The model of information dissemination on social networks under epidemic-related panic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuzhong Nian ◽  
Xin Guo ◽  
JinZhou Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Herd Effect ◽  
Collective Wisdom ◽  
Leading Role

Inspired by infectious disease dynamics and modern psychology, this paper aims at constructing a multi-dimensional function to get the model of information dissemination on social networks under epidemic-related panic base on the characteristics of individual differences and global characteristics, like emotional cumulative effect, herd effect, time-sensitive decline effect, cognitive level, intimacy, personal influence, etc. The results show that the psychological effect has a significant effect on the increase of the spread of panic news; When netizens are in an emotional atmosphere, their emotional self-regulation ability is limited; when the infection rate is relatively low, the characteristics of individual differences play a leading role in affecting the spreading process. When the infection rate is high enough, the herd effect and emotional cumulative effect play a major role in promoting information dissemination; In a society with a higher rate of emotional contact, it is easier to form a kind of collective wisdom, which can help the collective quickly identify rumors. Moreover, in this kind of society, the role of opinion leaders is limited, and timely refutation of rumors can significantly reduce the spread of panic news.

Interest as the Missing Motivator in Self-Regulation

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Sansone ◽  
Dustin B. Thoman
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Goal Striving ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
And Performance

Abstract. Typically, models of self-regulation include motivation in terms of goals. Motivation is proposed to fluctuate according to how much individuals value goals and expect to attain them. Missing from these models is the motivation that arises from the process of goal-pursuit. We suggest that an important aspect of self-regulation is monitoring and regulating our motivation, not just our progress toward goals. Although we can regulate motivation by enhancing the value or expectancy of attaining the outcome, we suggest that regulating the interest experience can be just as, if not more, powerful. We first present our model, which integrates self-regulation of interest within the goal-striving process. We then briefly review existing evidence, distinguishing between two broad classes of potential interest-enhancing strategies: intrapersonal and interpersonal. For each class of strategies we note what is known about developmental and individual differences in whether and how these kinds of strategies are used. We also discuss implications, including the potential trade-offs between regulating interest and performance, and how recognizing the role of the interest experience may shed new light on earlier research in domains such as close relationships, psychiatric disorders, and females' choice to drop out of math and science.

scholarly journals International military and civil relations discourse: the specificity of formation at the present stage

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Roman Titov
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
The Public ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Military ◽  
Different Levels

The article studies the specificity of formation of the concept of the information and communication sphere of international relations related to public legitimation of the use of military force. The relations between military and political subjects and the civil society, emerging in this process, are defined by the author as international military and civil relations. The research object is the international military and civil relations discourse formed by the participants for the purpose of organization, preparation and use of military force. The research subject is the peculiarity of its formation at the present stage. The author gives special attention to the issues of information activities of the military policy subjects on the Internet, noting the leading role of electronic media and social networks. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the application of the discourse approach to the analysis of the information activities of military and political subjects. Based on the current understanding of a discourse, the author considers it in terms of the reproduction of ideas in the public conscience. Being a component of the military and political discourse, the international military and civil relations discourse has some peculiarities determined by its purpose, the subjects, producing it, and the specificity of its formation at the present stage. The author suggests considering the international military and civil relations discourse as a developing in time communicative event with different levels of representation which are in constant conceptual connection. The textual level is represented by official documents and statements of heads of states and their coalitions. The contextual level - by discussions, debates and negotiations in Mass Media. The pre-contextual level is represented by feelings, emotions and conditions contained in the public mind and manifested in social networks users’ posts. The author arrives at the conclusion that the international military and civil relations discourse is used as a means of political influence reflecting the ideology and worldview of the subjects producing it.   

scholarly journals Clinical and psychological aspects of adolescent involvement in extremist and terrorist activities

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Oshevsky
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Ego Identity ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Radical Organizations

The article deals with the clinical and psychological aspects of including minors in terrorist and extremist activities. In the historical perspective, it was traced how the views on the role of mental disorders in the genesis of such crimes changed. It is shown that terrorist and extremist activity must be viewed as a complex multi-factor phenomenon, in which socio-psychological components play a leading role. It is noted that the psychopathological process can act as a prerequisite for inclusion in such radical groups. Psychoanalytic, sociological, cognitive approaches, theories of social learning and the concept of diffuse ego-identity making attempts to explain the mechanisms of terrorist and extremist activity in minors are analyzed. The problem of insufficient study of the influence of the Internet and social networks on the formation of readiness for admission to adolescents in radical organizations is posed.

