scholarly journals Refugees and social media in a digital society

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Sasha Anderson ◽  
Marguerite Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Learning Analysis ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Asylum Seekers And Refugees

The proliferation of social media-based initiatives aimed at asylum seekers and refugees in recent years is evidence of growing interest in the potential of social media for delivering interventions and messages to refugee populations in host countries. However, surprisingly little is currently known about how refugees routinely use and incorporate social media into their everyday lives in host countries, and their motivations for doing so. The aim of the study reported in this paper was to explore how and why young refugees living in Norway use social media in their everyday lives, to identify capabilities associated with this use, and to make connections with well- being. The researchers adopted a qualitative approach, undertaking in-depth interviews with eight young refugees and two key informants involved in running social media sites aimed at refugees. Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach (1987) was used to frame the study and guide the analysis of findings. Findings indicated that participants’ main motivations for using social media were communication, access to information, and learning. Analysis of their reported achievements suggested that social media offered five related capabilities which could have an important role in advancing well-being: effective communication; social connectedness; participation in learning opportunities; access to information; and expression of self. Other findings, such as differences in approach to using social media (‘active’ and ‘passive’ use) are discussed. Although all participants used social media and recognised its importance to their lives, variations in the way they approached and valued it suggest that providers need to consider these factors when using it as a tool to engage refugees.

Social Media and Emotional Well-being: Pursuit of Happiness or Pleasure

2021 ◽  
pp. 1326365X2110037
Author(s):  
D. Guna Graciyal ◽  
Deepa Viswam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
Social Dysfunction ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Depth Interviews

Virtual engagement of lives has been made possible with the advent of social media. Almost 80% of the day are spent virtually on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, etc. Usage of social media to connect to and communicate with the ones we care about is always healthy, termed as social networking. Social dysfunction occurs when the constant communication leads to the point where our real or offline life gets replaced by virtual or online life. There is a slight boundary between social networking and social dysfunction. When social networking is advantageous, social dysfunction affects emotional well-being. When emotional well-being is affected, many users experience a compulsion to dissociate from the real world as they find virtual world, full of fantasy and enjoyment. When the Internet was created, perhaps no one was aware of its potential. More than the convenience for sharing of information it has brought the world so close to crumbling the geographical boundaries. The more people-to-people communication is, the more is the strengthening of relationships, bonds grow stronger with ‘more’ social media platforms. Being on ‘more’ social media platforms has become a benchmark for living amidst the younger generation. Either as an activity of happiness or as an activity of pleasure, users tend to use social media at varying levels. This paper aims to conceptualize the the intricacies of social media in young lives and to discern whether their association is happiness or pleasure activity. The research method of this paper has a mixed-methods research design combining data from structured survey with information outputs from in-depth interviews.

scholarly journals Relationship between access to information in social media and the substitution of technical/scientific knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e307101220125
Author(s):  
Carlos Henrique Pereira da Silva ◽  
Giovanna Hanike Santos da Silva ◽  
Ilk Ramos Guerra ◽  
Jesus da Silva Carvalho ◽  
Júlia Oliveira Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Internet Search ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
Search Terms ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Selection Of

Algorithms are increasingly used to streamline the internet search and search process, however, while facilitating this process, they can also influence people's health. Thus, it is necessary an approach about how this tool can negatively influence the well-being condition of individuals. A research was carried out in health databases, using inclusion and selection criteria for the selection of scientific articles. It was clear that the study of fluctuations in internet search terms is no longer restricted to Marketing, because large technological conglomerates already use the behavior of searches to "indicate" content to users. This expansion of territory is useful in the indication of cycles of collective interest driven mainly by the behavior of influencers, who, together with companies, promote the commodification of health and can negatively impact those who consume information. The algorithms present in social media have a negative impact on the lives of internet users. Partnerships between digital influencers and pharmaceuticals pose a risk to the health of lay individuals, as it encourages the consumption of products without medical supervision. Therefore, it is necessary that there be the continuation of scientific productions that address the doubts of users with understandable language, and thus address their questions with well-based information.

Social Media and the Psychosocial Well-Being of Youths in the Amathole District Municipality, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor Alvira Hendricks ◽  
Nkosiyazi Kanjiri
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Social Events ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

The use of social media in the rural areas of South Africa is growing, with the youth being the prominent users. The growth of social media has incited a growing knowledge about impending forthcoming social events. However, there are concerns about mental illness, such as depression, owing to the increase in social comparison. There is a lack of literature on the use of social media in rural areas. The aim of this study was thus to investigate the effects of social media on the psychosocial well-being of the youth in selected rural areas of the Eastern Cape. The study was conducted in the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Using a qualitative research approach, 30 youths from the Amathole District Municipality were purposively sampled. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and analysed using a thematic analysis. The findings revealed that using social media has a negative bearing on the psychosocial well-being of the youth owing to the discrepancies between appearance, reality and expectations. Some youths use social media as a means of recreation whereas some use social media as a networking method. The study concluded that the extensive use of social media among the youth can lead to comparison and ultimately depression and, therefore, recommended awareness campaigns on the good use of social media so the youth benefit rather than become victims.

scholarly journals News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511990033
Author(s):  
Andrea Miconi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
World War ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Blind Spots

The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants’ behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the diaspora. By mainly focusing on young users, we completed 44 in-depth interviews: 22 in-person interviews in Jordan; 13 in-person interviews in Lebanon; and 9 interviews with immigrant and refugees in Turkey via Skype (for logistical reasons). The article is dedicated to three different uses of social media: collecting news regarding the war in Syria; rediscovering lost ties after the diaspora; and finally, the so-called resettlement or the organization of a new life in host countries. As to the findings, immigrants have been shown to use social media for all purposes, but to a very different degree. In addition, and more interestingly, the results revealed some blind spots of digital sociability, such as the lack of credible sources and the Balkanization brought about by the so-called Web 2.0.

