Use of social media to support student nurses: an EBN Twitter chat led by Daniel Gooding and Alison Twycross

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Gooding ◽  
Amelia Swift
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media

EBN engages readers through a range of Online social media activities to debate issues important to nurses and nursing. EBN Opinion papers highlight and expand on these debates.

Student nurses’ unethical behavior, social media, and year of birth

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 910-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Copeland Smith ◽  
Troy Keith Knudson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Clinical Cohort ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Background: This study is the result of findings from a previous dissertation conducted by this author on Student Nurses’ Unethical Behavior, Boundaries, and Social Media. The use of social media can be detrimental to the nurse–patient relationship if used in an unethical manner. Method: A mixed method, using a quantitative approach based on research questions that explored differences in student nurses’ unethical behavior by age (millennial vs nonmillennial) and clinical cohort, the relationship of unethical behavior to the utilization of social media, and analysis on year of birth and unethical behavior. A qualitative approach was used based on a guided faculty interview and common themes of student nurses’ unethical behavior. Participants and Research Context: In total, 55 Associate Degree nursing students participated in the study; the research was conducted at Central Texas College. There were eight faculty-guided interviews. Ethical considerations: The main research instrument was an anonymous survey. All participants were assured of their right to an informed consent. All participants were informed of the right to withdraw from the study at any time. Findings: Findings indicate a significant correlation between student nurses’ unethical behavior and use of social media (p = 0.036) and a significant difference between student unethical conduct by generation (millennials vs nonmillennials (p = 0.033)) and by clinical cohort (p = 0.045). Further findings from the follow-up study on year of birth and student unethical behavior reveal a correlation coefficient of 0.384 with a significance level of 0.003. Discussion: Surprisingly, the study found that second-semester students had less unethical behavior than first-, third-, and fourth-semester students. The follow-up study found that this is because second-semester students were the oldest cohort. Conclusion: Implications for positive social change for nursing students include improved ethics education that may motivate ethical conduct throughout students’ careers nationally and globally for better understanding and promotion of ethics and behavior.

Awareness and Use of Social Media

2015 ◽  
pp. 263-278
Author(s):  
S. Thanuskodi ◽  
A. Alagu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media

ABSTRACT In this chapter, Social Media Networks (SMNs), a subset of ICTs, are defined as online tools and utilities that allow communication of information online and participation and collaboration. Additionally, social media tools are websites that interact with the users, while giving them information. It is this two-way nature of SMNs that is central to this argument, and the role they played in the Egyptian uprisings. This chapter further defines the four most widely and effectively used SMNs: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogging. It is observed that only 81.75% of the respondents have their own blog, 73.64% of the respondents read blogs, while 74.32% of respondents add posts to blogs. The study shows the respondents' extent of level of use of specific online social media by gender.

Engaging use of social media as a research tool to capture the daily life experiences of young people with chronic pain

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Line Caes ◽  
Abigail Jones ◽  
Abbie Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Young People ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media

EBN engages readers through a range of online social media activities to debate issues important to nurses and nursing. EBN Opinion papers highlight and expand on these debates.

scholarly journals Into the unknown of psychotherapy and online social media

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Kyle MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Exponential Increase ◽  
The World ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Participant Observer

