Does an image facilitate the sharing of negative news on social media? An experimental investigation

2021 ◽  
pp. 101120
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Zhang ◽  
Hongying Tan ◽  
Chunxiao Yin ◽  
Dingyu Shi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Negative News

Sosyal medyada Suriye’li sığınmacılara yönelik algı: bir sözlük değerlendirmesi

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Servet Kardeş ◽  
Çağla Banko ◽  
Berrin Akman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Made In

Bu araştırmada sığınmacılara yönelik paylaşımların yapıldığı sosyal medyada yer alan sözlüklerden birinde sığınmacılara yönelik algıya bakılmıştır. Yöntem olarak nitel desende olan bu çalışmada, bir sosyal medya sitesinde yer alan paylaşımlar içerik analizi yoluyla derinlemesine incelenip yorumlanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda sosyal medya kullanıcılarının sığınmacıları büyük bir güvensizlik ortamı ve huzursuzluk yaratan bireyler olarak gördükleri saptanmış, sığınmacılarla yaşanan deneyimlerin ve medyadaki haberlerin bu düşüncelerin oluşmasında etkisinin olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bunun yanında sosyal medya kullanıcılarının devletin sığınmacılar konusunda yanlış politika izlediğini düşündükleri ve sığınmacılar için etkili bir planlama yapılmadığını ifade ettikleri görülmüştür. Çalışmanın sonuçları doğrultusunda medyada sığınmacılar hakkında çıkan haberlerde olumsuz ve şiddet temalı haberlerin azaltılması, Suriyeli sığınmacıların durumu, sahip oldukları haklar ve topluma yansımaları hakkında doğru ve bilgilendirici kamu spotları hazırlanması ayrıca sığınmacıların topluma entegre olma sürecinin her basamağında daha planlı ve etkili bir yol izlenmesi önerilebilir.ABSTRACT IN ENGLISHPerceptions about Syrian refugees on social media: an evaluation of a social media platformIn this research, posts which are about Syrian refugees were published in a social media platform, called as “sözlük” were investigated. The research is a qualitative research. The posts in this platform are analyzed with content analysis method. According to results of analyses, social media users see Syrian refugees as people who create an insecure and a restless environment. The experiences people had with them and news have an effect on this view. In addition, social media users think that government made inappropriate policies and ineffective plans about Syrian refugees. It is suggested negative news about Syrian refugees should be decreased and government should make safer policies. In addition, adaptation of refugees to society should be made in more planned and effective way.

Mitigating the consequences of negative news: How constructive journalism enhances self-efficacy and news credibility

Journalism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146488492110627
Author(s):  
Christian Staal Bruun Overgaard
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative News ◽  
News Credibility ◽  
Broaden And Build Theory ◽  
Negative Feelings ◽  
Constructive Journalism

An informed electorate is vital for a well-functioning democracy. Yet many citizens intentionally avoid the news because it evokes negative feelings of disempowerment and distrust. This study ( n = 270) investigated how social media exposure to a new journalistic approach, constructive journalism, influences news consumers. The results showed that constructive social media posts, as compared to negative posts, led to higher levels of positive affect, self-efficacy, and perceived news credibility. In line with the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, the effects on self-efficacy and news credibility were mediated by positive affect. A similar mediating role was found for negative affect, counter to the theoretical expectations. These findings shed new light on the broaden-and-build theory, suggesting parts of it generalize to the context of news exposure on social media. The findings also suggest that constructive journalism may be an effective way to mitigate some of the main drivers of news avoidance in the 21st century.

scholarly journals Brief exposure to social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Doom-scrolling has negative emotional consequences, but kindness-scrolling does not

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257728
Author(s):  
Kathryn Buchanan ◽  
Lara B. Aknin ◽  
Shaaba Lotun ◽  
Gillian M. Sandstrom
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Exposure Group ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Video Study ◽  
Affect Studies ◽  
Negative News

