scholarly journals Social networks and eating disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic

Open Medicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1170-1174
Author(s):  
Concetta M. Vaccaro ◽  
Giulia Guarino ◽  
Dario Conte ◽  
Emanuela Ferrara ◽  
Laura Dalla Ragione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Italian Population ◽  
High Increase ◽  
Adolescent Population ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
First Results ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Abstract Objective The purpose of this study is to assess the increase both in the use of the Internet and social media and in Google searches regarding eating disorders (ED) in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim is also to verify the possible impact of such an increase on ED, since patients treated for ED by the National Health Service (NHS) have increased in the first 6 months of 2020 as well. Method We used data from Wearesocial surveys on Internet users in the first 6 months of 2020 and the Google searches related to the query of “food disorders” and “body shaming.” The first results of a project of the Italian Ministry of Health on ED have been considered too. Results The social media users in July 2020 increased to 60% of the Italian population; a tendential increase in Google searches on these issues has emerged. Finally, new patients of NHS with ED showed a high increase in the first 6 months of 2020 (+40.9%). Conclusion Considering the contents diffused on the Internet, it is fundamental to watch over net usage in the adolescent population and those with ED, because massive access to social media can be considered almost as a risk factor.

The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism

2011 ◽  
pp. 3371-3388
Author(s):  
Pippa Norris
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

The core issue for this study concerns less the social than the political consequences of the rise of knowledge societies; in particular, the capacity of the Internet for strengthening democratic participation and civic engagement linking citizens and government. To consider these issues, Part I summarizes debates about the impact of the Internet on the public sphere. The main influence of this development, as it is theorized in a market model, will be determined by the “supply” and “demand” for electronic information and communications about government and politics. Demand, in turn, is assumed to be heavily dependent upon the social characteristics of Internet users and their prior political orientations. Given this understanding, the study predicts that the primary impact of knowledge societies in democratic societies will be upon facilitating cause-oriented and civic forms of political activism, thereby strengthening social movements and interest groups, more than upon conventional channels of political participation exemplified by voting, parties, and election campaigning. Part II summarizes the sources of survey data and the key measures of political activism used in this study, drawing upon the 19-nation European Social Survey, 2002. Part III examines the evidence for the relationship between use of the Internet and indicators of civic engagement. The conclusion in Part IV summarizes the results and considers the broader implications for governance and democracy.

The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism

2008 ◽  
pp. 889-904
Author(s):  
Pippa Norris
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

The core issue for this study concerns less the social than the political consequences of the rise of knowledge societies; in particular, the capacity of the Internet for strengthening democratic participation and civic engagement linking citizens and government. To consider these issues, Part I summarizes debates about the impact of the Internet on the public sphere. The main influence of this development, as it is theorized in a market model, will be determined by the “supply” and “demand” for electronic information and communications about government and politics. Demand, in turn, is assumed to be heavily dependent upon the social characteristics of Internet users and their prior political orientations. Given this understanding, the study predicts that the primary impact of knowledge societies in democratic societies will be upon facilitating cause-oriented and civic forms of political activism, thereby strengthening social movements and interest groups, more than upon conventional channels of political participation exemplified by voting, parties, and election campaigning. Part II summarizes the sources of survey data and the key measures of political activism used in this study, drawing upon the 19-nation European Social Survey, 2002. Part III examines the evidence for the relationship between use of the Internet and indicators of civic engagement. The conclusion in Part IV summarizes the results and considers the broader implications for governance and democracy.

