Community Storytelling Network, Expressive Digital Media Use, and Civic Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 009365022110196
Author(s):  
Seungahn Nah ◽  
Sangwon Lee ◽  
Wenlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Practical Applications

Grounded in Communication Infrastructure Theory (CIT), this study tests the moderating roles of expressive digital media use through the Internet, social, and mobile media between community storytelling network and civic engagement. Based on online survey data of U.S. adults in an ethnically homogenous metropolitan area, this study finds that community storytelling network and expressive digital media use significantly predict the level of civic engagement. In particular, expressive digital media use serves as a necessary condition for community storytelling network to further promote online civic participation and collective efficacy among community residents. This study thus advances CIT with an integrated approach to expressive digital media use by testing the extended theoretical framework in a different local community context. Findings offer practical applications and policy implications regarding communication, citizenship, and civic community.

scholarly journals 224 Digital Media Use and Sleep in College Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A89-A90
Author(s):  
Winnie Li ◽  
Lichuan Ye
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Physical And Mental Health

Abstract Introduction To address the growing sleep deficiency epidemic in college students, more research is needed on recent factors that might affect sleep, such as the digital media use in this young adult population. Furthermore, sleep and the use of digital media can be heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of digital media during the pandemic, and its relationship with sleep disturbance, social isolation, physical and mental health in college students. Methods An online survey was sent out to college students enrolled in an urban university. Validated questionnaires including PROMIS (Sleep Disturbance, Global Mental Health, Global Physical Health, Social Isolation), Nighttime Media Usage, and Internet Addition Test were included in the survey. In addition, focus groups were conducted with a subsample of survey respondents to elicit a comprehensive understanding of how digital media use in daily life influences sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection was conducted during June to December 2020. Results A total of 358 students completed the online survey. Sleep disturbance was significantly related to greater digital media use for recreational purposes two hours before bedtime (62.6±28.1 minutes, r=0.110, p=0.046), and a higher frequency of playing games (r=0.148, p=0.007) and using social media after going to bed (r=0.142, p=0.10). Sleep disturbance was significantly associated with social isolation (r=0.251, p<0.001), poor global physical health (r=-0.186, p<0.001) and mental health (r=-0.376, p<0.001), and lower GPA (r=-0.167, p=0.004). Additionally, seven focus groups were conducted in a total of 32 students, suggesting that the increase in free time from the COVID-19 pandemic led to greater digital media use, compromising sleep duration and quality. With the increase of screen time also came feeling of guilt and anxiety which often led to greater awareness and self-control around media use. Conclusion Nighttime digital media use during the challenging pandemic time has a significant impact on poor sleep, which may lead to decreased academic performance, greater social isolation, and poor physical and mental health in college students. Effective interventions targeting digital media use are needed to improve sleep in this population. Support (if any):

scholarly journals Students’ Digital Media Usage at the University of Tübingen During the CoViD19 Semester 2020 Compared to 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 118-137
Author(s):  
Taiga Brahm ◽  
Marina Pumptow
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The University

The purpose of this study was to compare students’ digital media use during the so-called corona semester in summer of 2020 when universities worldwide moved to online teaching and learning, with data from 2018. Two research questions were at the center of our study: To what extent did students’ media use during the digital summer semester 2020 differ from media use in 2018? In which ways is media use in 2020 related to individual factors (e.g., emotional states, social integration, self-efficacy)? In 2020, 207 students at the University of Tübingen participated in an online survey on their digital media use. This data was compared with an existing data set from the same university from 2018 (N = 808 students). Results show a significant increase in students’ media use across all categories, in particular Learning Management System, online exercises, learning videos, and video conferencing. We also found a significant relation of students’ usage of online tools for learning with their feeling of social integration, as well as connections between students’ digital media self-efficacy and their learning-relevant emotions. The article discusses these results in the light of other studies on students’ media uses and provides first practical implications for lecturers.

The Integrated Media Effect: Rethinking the Effect of Media Use on Civic Participation in the Networked Digital Media Environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1061-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungahn Nah ◽  
Masahiro Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Integrated Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
News Use

Based on an integrated approach to media use, this study examines the association between integrated news use and civic participation in the networked digital media environment. Data from a web survey of a national online panel demonstrate that integrated news use, or the degree to which various media platforms are integrated for news consumption, is positively associated with civic participation. Data also show that integrated political discussion and integrated political information seeking mediate the relationship between integrated news use and civic participation. This study discusses theoretical and methodological implications.

scholarly journals It’s now or never! Future discounting in the application of the online privacy calculus

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Lünich ◽  
Frank Marcinkowski ◽  
Kimon Kieslich
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
Expected Time ◽  
Future Discounting ◽  
Privacy Calculus ◽  
Potential Damage

Many people engage in extensive use of networked digital systems despite concerns over their privacy, a phenomenon called the “online privacy paradox.” Although privacy calculus research has argued that the benefits of usage usually outweigh the expected privacy losses, it is unclear why people come to this conclusion. We argue that users treat decisions about digital media use as intertemporal choices; that is, they mentally shift into the future the potential damage connected with risk-taking while being convinced of the immediate enjoyment of the benefits of technology use. An online survey conducted among German users for three use cases—e-commerce, online political participation, and self-tracking—indicated that users expect benefits to materialize earlier than associated costs and that the earlier the benefits occur, the higher the amount of benefits users expect. The expected time of the occurrence of benefits and risks explains digital media use in addition to cost–benefit calculations, suggesting a time-discounting bias.