People often seek out information as a means of coping with challenging situations. Attuning to negative information can be adaptive because it alerts people to the risks in their environment, thereby preparing them for similar threats in the future. But is this behaviour adaptive during a pandemic when bad news is ubiquitous? We examine the emotional consequences of exposure to brief snippets of COVID-related news via a Twitter feed (Study 1), or a YouTube reaction video (Study 2). Compared to a no-information exposure group, consumption of just 2–4 minutes of COVID-related news led to immediate and significant reductions in positive affect (Studies 1 and 2) and optimism (Study 2). Exposure to COVID-related kind acts did not have the same negative consequences, suggesting that not all social media exposure is detrimental for well-being. We discuss strategies to counteract the negative emotional consequences of exposure to negative news on social media.

Do Firms Strategically Disseminate? Evidence from Corporate Use of Social Media

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Jung ◽  
James P. Naughton ◽  
Ahmed Tahoun ◽  
Clare Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Bad News ◽  
Litigation Risk ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quarterly Earnings ◽  
Investor Sophistication ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Use Of Social Media

ABSTRACT We examine whether firms use social media to strategically disseminate financial information. Analyzing S&P 1500 firms' use of Twitter to disseminate quarterly earnings announcements, we find that firms are less likely to disseminate when the news is bad and when the magnitude of the bad news is worse, consistent with strategic behavior. Furthermore, firms tend to send fewer earnings announcement tweets and “rehash” tweets when the news is bad. Cross-sectional analyses suggest that incentives for strategic dissemination are higher for firms with a lower level of investor sophistication and firms with a larger social media audience. We also find that strategic dissemination behavior is detectable in high litigation risk firms, but not low litigation risk firms. Finally, we find that the tweeting of bad news and the subsequent retweeting of that news by a firm's followers are associated with more negative news articles written about the firm by the traditional media, highlighting a potential downside to Twitter dissemination. JEL Classifications: G14; G38; M10; M21; M41.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE AND COVID-19 PANDEMIC NEWS UPDATES ON THE MENTAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS DURING THE LOCKDOWN IN INDIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Parikshit Sen ◽  
Vatsala Khurana ◽  
Surajeet Patra ◽  
Binita Goswami ◽  
Nikhil Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Strong Negative Correlation ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Negative News ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mental Well Being

As a result of the Lockdown imposed by the Government of India, social media usage has considerably increased among students. A constant urge to keep oneself updated with the news regarding the pandemic has also been observed, which has inevitably led to students getting exposed to a constant stream of negative news. To investigate the effect of the time spent on social media and the time spent self-updating on news related to the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of 138 undergraduate college students, aged 18 to 24. A voluntary online questionnaire using the Affectometer 2 scale was used during the 5th week of the lockdown. We found a strong negative correlation between the time spent on social media and the mental well-being of students, while no statistically significant correlation between the time spent self-updating on COVID-19 related news and mental well-being was found. It is important that students use social media in moderation and find alternative avenues for recreation, to prevent unnecessary stress and potential adverse effects on their mental health, and thus maintain their psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Negative News Recognition During Social Media News Consumption Using EEG

IEEE Access ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 133227-133236
Author(s):  
Trung-Hau Nguyen ◽  
Wan-Young Chung
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
Negative News

To cover or not to cover: Alexei Navalny in Russian media

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Kazun
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Other ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Russian Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Positive Outlook ◽  
The Way

This article analyses the discourse about the opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Russian media. Navalny has been actively engaging with his audience through social media and online platforms; however, some media continue to ignore the politician, practically not covering his activities. The article analyses the intensity and sentiment of the media coverage of Navalny based on data from Medialogia. It is concluded that the media in general do cover the politician’s activities and attempts to deliberately ignore news about him are only made by TV stations. However, news about Navalny is often negative. While blogs offer a more positive outlook on the politician’s activities than do the other types of media that the article considers, the majority of the coverage of Navalny in Russian media is of a critical nature. In addition, an analysis of positive and negative news in various types of media suggests that the way the politician’s activities are covered primarily involves not information about what he did or did not do but rather the various media interpretations of these actions.

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