The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism

2007 ◽  
pp. 22-43
Author(s):  
Pippa Norris
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

The core issue for this study concerns less the social than the political consequences of the rise of knowledge societies; in particular, the capacity of the Internet for strengthening democratic participation and civic engagement linking citizens and government. To consider these issues, Part I summarizes debates about the impact of the Internet on the public sphere. The main influence of this development, as it is theorized in a market model, will be determined by the “supply” and “demand” for electronic information and communications about government and politics. Demand, in turn, is assumed to be heavily dependent upon the social characteristics of Internet users and their prior political orientations. Given this understanding, the study predicts that the primary impact of knowledge societies in democratic societies will be upon facilitating cause-oriented and civic forms of political activism, thereby strengthening social movements and interest groups, more than upon conventional channels of political participation exemplified by voting, parties, and election campaigning. Part II summarizes the sources of survey data and the key measures of political activism used in this study, drawing upon the 19-nation European Social Survey, 2002. Part III examines the evidence for the relationship between use of the Internet and indicators of civic engagement. The conclusion in Part IV summarizes the results and considers the broader implications for governance and democracy.

scholarly journals Sosialisasi Pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi Internet Berbasis Media Sosial Sebagai Usaha dan Transaksi

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yusli Yenni ◽  
Intan Utnasari ◽  
Mega Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Keywords Internet ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Village

Abstract: Information technology era requires speed and processing to obtain information. Users are required to quickly obtain and process information as needed. The use of the internet covers many fields of education but the use of the internet also covers the scope of business and transactions. Development of internet technology is widely used in business and sales transactions. Because the internet can create new entrepreneurs. Internet-based social media is an application service that is widely used as a means for the purpose of publishing a service or product. In the implementation of the service, the pre-test method was used which was given to the mothers of the village of RT 03 RW 01 by giving a questionnaire to measure their understanding of social media. Furthermore, given the delivery of material on understanding social media and the internet. The next method is carried out in practice to implement it. This will provide benefits in understanding social media and the internet for business ventures, both businesses that are established individually or in groups. Because social media can be used as a promotional media, see market developments, provide experiences for consumers and serve as social media for competitors. The results obtained from this service, the community / village mothers have business facilities, namely using the social media Facebook. With this media, the native mothers of the village can promote or sell their products there.. Keywords: internet; social media; transactions  Abstrak: Era teknologi informasi memerlukan kecepatan dan pemrosesan untuk mendapatkan informasi. Pengguna dituntut untuk lebih cepat memperoleh dan mengolah informasi sesuai kebutuhan. Penggunaan internet mencangkup banyak bidang pendidikan tetapi penggunaan internet juga mencangkup lingkup bidang usaha dan transaksi.Perkembagan teknologi internet banyak digunakan dalam bidang usaha dan transaksi penjualan. Kerena internet bisa menciptakan para enterpreneur yang baru. Internet berbasis media sosial merupakan suatu layanan aplikasi yang banyak dimanfaatkan sebagai sarana untuk tujuan mempublikasikan suatu jasa atau produk. Dalam pelaksanaan pengabdian digunakan metode pra test yang diberikan kepada ibu-ibu tiban kampung RT 03 RW 01 dengan memberikan koesioner untuk mengukur pemahaman tentang media social. Selanjutnya diberikan penyampaian materi tentang pemahaman media social dan internet. Metode selanjutnya di lakukan pelaksaan prakterk untuk mengimplemantasikannya.  Hal ini akan memberikan pemanfaatand dalam pemahaman media social dan internet  untuk usaha bisnis, baik usaha yang didirikan secara individual maupun kelompok. Karena media sosial dapat dijadikan suatu media promosi, melihat perkembangan pasar, memberikan pengalaman bagi konsumen dan sebagai media sosial kompetitor. Hasil yang didapat dari pengabdian ini, masyarakat/ibu-ibu tiban kampung mempunyai sarana usaha yaitu menggunakan media sosial facebook. Dengan media tersebut ibu-ibu tiban kampung dapat mempromosikan atau menjual produknya di sana. Kata kunci : media sosia; internet; transaksi

scholarly journals Assigning Responsibility for Preventing the Spread of Misinformation Online: Some Findings on Gender Differences

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 195-201
Author(s):  
Moncef Belhadjali ◽  
Gary Whaley ◽  
Sami Abbasi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fake News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Primary Responsibility ◽  
Additional Control ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Major Attention

