The Digital Way: Re-imagining Digital Discipleship in The Age of Social Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-112
Author(s):  
Jodi G. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Great Degree ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Youth And Young Adults

Youth and young adults are more engaged with technology today than they have ever been before and yet they remain one of the most emotional and spiritually disconnected generations of our time. Despite this reality, the overarching field of Catholic youth ministry has failed to address the digital lives of youth and young adults. That is, although Catholic youth ministry and its practitioners have, to a great degree, perfected the use of technology in ministry, it has not adequately prepared Catholic youth and young adults for the digital world. However, by reshaping what digital discipleship is and grounding this approach in Catholic church teachings on human dignity and Thomas Groome’s shared Christian praxis, as this paper will present, practitioners of Catholic youth ministry can refashion the digital lives of youth and young adults.

Developing an Understanding of Cyberbullying

2016 ◽  
pp. 236-259
Author(s):  
Carol M. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
21St Century Classroom ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
College Educators

When considering ethical practice for educators in the 21st Century it is imperative that teacher educators, school counselors, and administration are knowledgeable in all aspects of bullying via technology that youth and young adults are experiencing on school campuses throughout the country. The exponential proliferation of technology and social media has brought traditional bullying into cyberspace. The purpose of this chapter is to enhance the reader's understanding of the incidents of cyberbullying, to provide knowledge of the challenges researchers face in operationalizing cyberbullying that will enable all professionals to assist victims, and to proffer techniques that may be implemented in the ethical practice of primary, secondary, or college educators as they work with Millennials and Neo-millennials in the 21st Century classroom.

User and Message Level Correlated of Endorsement and Engagement for HIV-related Messages on Twitter (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Bonett ◽  
Jimin Oh ◽  
Elissa Kranzler ◽  
Bruno Saconi ◽  
Robin Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND Youth and young adults continue to experience high rates of HIV, and are also frequent users of social media. Social media platforms such as Twitter can bolster efforts to promote HIV prevention for these individuals, and while HIV-related messages exist on Twitter, little is known about the impact or reach of these messages for this population. OBJECTIVE This study aims to address this gap in the literature by identifying user and message characteristics that are associated with tweet endorsement (favorited) and engagement (retweeted) among youth and young men (ages 13-24). METHODS In a secondary analysis of data from a study of HIV-related messages posted by young men on Twitter, we used model selection techniques to examine user and tweet-level factors associated with tweet endorsement and engagement. RESULTS Tweets from personal user accounts garnered greater endorsement and engagement than tweets from institutional users (aOR = 3.27, 95% CI [2.75, 3.89], p < .001). High follower count was associated with increased endorsement and engagement (aOR = 1.05, 95% CI [1.04 - 1.06], p < .001); tweets that discussed STIs garnered lower endorsement and engagement (aOR = 0.59, 95% CI [0.47 – 1.74], p < .001). CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest practitioners should partner with youth to design and disseminate HIV prevention messages on social media, incorporate content that resonates with youth audiences, and work to challenge stigma and foster social norms conducive to open conversation about sex, sexuality, and health.

scholarly journals Promising Approaches for Engaging Youth and Young Adults Living with HIV in HIV Primary Care Using Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions: Protocol for the SPNS Social Media Initiative (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Medich ◽  
Dallas T Swendeman ◽  
W Scott Comulada ◽  
Uyen H Kao ◽  
Janet J Myers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Living With Hiv

BACKGROUND In the United States, disparities in the rates of HIV care among youth and young adults result from the intersections of factors that include stigma, substance use, homelessness or marginal housing, institutional neglect, and mental health issues. Novel interventions are needed that are geared to youth and young adults. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we aim to describe the interventions used by participating sites for Using Social Media initiative, the process for classifying the intervention components, and the methods for conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the interventions. METHODS In 2015, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau, Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) funded the Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) at the University of California, Los Angeles and 10 demonstration projects at sites across the United States that incorporated innovative approaches using a variety of social media and mobile technology strategies designed specifically for youth and young adults living with HIV. The ETAC developed a typology, or a classification system, that systematically summarizes the principal components of the interventions into broader groups and developed a multisite, mixed-methods approach to evaluate them based on the Department of Health and Human Services HIV health outcomes along the HIV care continuum. The mixed-methods approach is key to remove potential biases in assessing the effectiveness of demonstration projects. RESULTS This SPNS project was funded in September 2015, and enrollment was completed on May 31, 2018. A total of 984 participants have been enrolled in the multisite evaluation. Data collection will continue until August 2019. However, data analysis is currently underway, and the first results are expected to be submitted for publication in 2019. CONCLUSIONS This HRSA-funded initiative seeks to increase engagement in HIV medical care, improve health outcomes for people living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related health disparities and health inequities that affect HIV-positive youth and young adults. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR1-10.2196/10681

scholarly journals Social Media and Loneliness - Forever connected?

