scholarly journals #reimagining Arab Women’s Social Media Empowerment and the Postdigital Condition

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110101
Author(s):  
Zoe Hurley
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Physical Spaces ◽  
Self Presentations

Social media intersects across physical spaces, digital infrastructures, and social subjectivities in terms of what is being called the “postdigital,” in an increasingly merging offline/online world. But what precisely does it mean to be “postdigital” if you are an Arab woman or social actor in the Global South? How does access to social networking sites, while increasing visibilities, also provide potential for increased agency? This study is concerned with the extent to which Arab women’s self-presentation practices on Instagram could be considered as empowering, or otherwise, within the postdigital condition. First, the study takes Instagram as a case to develop a theoretical framework for considering social media as a tertiary artifact, involving material, routine-symbolic, and conceptual affordances. Second, it applies the artifact framework to explore a corpus of self-presentations by five Arab women influencers. Feminist postdigital theorizing offers unique contributions to problematizing normative, ethnocentric, and neoliberal conceptions of Arab women’s empowerment. The application of the novel framework leads to an interpretative discussion of Arab women’s influencing practices across merging offline/online and transnational boundaries. Overall, the critical perspective begins to reimagine Arab women’s empowerment, not simply as individualized or material processes, but as agencies that are interwoven within the commercialized and conceptual dynamics of visual social media.

Older and Younger Job Seekers' Impression Management on LinkedIn

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-74
Author(s):  
Franciska Krings ◽  
Irina Gioaba ◽  
Michèle Kaufmann ◽  
Sabine Sczesny ◽  
Leslie Zebrowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
Research Show

Abstract. The use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn in recruitment is ubiquitous. This practice may hold risks for older job seekers. Not having grown up using the internet and having learned how to use social media only in middle adulthood may render them less versed in online self-presentation than younger job seekers. Results of this research show some differences and many similarities between younger and older job seekers' impression management on their LinkedIn profiles. Nevertheless, independent of their impression management efforts, older job seekers received fewer job offers than younger job seekers. Only using a profile photo with a younger appearance reduced this bias. Implications for the role of job seeker age in online impression management and recruitment are discussed.

scholarly journals Portale społecznościowe w doświadczeniach ośmiolatków

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Dankowska-Kosman ◽  
Iwona Staszkiewicz-Grabarczyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Near Future

The subject of considerations are social media in the experience of children aged 8. The methodology selected was the method of focus groups. Focus participants were recruited from forty thirdgrade students from two selected primary schools. The results of the research presented in the text indicate a great interest on the part of the youngest generation in social networking sites. At the same time, they signal that children, despite the systematic use of these portals, are aware of the dangers resulting from applying these tools. Keeping watch of the education of their children, parents very often do not permit their offspring to use online resources unconsciously. Students recognize the risk of making inappropriate acquaintances, the consequences of self-presentation on the Internet, while being curious about the world of young citizens who will join active recipients of social networking sites in the near future.

scholarly journals Social Media and Construction of Beliefs: Perceptions of Youth Regarding Role of Social Networking Sites (SNS) in Creating Gender Stereotypes

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 4 (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 353-370
Author(s):  
Saba Sultana ◽  
Dr. Sumera Batool ◽  
Saima iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Self Presentations

This research aims to explore the perceptions regarding role of social networking sites (SNS) in construction of beliefs about gender stereotypes by focusing on how gender is perceived among social media users. Further it explores how youth present and project themselves in terms of gender attributes on social networking sites. Current research is exploratory in nature and employed In-depth-interview as research method. The sample comprised of youth selected through purposive sampling procedure. The measures for collecting data encompassed a face sheet including demographic details and interview protocol was also developed. The findings revealed that there are diverse perceptions regarding gender stereotypes among SNS users. Perceptions regarding gender stereotypes and their self-presentations on SNS revealed that men are considered as dominating and authoritative while women are considered as emotional. SNS are constructing and reshaping gender streotypes among users where males present themselves as chraming and poweful whereas female users having beauty craze as a vibrant trait of their personality. Mostly youngsters are busy in their self praise and have become their own role models.

scholarly journals Analysis Role of Digital Marketing and Self Image Improving Student Self Presentation in Batam Using Instagram

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-141
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ardiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The University ◽  
The City ◽  
Self Presentations