As psychotherapists we cannot avoid the significant impact and relevance of online social media to our thinking about relationships. This article discusses the world of online social media and its relationship to psychotherapy. The rise of and exponential increase in interactive online social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and blogging have been collectively dubbed “Web 2.0.” This term refers to the fact that the internet has become a user-interactive space for relating and, as such, increasing numbers of people are starting and maintaining personal and professional relationships online. The article provides a brief introduction to these terms, relevant websites, and the different uses and applications of these sites. Some relevant research into the effects of the use of social media on mood and experiences of social relationships is also included. Research in this field supports the idea that our online relating is consistent with our offline behaviour. The article concludes with some guidelines based on being a “participant observer” and psychotherapist. Whakarāpopoto Kāre e taea e tātou e ngā kaiwhakaora hinengaro te karo i te paanga me te hāngai o te hapori pāpāho ipurangi ki tā tātou aronga atu ki te whakawhanaungatanga. E matapakihia ana e tēnei tuhinga te ao o te hapori pāpāho ipurangi me tōna pānga atu ki te whakaoranga hinengaro. Ko te aranga, ā, te pikinga ake hoki o te hapori kōmitimiti pāpāho ipurangi pēnei i a Matapuka (Facebook), Tiotio (Twitter), Honomai (Linkedin), me blogging kua tapaina katoahia ēnei ko “Paetuku tuarua.” E tohu ana tēnei kupu ki te meka kua riro te ipurangi ki tētahi ātea taumahitahi hai whakawhanaunga ā, nā tērā, ka rahi ake ngā tāngata e tīmata, e ū ana ki ngā mahi whakahoahoa ā-mahi, ā-whaiaro mā te ipurangi. He whakaaturanga poto tā tēnei tuhinga ki ngā kupu, ngā paetukutuku, me ngā tūmomo mahi katoa ā ēnei tauranga ipurangi. Kua whakaurua mai hoki ngā rangahau e hāngai ana ki te hua puta ake mai i ngā mahinga hapori pāpāho ki te whanonga me ngā wheako. Ko ngā rāngahau mai i tēnei āpure e tautoko ana i te ariā e rite ana ngā whanaungatanga ipurangi ki tērā whanonga o waho mai. E waiho ana ētahi aratohu i puta ake i te kaupapa “hoamahi kaititiro” me te kaiwhakaora hinengaro hai whakamutu ake i tēnei tuhinga.

scholarly journals Association of Social Media Presence with Online Physician Ratings and Surgical Volume Among California Urologists: Observational Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Houman ◽  
James Weinberger ◽  
Ashley Caron ◽  
Alex Hannemann ◽  
Michael Zaliznyak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Surgical Volume ◽  
Binary Variable ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Physician Rating ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Social Media Presence ◽  
Use Of Social Media

BACKGROUND Urologists are increasingly using various forms of social media to promote their professional practice and attract patients. Currently, the association of social media on a urologists’ practice is unknown. OBJECTIVES We aimed to determine whether social media presence is associated with higher online physician ratings and surgical volume among California urologists. METHODS We sampled 195 California urologists who were rated on the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard website. We obtained information on professional use of online social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, blog, and YouTube) in 2014 and defined social media presence as a binary variable (yes/no) for use of an individual platform or any platform. We collected data on online physician ratings across websites (Yelp, Healthgrades, Vitals, RateMD, and UCompareHealthcare) and calculated the mean physician ratings across all websites as an average weighted by the number of reviews. We then collected data on surgical volume for radical prostatectomy from the ProPublica Surgeon Scorecard website. We used multivariable linear regression to determine the association of social media presence with physician ratings and surgical volume. RESULTS Among our sample of 195 urologists, 62 (32%) were active on some form of social media. Social media presence on any platform was associated with a slightly higher mean physician rating (β coefficient: .3; 95% CI 0.03-0.5; P=.05). However, only YouTube was associated with higher physician ratings (β coefficient: .3; 95% CI 0.2-0.5; P=.04). Social media presence on YouTube was strongly associated with increased radical prostatectomy volume (β coefficient: 7.4; 95% CI 0.3-14.5; P=.04). Social media presence on any platform was associated with increased radical prostatectomy volume (β coefficient: 7.1; 95% CI –0.7 to 14.2; P=.05). CONCLUSIONS Urologists’ use of social media, especially YouTube, is associated with a modest increase in physician ratings and prostatectomy volume. Although a majority of urologists are not currently active on social media, patients may be more inclined to endorse and choose subspecialist urologists who post videos of their surgical technique.

