Mass Media Use and Social Life Among Internet Users

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Robinson ◽  
Meyer Kestnbaum ◽  
Alan Neustadtl ◽  
Anthony Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Internet Users

IT Use and Social/Media Time Displacement

2012 ◽  
pp. 354-364
Author(s):  
John P. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Media Use ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
It Use ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Time Use Survey

Each new Information Technology (IT) takes time away from other daily activities. Three highly-publicized early studies of the initial impact of Information Technology indicated it was having negative effects on both social life and mass media use. However, a number of national surveys since then – from the Pew Center, the General Social Survey (GSS), the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), and the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) -- have not replicated these results. Indeed, they find support for Internet and other IT use sometimes being associated with increased social life and media use (especially reading). Moreover, this finding continues to hold after education, income, age and other predictors of social life and mass media use are controlled.

scholarly journals Nurses and Doctors Heroes? A Risky Myth of the COVID19 Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Author(s):  
Carlo V. Bellieni
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Specific Health ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

Recent newspapers reports have named health professionals as “heroes”. This is surprising, because in the last few decades, doctors and nurses have been taken into account by mass media only to describe cases of misconduct or of violence. This change was due to the coronavirus pandemic scenario that has produced fear in the population and the need for an alleged “savior”. This need for health professionals seen as heroes is also disclosed by the fact that even politicians have abdicated to their role in favor of the healthcare “experts” to whom important decisions on social life during this pandemic have been delegated, even those decisions that fall outside of the specific health field. This commentary is a claim to framing the job of caregivers in its correct role, neither angel nor devil, but allied to the suffering person, that the image of “heroes” risks to overshadow.

scholarly journals Plurality in the Measurement of Social Media Use and Mental Health: An Exploratory Study Among Adolescents and Young Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 205630512110353
Author(s):  
Diamantis Petropoulos Petalas ◽  
Elly A. Konijn ◽  
Benjamin K. Johnson ◽  
Jolanda Veldhuis ◽  
Nadia A. J. D. Bij de Vaate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Quadratic Functions ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Social Media Use

On a daily basis, individuals between 12 and 25 years of age engage with their mobile devices for many hours. Social Media Use (SMU) has important implications for the social life of younger individuals in particular. However, measuring SMU and its effects often poses challenges to researchers. In this exploratory study, we focus on some of these challenges, by addressing how plurality in the measurement and age-specific characteristics of SMU can influence its relationship with measures of subjective mental health (MH). We conducted a survey among a nationally representative sample of Dutch adolescents and young adults ( N = 3,669). Using these data, we show that measures of SMU show little similarity with each other, and that age-group differences underlie SMU. Similar to the small associations previously shown in social media-effects research, we also find some evidence that greater SMU associates to drops and to increases in MH. Albeit nuanced, associations between SMU and MH were found to be characterized by both linear and quadratic functions. These findings bear implications for the level of association between different measures of SMU and its theorized relationship with other dependent variables of interest in media-effects research.

Sociology of Mass and New Media through an Interactionist Lens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie B. Wiest
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Media Influence ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Symbolic Interactionist

This chapter explores symbolic interactionist insights and perspectives on both mass media and new media, with a concentration on the ways in which different forms of media influence meaning-making through social interaction while also being influenced by those interpretive processes. It also examines the relations between various media and the construction and interpretation of social reality, the ways that media shape the development and presentation of self, and the uses and interpretations of media within and between communities. Although it clearly distinguishes between mass media and new media, the chapter also discusses the variety of ways in which they intersect throughout social life.

Remote Control and Influence: Technocultural Capital as a Species of Cultural Capital

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret O'Keeffe
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Setting

Adapting Bourdieu's theory of capitals, the concept of technocultural capital is introduced to study interactions with, and relationships to, technology. The concept is employed in the study of mass media use and consumption in the context of the family. Pronounced gender and generational differences in the levels of technocultural capital were identified. An understanding of these differences and how they emerge is crucial, as technocultural capital is a valuable and powerful concept for understanding interactions, not only within the family setting, but also in other contexts such as education and work, where it can impact on educational and career choices and social mobility.

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERILAKU IBU RUMAH TANGGA NELAYAN DALAM MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA MASSA SEBAGAI SUMBER INFORMASI

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
M. Zulkarnain Yuliarso
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Sample Number ◽  
Spearman Rank Correlation Test ◽  
Random Method ◽  
Working Hour

The research was aimed to 1) to research house wife’s behavior in using mass media as information,   2) study of  factors that related to house wife’s behavior in using mass media. The data were collected in August 2009 at Pondok Besi dan Berkas. Sample number in this research were 40 people was taken by simple random method.  In explaining the first purposes were use the descriptive analysis, and the second purpose was analyzed with Spearman Rank correlation test. The information which was gained from mass media especially the things related to entertainment, health, and religion could be helpful for daily life both for their personal and social life. The result of statistical analysis showed that the formal education, number of working hour, household income, their perception on information and attitude to living change, were apparently related to using mass media.Key words: mass communication, house wife’ behavior, fisherman

Mass Media Use by Women in Decision-Making Positions

1985 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 850-950
Author(s):  
Carolyn Johnson ◽  
Lynne Gross
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Women In Decision Making

De digitale schandpaal

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter L. M. Vasterman
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Level Playing Field ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Impact

The Digital Pillory: The impact of the Internet on the development of scandals The Digital Pillory: The impact of the Internet on the development of scandals This article explores the consequences of the changing public arena for the way scandals develop. Scandals, defined as a process of public outrage over a (presumed) transgression of the dominant morality, used to be the domain of the professional mass media. The Internet seems to offer a more level playing field for actors who want to trigger a scandal by disclosing compromising information. But what exactly is the role of the Internet in the different stages of a scandal; which type of actors are dominant and how do media and these websites interact? A qualitative and quantitative analysis of four recent Dutch scandals shows that the Internet, more specifically semiprofessional weblogs can indeed play an important role in exposing, accusing and denouncing the culprit. But the professional media are still very important; when they refuse to adopt a disclosure by bloggers the scandal fails. The role of the Internet users is mainly reactive, but the scale of outrage on the Internet fuels the scandal process.

Adoption of Wi-Fi Technologies and Creation of Virtual Workplaces

2011 ◽  
pp. 395-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Wei
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Virtual Workplace ◽  
Adoption Theory ◽  
New Information ◽  
A Chain

This chapter introduces adoption theory and applies it to examine the use of wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), which has the potential to expand virtual workplaces significantly. Research shows that the use of Wi-Fi to access the Internet is surprisingly low. As understanding users and their needs is a prerequisite for the success of any new information technology, this chapter identifies factors accounting for the low usage of Wi-Fi in organizations and seeks to build a model to increase Wi-Fi usage. Empirical research reported in this chapter shows that motivations of Wi-Fi use, mass media use, and technology cluster have impacted on the awareness of, interest in, and likelihood to use Wi-Fi. More important, a chain-effect process in the adoption of Wi-Fi was presented: the awareness of Wi-Fi, which was influenced mostly by reading newspapers, had a direct effect on interest in Wi-Fi, which directly affected the likelihood to use Wi-Fi. Thus, to increase Wi-Fi usage, the awareness of and interest in this newer Internet technology must be in place. The chapter also discusses future trends in Wi-Fi technology and how increased adoption of Wi-Fi enhances the virtual workplace.

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