Rethinking Digital Media and Citizenship: Conditions, Contexts, and Consequences

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1019-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungahn Nah ◽  
Masahiro Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Entire Collection ◽  
Scholarly Attention

This special issue presents a total of seven articles concerning digital media and citizenship in various political, civic, and cultural contexts. Specifically, the entire collection investigates how digital media use and civic engagement can be conceptualized, operationalized, and theorized in the current digital media environment. The seven studies further examine how the use of traditional and newer forms of media influences civic engagement across communities of places, interests, and practices as well as different social groups at the local and global levels. With an interest in social conditions and contexts surrounding the civic utility of digital media, this special issue brings a unique perspective to the existing scholarship and provides new venues for continued scholarly attention to this important subject.

scholarly journals The relationship between digital media use during pregnancy, maternal psychological wellbeing, and maternal-fetal attachment

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0243898
Author(s):  
Melissa Smith ◽  
Annaleise S. Mitchell ◽  
Michelle L. Townsend ◽  
Jane S. Herbert
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Maternal Fetal Attachment ◽  
Fetal Attachment ◽  
The Relationship

The widespread accessibility and use of the internet provides numerous opportunities for women to independently seek out pregnancy-related information and social and emotional support during the antenatal period. Given the heightened psychological vulnerability of the pregnancy period there is a critical need to examine digital media use within the context of the feelings that women have about themselves and towards their fetus. The current study examined the relationship between digital media use during pregnancy, psychological wellbeing and their maternal-fetal attachment using an online survey. Forty-eight pregnant women completed a self-report questionnaire on their reasons for using digital media, and standardised measures of self-criticism, negative affect, social quality of life (QOL), and maternal-fetal attachment. The mean age of participants was 29.4 years (SD = 5.26), with a mean of 24.3 weeks gestation (SD = 9.95). Information seeking, emotional support and social support were highly endorsed reasons for digital media use (85.42%, 66.67%, 62.5% respectively). However, digital media use was positively correlated with negative affect (p = .003) and self-criticism (p < .001). Digital media use was also negatively correlated with QOL (p = .007). There was no evidence of a relationship between digital media use and maternal-fetal attachment (p = .330). Digital environments may be an important social context within which a pregnant woman develops her own maternal identity and knowledge. There are a number of benefits and limitations of this medium for providing information and support for women during pregnancy. Enhancing the opportunities to promote pregnant women’s wellbeing in this context is an important avenue for further research and practice.

Asserting the Capacity to be Free

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Northeastern United States ◽  
Suburban School District ◽  
The Social

In this article, I explore how the social contract of schooling and the three functions of schooling (Noguera 2003)—to sort, to socialize, and to control— impact and constrain the freedom and agency of a group of young Black and Latinx men in one suburban school district that was experiencing sociodemographic shifts in the Northeastern United States. I use qualitative data to frame how the young men experience schooling, and I show how the local community context facilitates the institutionalization of discriminatory sorting processes and racially prejudiced norms. I also show how the young men are excessively controlled and monitored via zero tolerance disciplinary practices, which effectively constrains their humanity and capacity to freely exist in their school and which inadvertently strengthens the connective tissue between schools and prisons.

scholarly journals A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Parry ◽  
Brittany I. Davidson ◽  
Craig J. R. Sewall ◽  
Jacob T. Fisher ◽  
Hannah Mieczkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Meta Analysis

Exploring ‘digital placemaking’

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-578
Author(s):  
Germaine Halegoua ◽  
Erika Polson
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Broad Framework ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Control ◽  
Connected Spaces

This brief essay introduces the special issue on the topic of ‘digital placemaking’ – a concept describing the use of digital media to create a sense of place for oneself and/or others. As a broad framework that encompasses a variety of practices used to create emotional attachments to place through digital media use, digital placemaking can be examined across a variety of domains. The concept acknowledges that, at its core, a drive to create and control a sense of place is understood as primary to how social actors identify with each other and express their identities and how communities organize to build more meaningful and connected spaces. This idea runs through the articles in the issue, exploring the many ways people use digital media, under varied conditions, to negotiate differential mobilities and become placemakers – practices that may expose or amplify preexisting inequities, exclusions, or erasures in the ways that certain populations experience digital media in place and placemaking.

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