“Fake News” gained major attention throughout all types of media such as print media, broadcast news, and the Internet. This paper utilizes data from a survey of Internet users to compare the perceptions of females and males of the responsibility in preventing the spread of fake news. Those held responsible for taking additional control include public, government, and social media sites. Most respondents (91%) think that made up news stories hinder Americans. Also, most Americans agree that all three players should be more responsible -public (76%), government (73%), networking sites (76%). The results of a regression analysis followed by a t-test revealed that there is no statistically significant gender difference among the means. However, females are more likely to attribute the primary responsibility to the social media sites, when males are more likely to perceive the government as the primary responsible.

scholarly journals Classifying the Internet: Everyday Negotiations of Technology and Social Order

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Dumitrica
Keyword(s):  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Social Order ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Discursive Constructions ◽  
Critical Consideration

Inspired by the work of Michel Foucault, this article explores the classificatory pairs used by 28 Internet users in four urban centres across Canada to describe their daily use of the Internet. The pairs—work/personal, reader/contributor, information/communication, and freedom/control—offer a snapshot of the everyday struggles over the subject positions and the social order that those wider discursive constructions of the Internet present to us. The struggles speak to respondents’ diffuse, yet ongoing, concerns with the increased commodification of Internet spaces. The article argues that there is a need to open up spaces for the critical consideration of our own roles, as Internet users, in the economy of the Internet.S’inspirant de l’oeuvre de Michel Foucault, cet article explore les classifications binaires utilisées par vingt-huit internautes dans quatre centres urbains d’une part à l’autre du Canada pour décrire leur emploi de l’internet au jour le jour. Ces classifications (travail / personnel, lecteur / contributeur, information / communication et liberté / contrôle), qu’on peut qualifier de constructions discursives, donnent un aperçu des luttes quotidiennes sur la position du sujet et sur l’ordre social menées par les internautes. Ces luttes reflètent les préoccupations diffuses mais soutenues des répondants à l’égard de la marchandisation croissante d’espaces internet. Cet article soutient qu’il existe un besoin de dégager des espaces pour la prise en compte critique de nos propres rôles en tant qu’internautes dans l’économie de l’internet.

Assessment of Psychological Behaviour among Internet Users students in Secondary Schools at Mosul City

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 3501-3504
Author(s):  
Zeyad Tariq Al-Noimi
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Withdrawal Symptoms ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Backgrounds and Aims: The term "Internet user" refers to anybody who has a computer and can access the Internet from anywhere in the world. This research sought to examine the amount of internet usage among students by gender, sleep problems among students by gender, and aggressive behaviour among students by gender. To examine the extent to which pupils exhibit withdrawal symptoms based on their gender, and to evaluate the degree to which students exhibit violent behaviour based on their gender. Patients and Methods: A descriptive design was carried out from 15th, January 2021 through 29th, March 2021 to achieve the present study's objectives. The research participants were 100 pupils from Nineveh Education Directorate secondary schools, ranging in age from 13 to 17 years. The data collection period was from the 20th of January to the 1st of February 2021 in order to fulfil the present study's objectives. This scale is prepared to be applied by an interview with pupils Aggressive Behavior Scale, Internet Addiction Test, Social Withdrawal Scale to achieve the goals of the study, The validity of the scale, was done through a review of 10 experts of different specialties related to the field of the present study were chosen. Results: The findings revealed that most pupils had equal male and females pupils had mild use of the Internet, the majority of the similar male and females pupils had soft sleep disorders, excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females, outrageous aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in male, the male and females pupils had similar mild withdrawal symptom, the male more than female had excessive eating disorders. Conclusions: the equal male and females students had mild use of the Internet. The majority of similar male and females students had soft sleep disorders. Excessive aggressive behavior is the highest percentage and frequency in females. The male and females students had similar mild withdrawal symptoms—the male more than female had extreme eating disorders. Conclusion: assist students in expressing their problems, and understand their motivations for behaviors, and make them continue interaction with their communities. Integration care of students with excessive internet usage in all spectrums (psychiatry, healthy, socially, and educationally). Having instructors and parents utilise excessive amounts of the Internet to connect with children. Training teachers on the correct diagnosis of students with excessive usage of the Internet. Keywords: Psychological behaviour, Internet Users.

