.

Social Media Development and Implication on eGovernance in China

2014 ◽  
pp. 367-388
Author(s):  
Wang Boyong ◽  
Wang Shaoyu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Fast Development ◽  
The Government

The rapid development of social media in China brings both challenges and opportunities for China's eGovernance construction. This chapter seeks to research the information society construction in China during the 12th 5-year plan period (2011-2015), especially the efforts of involving citizens in participating in the decision-making process, whilst also exploring the interlinks between the fast development of social media and the ever-changing government services. The chapter summarizes the strengths and weaknesses in the practice of public participation and finds that rapid development of information technology cannot guarantee that eParticipation will be fully effective, and measures and policy should be taken to change the situation. China has made considerable progress in social media development, but more efforts are needed from the government to further engage its citizens in the decision-making process.

scholarly journals Enriching Higher Education with Social Media: Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Toolkit

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasemin Gülbahar ◽  
Christian Rapp ◽  
Selcan Kilis ◽  
Anna Sitnikova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Media Development ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Higher Education Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

<p class="1">While ubiquitous in everyday use, in reality, social media usage within higher education teaching has expanded quite slowly. Analysis of social media usage of students and instructors for teaching, learning, and research purposes across four countries (Russia, Turkey, Germany, and Switzerland) showed that many higher education instructors actively use social media for private purposes. However, although they understand that their students also use it for learning purposes, and instructors sense the potential of social media in teaching, they mostly refrain from doing so due to various barriers. In response, an openly accessible trilingual <em>Social Media Toolkit </em>was developed which analyzes the teaching scenario with several questions, before suggesting, based on an algorithm, the best matching class of social media, complete with advice on how to use it for teaching purposes. This paper explains the rationale behind the toolkit, its development process, and examines instructors’ perceptions towards it.</p>

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