On-Air and Online: Social Media and Local Radio Production in the UK

MedienJournal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Anna Zoellner ◽  
Stephen Lax
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Digitalisation and the emergence of online media in particular have led to intense debates about its effects on what is now often called “traditional media” including broadcast media such as radio. Our paper investigates how radio stations’ expansion into online space has transformed radio production. Focusing on the relationship between station and listeners, it discusses the social media practices of radio producers and explores whether these new digital tools contribute to a shift towards a more participatory production culture. The paper draws on data from a multi-method case study investigation of local British radio stations that combined programme analysis, expert interviews and web analysis. The study highlighted a shared belief among producers in the importance and value of social media for achieving audience loyalty and engagement. Nevertheless –not least due to a lack of additional resources –their use of social media is mainly an extension of traditional journalistic and promotional tech niques. Its potential for listener involvement in the production process is not met and exchanges with the audiences remain in the digital realm without impact on the on-air listener experience.  

scholarly journals Knowing the Tweeters: Deriving Sociologically Relevant Demographics from Twitter

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Sloan ◽  
Jeffrey Morgan ◽  
William Housley ◽  
Matthew Williams ◽  
Adam Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Uk

A perennial criticism regarding the use of social media in social science research is the lack of demographic information associated with naturally occurring mediated data such as that produced by Twitter. However the fact that demographics information is not explicit does not mean that it is not implicitly present. Utilising the Cardiff Online Social Media ObServatory (COSMOS) this paper suggests various techniques for establishing or estimating demographic data from a sample of more than 113 million Twitter users collected during July 2012. We discuss in detail the methods that can be used for identifying gender and language and illustrate that the proportion of males and females using Twitter in the UK reflects the gender balance observed in the 2011 Census. We also expand on the three types of geographical information that can be derived from Tweets either directly or by proxy and how spatial information can be used to link social media with official curated data. Whilst we make no grand claims about the representative nature of Twitter users in relation to the wider UK population, the derivation of demographic data demonstrates the potential of new social media (NSM) for the social sciences. We consider this paper a clarion call and hope that other researchers test the methods we suggest and develop them further.

How do Saudi youth engage with social media?

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Stanger ◽  
Noorah Alnaghaimshi ◽  
Erika Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Religious Factors ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Individual Profiles ◽  
Global Growth ◽  
Social Collective

With the global growth of social media platforms, there are questions as to how regional cultural factors shape online engagement. Focusing on young Saudi Arabian users of some of the more popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, this article uses Hofstede’s cultural dimensions to assess how cultural and religious factors are shaping and constraining online social media engagements. Using interviews, questionnaires, and analysis of individual profiles, this paper discusses some of the intertwined cultural and religious factors that influence how Saudi youth negotiate their use of social media platforms that are developed in completely different cultural contexts. In particular, this article highlights gendered concerns and the strong influence of the social collective on how these sites are used and how users manage the information they share. Through the development of “personas” as representative young Saudi users, this article concludes with some recommendations for platform developers as to how to meet the needs of this growing market.

Birds of a feather: the geographic interconnection of Australian universities on Twitter

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
State Level ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Physical Geography ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Australian Universities

Purpose – Regardless of their virtual nature, research suggests that social media networks are still influenced by geography. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the connections between Australian universities on the Twitter social media system. Design/methodology/approach – This research employs network analysis and visualisation to characterise the connections between Australian universities on Twitter. Findings – A strong relationship to geography, both at the intra-state level and the inter-state level, was observed in the connections between Australian universities on Twitter. A relationship between number of followers and time since joining Twitter was also observed. Research limitations/implications – The research presented is limited to Australian universities only and represents a snapshot in time only. Practical implications – Australian universities have the opportunity to reach beyond the geographically restricted connections observed here, to actively seek new audiences, and to realise the cited benefits of online social media relating to increased connection across physical and digital frontiers. By capitalising on the strong “locality” observed in social media connections, a university could become a desirable source of information that is likely to be of interest to, and valued by, local constituents. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the research literature on university use of social media by addressing the so far largely silent area of inter-institutional connections via social media, and the influence of physical geography on the connections between universities on Twitter. It also offers a practical methodology for those interested in further research in this area.

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