scholarly journals Role of Social Media in Revolutionizing Communication in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12S2) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
New Media ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
South Indian ◽  
The Social

This research analyzes how social media revolutionized communication in India. Communication opened up gates for social change which includes behavioral change, change in communication, and change in world vision. Communication has a major impact on how people think and behave. This can be translated into ways in which social change occurs. The high-end exposure to the new media technologies has impacted urban and rural life in India. This study tries to understand the different layers of the communication revolution that happened in India as part of social media. India has over 460 million internet users. India has the second largest online market. It is ranked only behind China in the word. It is predicted that by 20121, around 635.8 million people will use the Internet in India. India has one of the highest growth potentials when Internet usage is concerned. India rose to this position from a stage in 2015 where India had only 26% of the population had access to the Internet. The communicaton revolution affects all communities in India. Social media ignores caste, creed, religion and fundamental differences among people. Social media has high visibility across the human population in India. The social media evangelized communication patterns of the Indian population. People started communicating beyond caste, creed, and religion. When they interact using the internet, the socialization takes place through social media. The social exchange in social media helps people to understand each other. This is beyond different barriers like physical and region. People started interacting on a platform as friends and family. The social media paved the way of chances for everyone to find oneself. This type of constructed identity of individuals when getting into the area of cyberspace represent each individual to socialize in cyberspace. In the world of cyberspace, people interact as people beyond their physical environment. The communication revolution occurs during this process. This study analysis how social media plays a key role in revolutionizing communication in India. This pilot study was conducted in three South Indian states of the country, namely Kerala, Karnataka, and Kerala. We have selected samples from urban and rural populations. The stratified random sampling method was used to collect samples from six different regions.

scholarly journals The semantic analysis of the hashtag #blacklivesmatter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Katermina ◽  
Ekaterina Yachenko Yachenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Moment

The article analyzes the use of the hash tag #blacklivesmatter during its most active use on the social network Twitter - from May 25 to June 7, 2020. Using the OSoMe: the IUNI observatory on social media big digital data analytics service, the correlation of this hashtag with others was investigated, and then the results were interpreted and systematized, as well as semantic analysis of hashtags. Correlating hashtags were combined by us into more than 10 thematic groups. The data obtained allow us to see exactly how the Black lives matter social movement is represented in the Internet space, as well as to track the assessment of the movement by Internet users. The relevance of this work is due to the fact that the social movement Black lives matter, which developed from the hash tag of the same name, gained even more popularity and turnover in the summer of 2020. The movement and the problems it raises are in the center of world attention at the moment. Attempts to investigate the rhetoric of this movement in social networks have not been made before.

The Impact of the Internet on Political Activism

2009 ◽  
pp. 123-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pippa Norris
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

The core issue for this study concerns less the social than the political consequences of the rise of knowledge societies; in particular, the capacity of the Internet for strengthening democratic participation and civic engagement linking citizens and government. To consider these issues, Part I summarizes debates about the impact of the Internet on the public sphere. The main influence of this development, as it is theorized in a market model, will be determined by the “supply” and “demand” for electronic information and communications about government and politics. Demand, in turn, is assumed to be heavily dependent upon the social characteristics of Internet users and their prior political orientations. Given this understanding, the study predicts that the primary impact of knowledge societies in democratic societies will be upon facilitating cause-oriented and civic forms of political activism, thereby strengthening social movements and interest groups, more than upon conventional channels of political participation exemplified by voting, parties, and election campaigning. Part II summarizes the sources of survey data and the key measures of political activism used in this study, drawing upon the 19-nation European Social Survey, 2002. Part III examines the evidence for the relationship between use of the Internet and indicators of civic engagement. The conclusion in Part IV summarizes the results and considers the broader implications for governance and democracy.

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