SOCIAL MEDIA AS A PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND LEVELLING THE PLAYING FIELD

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Spencer ◽  
◽  
Erin Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Experiences Of Women

scholarly journals The Effect of Gender on Attributions for Women’s Anxiety and Doubt in a Science Narrative

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gili Freedman ◽  
Melanie C. Green ◽  
Mary Flanagan ◽  
Kaitlin Fitzgerald ◽  
Geoff Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Women In Stem ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Undergraduate Men

Although the effect of biases and stereotype threat on women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is well documented, less is known about how men and women attribute an undergraduate woman’s anxieties in a STEM class. We examined how undergraduate men and women perceive a woman facing emotional struggles in a physics class (Study 1, N = 309; Study 2, N = 271) and having her contributions ignored in an environmental science class (Study 3, N = 344) in three studies and an internal meta-analysis. Across the studies and meta-analysis, we found gender differences in reactions to the stories. Men were less likely than women to attribute the student’s anxiety to bias-related factors, such as awareness of stereotypes or instructor treatment, and more likely than women to attribute the anxiety to the student’s lack of preparation. Women were more likely to view the narratives as reflecting real-life experiences of women in STEM. The results indicate a lack of awareness, on the part of undergraduate men, of the difficulties faced by women in STEM classes. Based on the current findings, educators and researchers should consider the role that gender plays in how women’s emotional responses in STEM contexts are interpreted. Additional online materials for this article are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684318754528

Shaking the Foundation: Women of Color in Sport

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth L. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Psychology Community ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Feminist sport psychologists agree that the playing field is not level regarding gender issues in and out of sport and that sexism is alive and well. Ironically, the myth persists that race and racism are not prevalent in sport. Like any aspect of culture, sport is influenced by societal norms. Thus, for women of color, race and gender are accompanied by racism and sexism within and outside of athletics. The purpose of this paper is to briefly examine the experiences of women of color within sport and the feminist sport psychology community in particular. The feminist preoccupation with gender frequently ignores or minimizes race and cultural differences between women and the racism that can emerge in cross-racial interactions. The result is the marginalization of women of color.

scholarly journals #WhyWeDoResearch: Raising research awareness and opportunities for patients, public and staff through Twitter

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Emma Yhnell ◽  
Hazel A Smith ◽  
Kay Walker ◽  
Claire L. Whitehouse
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Health Research ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
The World ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
Set Up

The #WhyWeDoResearch campaign was set up in 2014 and was originally planned to run locally, in Norfolk, at the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (JPUH) for 12 days in December. Within four days, the campaign was being utilized nationally by other trusts and charities. By the New Year of 2015 it became international and had reached Australia and Canada. The intended audience for the campaign is broad and includes: patients, the general public, all staff working in health care and/or research including (but not limited to) National Health Service (NHS), commercial companies, charities and schools. The campaign has become a community where patients, staff and public alike can share their voices about health research on an equal playing field. Each year, to coincide with International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) on 20 May, a #WhyWeDoResearch 'Tweetfest' is hosted. This includes a number of 'tweetchats' at set times throughout the Tweetfest. Tweetchats are hosted by experts in particular diseases or other areas. Patients and patient groups are included in this group of experts. This article uses the #WhyWeDoResearch campaign annual Tweetfest to demonstrate how social media can be utilized to raise awareness of health research around the world.

scholarly journals ‘It Is Time to Operate Like a Woman’: A Corpus Based Study of Representation of Women in STEM Fields in Social Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Reem Alkhammash
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Women In Stem ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
And Function

This study explores the discourse of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics or medicine (STEM) fields produced by Twitter users on social media, with a particular focus on language usage and function in this discourse. The exploration of the women in STEM discourse was achieved by collecting a body of tweets using popular hashtags addressing women in STEM from the last week of October 2017. Following a corpus-based approach, this study analyzes the most frequent evaluative adjectives and 4-grams. Results from the analysis of evaluative adjectives show that Twitter users represent women in STEM fields positively by using positive adjectives such as great, amazing, inspirational etc. Furthermore, the analysis of the most frequent 4-grams reveals that Twitter users employ hashtags such as #ilooklikeasurgeon and #womeninSTEM to promote the work of women in STEM fields, show their appreciation of women working and studying in STEM and challenge prevalent gender stereotypes of STEM professions. It was found that the production of women in STEM discourse by most Twitter users has contributed to increasing the strength of women in the STEM community in social media, evidenced by their practices of advocacy, networking and challenging gender biases online. The discourse of women in STEM in social media is an example of discursive activism that focuses on the larger dialogue of women in STEM and highlights dominant forms of sexism and gendered stereotypes of women’s work in male dominated professions.