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Yavich ◽  
Nitza Davidovitch ◽  
Zeev Frenkel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Many

Young adults&rsquo; use of social media has soared in recent years, and the many hours that young adults now spend in front of screens replace time spent in face-to-face interactions. Previous studies indicate that the unique features of social media offer advantages to adolescents compared with other communications media. Today, the fact that young adults spend a significant part of their social lives spent on social media and forums triggers an important question that interests educators and therapists about whether presence in the digital world offers an adequate sense of social belonging and mitigates the feeling of loneliness that young adults occasionally experience. Using self-report questionnaires, this study examined associations between reported Facebook usage patterns and loneliness among Ariel University students. The hypotheses of this study, predicting an association between social media usage and loneliness, were not supported, in contrast to findings of previous studies.

scholarly journals Physical distancing messages targeting youth on the social media accounts of Canadian public health entities and the use of behavioral change techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryll Dimanlig-Cruz ◽  
Arum Han ◽  
Samantha Lancione ◽  
Omar Dewidar ◽  
Irina Podinic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Target Population ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Behavior Change Technique ◽  
Behavioral Change Techniques

Abstract Introduction Physical distancing (PD) is an important public health strategy to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and has been promoted by public health authorities through social media. Although youth have a tendency to engage in high-risk behaviors that could facilitate COVID-19 transmission, there is limited research on the characteristics of PD messaging targeting this population on social media platforms with which youth frequently engage. This study examined social media posts created by Canadian public health entities (PHEs) with PD messaging aimed at youth and young adults aged 16–29 years and reported behavioral change techniques (BCTs) used in these posts. Methods A content analysis of all social media posts of Canadian PHEs from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube were conducted from April 1st to May 31st, 2020. Posts were classified as either implicitly or explicitly targeting youth and young adults. BCTs in social media posts were identified and classified based on Behavior Change Technique Taxonomy version 1 (BCTTv1). Frequency counts and proportions were used to describe the data. Results In total, 319 youth-targeted PD posts were identified. Over 43% of the posts originated from Ontario Regional public health units, and 36.4 and 32.6% of them were extracted from Twitter and Facebook, respectively. Only 5.3% of the total posts explicitly targeted youth. Explicit posts were most frequent from federal PHEs and posted on YouTube. Implicit posts elicited more interactions than explicit posts regardless of jurisdiction level or social media format. Three-quarters of the posts contained at least one BCT, with a greater portion of BCTs found within implicit posts (75%) than explicit posts (52.9%). The most common BCTs from explicit posts were instructions on how to perform a behavior (25.0%) and restructuring the social environment (18.8%). Conclusions There is a need for more PD messaging that explicitly targets youth. BCTs should be used when designing posts to deliver public health messages and social media platforms should be selected depending on the target population.

scholarly journals Qualitative Evaluation of Social Media and Mobile Technology Interventions Designed to Improve HIV Health Outcomes for Youth and Young Adults Living With HIV: A HRSA SPNS Initiative

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-704
Author(s):  
Ronald A. Brooks ◽  
Omar Nieto ◽  
Dallas Swendeman ◽  
Janet Myers ◽  
Ricardo Mendoza Lepe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Viral Suppression ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Youth And Young Adults ◽  
Living With Hiv

Youth and young adults living with HIV (YYALH) are less likely to be engaged in HIV care, adhere to their medications, and achieve viral suppression compared to older adult populations. In the United States, the majority of YYALH belong to racial/ethnic, sexual, and gender minority groups. HIV care interventions are needed that specifically target YYALH and that exploit the use of social media and mobile technology (SMMT) platforms, where youth and young adults have a ubiquitous presence. We conducted a qualitative evaluation of SMMT interventions included in a Health Resources and Services Administration Special Projects of National Significance initiative designed to improve medical care engagement, retention, and medication adherence to achieve viral suppression among YYALH. However, in this study, only young adults living with HIV (YALH) ages 18 to 34 years participated. A total of 48 YALH were interviewed. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis and revealed three main themes supporting the usefulness of the SMMT interventions, which included (1) acceptability of SMMT interventions in managing HIV care with subthemes of medical information accessibility, reminders, and self-efficacy; (2) feelings of support and personal connection afforded by SMMT interventions; and (3) SMMT interventions help to alleviate negative feelings about status and mitigate HIV-related stigma. A few participants identified problems with using their respective intervention, primarily related to the functionality of the technologies. Overall, findings from our qualitative evaluation suggest that SMMT-based interventions have the potential to increase engagement and retention in care, support YALH in adhering to medication, and help them adjust to their diagnosis.

Vulnerability, youth, and homelessness: Ethical considerations on the roles of technology in the lives of adolescents and young adults

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjan S. Karnik
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender

Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram … It is easy to see that society is in a tide or successive waves of social media. All of this is linked to mobile technology and the expanding role that it plays in people’s lives. This chapter takes a close look at the role of technology in the lives of young people and more specifically in the lives of vulnerable youth. The first section of this chapter examines the ways that social media and mobile technology impact adolescents and young adults, and considers some of the emerging ethical considerations for mental health clinicians and researchers. Next, it examines subsets of youth who are marginalized, including young people with mental illness or autism, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. Finally, it considers the ethical and neuroethical issues that surround homeless youth and their use of technology.

Predictors of Viewing Online Extremism Among America’s Youth

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 710-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Costello ◽  
Rebecca Barrett-Fox ◽  
Colin Bernatzky ◽  
James Hawdon ◽  
Kelly Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Youth And Young Adults

Exposure to hate material is related to a host of negative outcomes. Young people might be especially vulnerable to the deleterious effects of such exposure. With that in mind, this article examines factors associated with the frequency that youth and young adults, ages 15 to 24, see material online that expresses negative views toward a social group. We use an online survey of individuals recruited from a demographically balanced sample of Americans for this project. Our analysis controls for variables that approximate online routines, social, political, and economic grievances, and sociodemographic traits. Findings show that spending more time online, using particular social media sites, interacting with close friends online, and espousing political views online all correlate with increased exposure to online hate. Harboring political grievances is likewise associated with seeing hate material online frequently. Finally, Whites are more likely than other race/ethnic groups to be exposed to online hate frequently.

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