scholarly journals Understanding the Power of Social Media during COVID-19: Forming Social Norms for Drinking among Sexual Minority Gender Expansive College Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Cerezo ◽  
Amaranta Ramirez ◽  
Tiffany O’Shaughnessy ◽  
Adriana Sanchez ◽  
Samantha Mattis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Minority

Social norms and sexual hookups among first-year college women

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon M. Sweeney ◽  
Peter A. Vanable ◽  
Robyn L. Fielder ◽  
Kate B. Carey ◽  
Michael P. Carey
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
College Women ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year College

scholarly journals The Importance of Belonging: A Study About Positioning Processes in Youths’ Online Communication

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098886
Author(s):  
Liselotte Eek-Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Gender Category ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Normative Expectations ◽  
Interpretation Process ◽  
Reciprocal Processes

The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge of young peoples’ communication in social media. A total of 32 boys and girls aged 14 to 15 years old, from two schools in Sweden, participated in this study. A hermeneutic interpretation process formed the basis of the analysis process. The data were thematized based on patterns found throughout the material. Theoretical perspectives concerning normalization processes related to the use of language were connected to the data to deepen the understanding of themes and patterns. The result shows that there is an ongoing negotiation with reciprocal processes in which both boys and girls have lots of reference points to consider, when they interact online. There are social norms and rules related to the online arena itself, as well as normative expectations connected to gender orders. The gender category is intertwined with sexuality and group hierarchies, which give the youth different power positions to act online.

Pushing Back, Through Media and Civil Society

Hate Spin ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherian George
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
News Organizations ◽  
Social Media Platforms

How a society responds to hate spin depends on not only its laws, but also its social norms—in particular, whether people consider bigotry to be socially acceptable or something to fight against, how comfortable they are with ideas and beliefs that are different, and whether their sense of national belonging is based on inclusive democratic values or an exclusive cultural identity. This chapter examines the role of non-state actors in shaping societies’ responses to hate spin. These players—secular and religious civil society groups, news organizations, and social media platforms, for example—are essential parts of any effort to build democracies that are respectful of religious differences. But, like state policy, media and civil society organizations are also often part of the problem, facilitating, encouraging, or even generating hate spin.

When news media and social media meet: How Facebook users reacted to news stories about a supermarket plastic bag ban

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144482095668
Author(s):  
Kim Borg ◽  
Jo Lindsay ◽  
Jim Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Real Time ◽  
News Media ◽  
Plastic Pollution ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Plastic Bag ◽  
Contemporary Media

Plastic reduction policies are important for addressing plastic pollution however, the success of such policies relies on establishing new social norms. This study advances knowledge on public expressions of social norms by exploring the interplay between news media and social media in response to a new environmental policy. It is the first study to explore this phenomenon with the explicit aim of identifying and comparing information related to social norms. A content analysis was conducted in relation to the 2018 Australian supermarket plastic bag ban. Results demonstrate how social norms related to a new policy are created, reinforced and expressed in the contemporary media landscape. The interaction between news media and social media offers a window into public expressions of social norms, where social media provides a platform for civic participation in a public and real-time environment in which users can challenge the dominant narrative presented by the news media.

Profiling “User Bases” of Online Social Contexts

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Current User ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
The Social ◽  
Common Practices

One aspect of profiling to enhance teaching and learning involves the various contexts in which learners will engage, such as particular social media ecosystems and their attendant microcultures (the social norms and common practices in these spaces), particularly if learners will be engaging with individuals outside of the formal classroom. Understanding the larger online social context helps define the affordances and constraints of what can be effectively taught and learned. This involves profiling the current user base of the online social spaces where the learners will be engaging and interacting and co-creating knowledge.

scholarly journals Rules regarding Marijuana and Its Use in Personal Residences: Findings from Marijuana Users and Nonusers Recruited through Social Media

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla J. Berg ◽  
David B. Buller ◽  
Gillian L. Schauer ◽  
Michael Windle ◽  
Erin Stratton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Residential Settings ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Future Work

Recent changes in policy and social norms related to marijuana use have increased its use and concern about how/where marijuana should be used. We aimed to characterize rules regarding marijuana and its use in homes. We recruited 1,567 US adults aged 18–34 years through Facebook advertisements to complete an online survey assessing marijuana use, social factors, perceptions of marijuana, and rules regarding marijuana and its use in the home, targeting tobacco and marijuana users to ensure the relevance of this topic. Overall, 648 (41.6%) were current marijuana users; 46.0% of participants reported that “marijuana of any type is not allowed in their home or on their property.” Of those allowing marijuana on their property, 6.4% prohibiteduseof marijuana in their home. Of the remainder, 29.2% prohibitedsmokingmarijuana, and 11.0% prohibitedvaping, eating, or drinkingmarijuana. Correlates of more restrictive rules included younger age, being female, having <Bachelor’s degree, not having parents or people living with them who use marijuana, perceiving use to be less socially acceptable and more harmful, and being a nonuser (p’s<.05). Attitudes and subjective norms regarding marijuana are correlates of allowing marijuana in residential settings. Future work should examine areas of risk regarding household marijuana rules.

Understanding memes on Chinese social media

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-260
Author(s):  
Lu Ying ◽  
Jan Blommaert
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Facial Expression ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Form ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Online Culture ◽  
Chinese Social Media

Abstract Memes as online graphic semiotic resources have developed into a globalized genre and a cultural form. The vernacularization of this global cultural form on Chinese social media is Biaoqing (literally, ‘facial expression’). Biaoqing is a phenomenon and a genre engendered by the development of information technology and growing accessibility to the internet. The most prominent features of Biaoqing on Chinese social media (cute, mischievous, decadent, dirty, violent) are spawned by and therefore reflect the structure of society. The ludic nature of Biaoqing enables them to serve as resources for new forms of communication, potential of reshaping existing social norms, the landscape of online culture, and culture and society at large. The results of this contribution constitute an invitation for a reimagination of the role of graphic semiotic signs and digital infrastructures in society, and a rethinking of theories for sociolinguistic research in a digital era.

Risk Factors for Sexual Assault of Heterosexual and Sexual Minority College Women

2020 ◽  
pp. 088626052097622
Author(s):  
Lora K. McGraw ◽  
Kimberly A. Tyler ◽  
Leslie Gordon Simons
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Hooking Up ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Maternal Relationship

Though college women report high rates of sexual assault, less is known about how protective and risk factors are uniquely associated with assault among heterosexual and sexual minority women. As such, the current study examined protective factors (i.e., maternal relationship quality and religiosity) and risk factors (i.e., child sexual abuse, parent substance misuse, and risky behaviors) for coercive sexual assault and total sexual assault and whether they vary by sexual orientation among college women. Data were gathered in the 2013–2014 academic year at two large public universities in the United States, one in the Midwest and one in the Southeast. Data for the current study included 755 college women, 72 (9.5%) of whom identified as sexual minority. Bivariate results showed that heterosexual women reported greater maternal relationship quality and greater religiosity compared to sexual minority women, while sexual minority women reported more risky sexual behaviors and having experienced more coercive sexual assault than heterosexual women. Multivariate results revealed that child sexual abuse, parent drinking problems, maternal relationship quality, heavy drinking, hooking up, and risky sexual behaviors were significantly associated with total sexual assault. Significant correlates of coercive sexual assault included child sexual abuse, maternal relationship quality, hooking up, and risky sexual behaviors. The relationship between maternal relationship quality and total sexual assault varied by sexual orientation as did the relationship between hooking up and coercive sexual assault. These findings have implications for targeted interventions to improve prevention of sexual assault among heterosexual and sexual minority college women.

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