THE ROLE OF SELF-REGULATION AND LIFE-MEANING ORIENTATIONS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF ADULTHOOD

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
Sergei I. Konzhin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Life Meaning ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cognitive Semantic ◽  
Active Implementation ◽  
Quantitative Assessments

The results of a theoretical and empirical study of the image of the future, its functions are presented, predictors of the image of the future are identified, which are associated with its formation, they are conscious self-regulation associated with the image of the future through procedurality and active implementation of the planned, as well as life-meaning orientations that act as cognitive semantic fullness of the modus of the future. Their role in the formation of the image of the future, the influence on its qualitative and quantitative assessments at the stages of early and middle adulthood is determined. The hypothesis is verified that at the stages of early adulthood there is a reorientation, the specificity of life-meaning orientations and their stability are formed. It is shown that a high orientation towards the future, the relevance of self-determination, as well as a situation of uncertainty in front of the future remain, in this regard, self-regulation plays a leading role in the formation of the image of the future. At the stage of middle maturity, the consolidation and implementation of life meanings and plans, the active embodiment of the image of the future, are already taking place, while self-regulation fades into the background. It was found that the qualitative and quantitative assessments of the image of the future at different stages of adulthood are specific.

On Experience of Social Networks Exploration for Comparative Analysis of Narratives of Foreign Members of Armed Groups

2020 ◽  
pp. 1656-1671
Author(s):  
Yuriy V. Kostyuchenko ◽  
Maxim Yuschenko ◽  
Igor Artemenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Stochastic Methods ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Analysis Of Narratives

This article contains a comparison of narratives of foreign members of armed groups of The Islamic State of Iraq; the Levant; the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics in Syria and Ukraine. This data was collected in 2015-2016 using social networks and telecommunications which are presented in the article. The probabilistic and stochastic methods of analysis and classification of data from social networks were used for the identification of active members of illegal armed groups, and for analysis its number, composition and dynamics in active conflict areas. Some structural, figurative and lexical features of 83 stories are discussed. Key similarities, anomalies and differences are determined. Ways of information dissemination using social networks and traditional media are described. Role of narratives is shown. Conclusions are proposed.

On Experience of Social Networks Exploration for Comparative Analysis of Narratives of Foreign Members of Armed Groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Yuriy Kostyuchenko ◽  
Maxim Yuschenko ◽  
Igor Artemenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Stochastic Methods ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Analysis Of Narratives

This article contains a comparison of narratives of foreign members of armed groups of The Islamic State of Iraq; the Levant; the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics in Syria and Ukraine. This data was collected in 2015-2016 using social networks and telecommunications which are presented in the article. The probabilistic and stochastic methods of analysis and classification of data from social networks were used for the identification of active members of illegal armed groups, and for analysis its number, composition and dynamics in active conflict areas. Some structural, figurative and lexical features of 83 stories are discussed. Key similarities, anomalies and differences are determined. Ways of information dissemination using social networks and traditional media are described. Role of narratives is shown. Conclusions are proposed.

Individual differences in effects of child care quality: The role of child affective self-regulation and gender

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 216-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martine L. Broekhuizen ◽  
Marcel A.G. van Aken ◽  
Judith S. Dubas ◽  
Hanna Mulder ◽  
Paul P.M. Leseman
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Child Care Quality ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Endogenous emotion generation abilities support adaptive emotion management

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haakon Engen ◽  
Philipp Kanske ◽  
Tania Singer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Emotion Generation ◽  
The Relationship

Emotions are frequently thought of as reactions to events in the world. However, many of our emotional experiences are of our own making, coming from thoughts and memories. These different origins mean that these endogenous emotions are more controllable than exogenous emotions, making plausible a role of endogenous emotion in self-regulation and mental health.We tested this idea in a representative sample of 277 individuals (163 female, 20-55 years) who partook in an experiment measuring individual differences in endogenous emotion generation ability and a questionnaire battery measuring individual differences in trait affect and emotional self-regulation style. Two hypotheses for how endogenous emotion generation can facilitate mental health were tested: By buffering negative stressors with self-generated positive emotion enabling use of emotion-focused regulation techniques, or by allowing effective simulation of the emotional consequences of future events, facilitating active and instrumental coping. Support for both hypotheses was found. Consistent with buffering, positive emotion generation ability mediated the relationship between emotion-focused regulation and trait affect, while the ability to generate emotions regardless of valence, was found to mediate the relationship between active and instrumental regulation and trait affect, supporting a simulation account. This suggests role of emotion generation in emotion regulation, a finding of both theoretical and practical implication for mental health interventions.

scholarly journals Personality influences risk of parasitism in fish

2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-460
Author(s):  
V. N. Mikheev ◽  
A. F. Pasternak ◽  
J. Taskinen
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Natural Selection ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Parasite Burden ◽  
Fish Populations ◽  
Diplostomum Pseudospathaceum ◽  
Individual Fitness ◽  
Second Intermediate Host ◽  
Young Of The Year

Influence of fish personality on infection rate is almost not studied. In the experiments on the young-of-the-year Oncorhynchus mykiss and cercariae of a trematode Diplostomum pseudospathaceum we tested the hypothesis that infection rate differs between more and less active (bold and shy) fish. Will individual differences in infection persist upon re-infection? Fish serve as a second intermediate host for this trematode. A positive correlation was found between the results of consecutive infections. Accumulation of parasites with successive infections leads to an aggregated distribution of D. pseudospathaceum among the hosts, affecting individual fitness and polymorphism in fish populations. Persistent individual differences in parasite burden among fish and, as a result, vulnerability for predators confirms the role of parasites as an important factor of natural selection.

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