Nowadays Students often use social media as a tool to communicate and search for a lot of information, social media can also influence changes in the self-image of students shared on social media. This study aims to determine the large social media users of Instagram among students, to analyze Instagram social media as a tool used by students in self-development and self-image, to know the importance of digital marketing in shaping student self-image, analyzing the development of students' Self Presentations, knowing how large students in showing self-image using Instagram social media, knowing the importance of Self Presentation within the university. This study uses variables namely digital marketing, and Self Image as independent variables, Self Presentation as the dependent variable. The target respondents of this study were all university students in the city of Batam by using a sample of 392 students. This research concluded that self image plays a role in shaping student self-appearance because students try to look neat and attractive when uploading videos on Instagram Stories about themselves, wanting to look good in photos or videos, so users can display a good image and other Instagram users who see can give good comments as well.Keywords: Social Media, Instagram, Digital Marketing, Self Image, Self Presentation.

Measuring Public Opinion with Social Media Data

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Klašnja ◽  
Pablo Barberá ◽  
Nick Beauchamp ◽  
Jonathan Nagler ◽  
Joshua A. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Media Data

This chapter examines the use of social networking sites such as Twitter in measuring public opinion. It first considers the opportunities and challenges that are involved in conducting public opinion surveys using social media data. Three challenges are discussed: identifying political opinion, representativeness of social media users, and aggregating from individual responses to public opinion. The chapter outlines some of the strategies for overcoming these challenges and proceeds by highlighting some of the novel uses for social media that have fewer direct analogs in traditional survey work. Finally, it suggests new directions for a research agenda in using social media for public opinion work.

scholarly journals COVID-19 infections on international celebrities: self presentation and tweeting down pandemic awareness

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (05) ◽  
pp. A09
Author(s):  
Wishes Mututwa ◽  
Trust Matsilele
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which was first reported in China's Wuhan province in December 2019 became a global pandemic within a few months. The exponential rise in COVID-19 cases globally was accompanied by a spike in misinformation about the pandemic, particularly on social media. Employing Social Network Theory as a lens, this qualitative study explores how selected international celebrities appropriated their Twitter micro-blogging pages to announce their COVID-19 infection to the world. The study finds that these celebrities can take advantage of their huge social media following to counter disinfodemic and promote awareness about health pandemics.

De spiegel van de sociale media

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dian de Vries ◽  
Sindy Sumter ◽  
Natascha Notten ◽  
Esther Rozendaal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
School Based ◽  
Photo Editing ◽  
Sociale Media ◽  
Self Presentations

Using what social media has to offer: pre-teens’ online self-presentation practices The current study explores pre-teens’ self-presentation on social media and investigates to what extent they capitalize on social media’s opportunities to reflect on, visually alter, and receive feedback on their self-presentations. We conducted an online school-based study among 600 8-12-year olds in the Netherlands. The majority (55%) of pre-teens had a social media account and this percentage increased with age. Most pre-teens with a social media account shared messages and pictures, thought carefully about what (not) to post, and received (positive) feedback. Photo editing was less popular, but more common among girls. Receiving negative feedback was also uncommon, but more frequent among boys and younger pre-teens. Younger pre-teens were also less likely to reflect before posting. Pre-teens thus practice self-presentation on social media and become more skilled at this with age. Social media may help pre-teens develop impression management skills, which are central to pre-teen development.

Examining microbloggers' individual differences in motivation for social media use

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayong Zhang ◽  
Xu Feng ◽  
Pu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Intrinsic Motivations

Examining individual differences in the intrinsic motivations for social media use is essential for determining what causes individuals to enjoy using social networking sites and to engage more consistently in online activities. We analyzed data obtained from a survey of 227 users of social networking sites in China. We tested the hypothesized model using structural equation modeling. Research findings revealed that personality traits are the best predictors of intrinsic motivations for social media use. The Big Five traits of agreeableness and extraversion positively affected social interaction and self-presentation, whereas conscientiousness negatively affected self-presentation. Additionally, the results indicated that demographic variables of age and gender affect intrinsic motivations for social media use. Compared with females, males were more likely to utilize social media to express themselves and expand their social interactions. Moreover, participants older than 25 years demonstrated a lower level of self-presentational needs than did those aged 25 and younger. Our findings further confirm that differences among individuals, largely rooted in personality traits and demographic characteristics, contribute to various motivations for social media use.

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