Social Media and Elections in Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iginio Gagliardone
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global North ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

The analysis of the diffusion of social media in Africa and its relevance for politics has been caught in a paradox. On the one hand, social media have been saluted for their newness and for their ability, especially in connection with increasingly accessible portable tools such as mobile phones, to offer a level playing field for individuals to participate in politics and speak to power. On the other hand, this very enthusiasm has evoked relatively tired tropes used to frame the advent of other “new” technologies in the past, stressing what they could do to Africa, rather than exploring what they are doing in Africa. Early research on the relationship between social media and elections in Africa has tended to adopt normative frameworks adapted from the analysis of electoral contests in the Global North, presupposing unfettered citizens using social media to root for their leaders or demand accountability. A more recent wave of empirically grounded studies has embraced a greater conceptual and methodological pluralism, offering more space to analyze the contradictions in how social media are used and abused: how humor can be turned into a powerful tool to contest a type of power that appears overwhelming; or how armies of professional users have exploited people’s credulity of new media as “freer” from power to actually support partisan agenda. Interestingly, this latter approach has brought to light phenomena that have only recently caught global attention, such as the role of “fake news” and misinformation in electoral contests, but have played a determinant role in African politics for at least a decade.

Social Media Influencers' Effect on Chinese Gen Z Consumers

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Rob Kim Marjerison ◽  
Songcheng Gan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Effective Use

The objective of this paper is to explore the relationships between different types of Chinese social media influences and their use of short videos, and how that content is managed influence Chinese Generation Z consumers. Effective use of social media is a way for SMEs and new ventures to level the playing field and compete with established enterprises; it is cost effective and can target a very specific consumer demographic. Data was collected by online surveys of Gen Z Chinese self-described heavy social media users. The results of this study may be of particular interest to entrepreneurs who tend to be early adopters and who can most benefit from strategic use of social media advertising to locate and reach their target customers more efficiently and more effectively.

Age Knows No Bounds: A Latent Content Analysis of Social Media Comments Toward Older Adults’ Engagement in Sports Activities

2021 ◽  
pp. 073346482110046
Author(s):  
Allan B. de Guzman ◽  
John Christopher B. Mesana ◽  
Jonas Airon M. Roman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Application Programming Interface ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Data Application ◽  
Application Programming ◽  
Latent Content

With the growing statistics of older adults across societies, sustaining their health and well-being through active participation in sports cannot be neglected nor overlooked. This qualitative study purports to characterize the ontology of social media comments relative to older person’s engagement in sports via latent content analysis. Specifically, a set of YouTube comments ( n = 7,546), extracted from select videos featuring older adults in sports ( n = 62), through YouTube Data Application Programming Interface (API) Version 3, was subjected to inductive analytic procedures of content analysis. Interestingly, this study afforded the emergence of a playing field model emanating from the dualistic perspectives of aging as engagement and aged as engaged that represent how YouTube users view older adult’s continual involvement in sports. Limitations and future directions of this study are also discussed in this article.

A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Women With Breast Implant Illness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Tang ◽  
Natalie E Anderson ◽  
Kate Faasse ◽  
William P Adams ◽  
Jill M Newby
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Breast Implant ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Experiences Of Women

Abstract Background Breast Implant Illness (BII) is a term used to describe physical and psychological symptoms experienced by some women following breast implant surgery. Few studies have examined the experiences of women with BII – a poorly understood condition with no clear cause or treatment. Objectives To explore women’s experiences of BII, including symptoms, healthcare encounters, social media and explant surgery. Methods Using an exploratory qualitative methodology, researchers undertook semi-structured interviews with twenty-nine women who self-identified as having BII. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Thematic analysis of the interviews identified six themes: 1. Symptoms without explanation; 2. Invalidation and invisibility; 3. Making the BII connection; 4. Implant toxicity; 5. Explant surgery: solution to suffering?; and 6. Concealed information. BII was described as distressing and debilitating across multiple domains including relationships, work, identity, physical and mental health, and symptoms were attributed to implant toxicity and immune system rejecting foreign objects. When their experience was not validated by health care professionals, many looked to social media for information, support and understanding, and explant as their only chance at recovery. Conclusions BII is disabling mentally and physically. Women with BII require support, understanding, and validation, and proactive treatment to prevent disability. With unclear pathophysiology, future research should examine how biopsychosocial approaches can be used to guide treatment, and how to best support women with BII, focusing on early detection and evidence-based education and intervention.

Social media as a new playing field for the governance of agro-food sustainability

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 99-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
TM Stevens ◽  
N Aarts ◽  
CJAM Termeer ◽  
A Dewulf
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Playing Field
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