The social media see-saw: Positive and negative influences on adolescents’ affective well-being

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 3597-3623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relational Interactions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Depth Interviews

Social media use is nearly universal among US-based teens. How do daily interactions with social apps influence adolescents’ affective well-being? Survey self-reports ( n = 568) portray social media use as predominantly positive. Exploratory principal component analysis further indicates that positive and negative emotions form orthogonal response components. In-depth interviews with a sub-sample of youth ( n = 26), selected for maximum variation, reveal that affect experiences can be organized across four functional dimensions. Relational interactions contribute to both closeness and disconnection; self-expression facilitates affirmation alongside concern about others’ judgments; interest-driven exploration confers inspiration and distress; and browsing leads to entertainment and boredom, as well as admiration and envy. All interviewees describe positive and negative affect experiences across multiple dimensions. Analyses suggest the relationship between social technology usage and well-being—whether enhanced or degraded—is not confined to an “either/or” framework: the emotional see-saw of social media use is weighted by both positive and negative influences.

scholarly journals The Case of the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 231-257
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Depth Interviews

Connectedness is vital for health and well-being. Families with lower socioeconomic status and of racial and ethnic minority groups experience inequities in social connections compared to families with higher income and of White race in the United States. We aimed to understand how families in lower-income neighborhoods experienced social connectedness and isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and if and how political, economic, and other societal factors influenced social connectedness. We conducted in-depth interviews with nineteen caregivers of young children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Participants had a decreased sense of social connectedness to family and friends but also across all aspects of their lives. The current crisis has exacerbated preexisting societal conditions within the United States. We can learn from these caregivers how best to bolster social connectedness and disrupt social isolation.

scholarly journals Co-participatory multimodal intergenerational storytelling: Preschool children’s relationship with modality creating elder inclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879842110120
Author(s):  
Nettie Boivin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Multimodal Discourse Analysis ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Emotional Interaction ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Interactional Process ◽  
Globalized World

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted elderly people as a vulnerable and excluded community, and connecting to the younger social media generation requires a shift in intergenerational storytelling performance. Recent research on multimodality has emphasized its benefits for the interactional process in storytelling. This study examines three aspects of storytelling – participation, multimodality, and emotional interaction – and uses co-creation and multimodal discourse analysis to investigate two questions: (1) To what extent can intergenerational storytelling benefit older people’s community engagement? (2) In a globalized world, how do children’s relationships with modalities create new lifelong learning opportunities for elders? Qualitative data were collected from pre- and post-session discussions from six storytelling sessions, video recordings made by the participants, and multimodal artwork created by the children after each session. The results reveal (1) that older participants had to adapt their multimodal storytelling, (2) that children preferred co-participatory multimodal storytelling, and (3) that co-participatory multimodal intergenerational storytelling benefits preschool and elders’ well-being.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING IN LATER LIFE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S328-S329
Author(s):  
Kelly Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Learning

Abstract Social well-being is important to health, but maintaining social relations often becomes difficult in later life due to retirement, chronic disease, and the death of spouses and friends. Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter, present accessible and low cost communication technologies that are associated with enhanced feelings of social connection and reduced loneliness in younger age groups. This paper examines whether similar benefits might arise for adults at older ages. Using a four-week social media training workshop as a randomized, controlled wait-list intervention, this study examines whether social benefits are realized among a group of novice social media users, aged 65+. Measures of social well-being, including social capital, loneliness, social connectedness, and social provisions, were assessed at pre- and multiple post-test intervals for differences related to social media learning. Findings revealed only small differences between groups in one dimension of social connectedness, that of social integration. As these findings seemingly contradict studies conducted with younger persons, the contexts of social media use in older adulthood are discussed. These include the relevance of lower social media adoption rates, as well as influences that intersect with an older person’s life stage, such as gaps in network coverage on technological platforms, perceptions of the value of weak connections, and a reduced digital skills base. These additional factors are relevant to understanding disparity in the benefits that can be obtained through the use of social media and highlight the differing needs that social media fulfill at varying life stages.

Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 6184-6194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Mentor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
And Performance

The literature on social connectedness through mobile phone engagement reveals positive tacit opportunities. Mobile phone engagement hosts micro and macro opportunities to start and maintain a sense of social connectedness. Increasing a sense of social connectedness encourages healthier emotional well-being among people, reducing potential feelings of isolation and chances of faster recovery from illness. Mobile social media access, participation and messaging, be it face-to-face, peer-to-peer, group or virtual, through intentional and unintentional social connectedness, may aid the improvement and performance among workers, students and campaigns. Mobile engagement also offers possible improvement in performance and enhanced perceptions of emotional well-being. Engagement through social media networks, mostly accessed via mobile, including mobile gaming, or health monitoring, commenting or posting photos or short texts, increases the production and value of successful maintenance of reciprocal interpersonal relationships.

scholarly journals Studi Kasus: Addictive Media Sosial, Peer Acceptence dan Well Being pada Siswa Sekolah Dasar

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143
Author(s):  
Alifia Cahya Wicaksani ◽  
Ika Silfiana A. Khoiriyah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Peer Acceptance ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Students ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to determine the correlation of addictive social media, peer acceptence, and well-being in elementary school students.The method used in this research uses a mix method which is done quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative method is done by giving questionnaires from each variable and then carried out by statistical tests using product moment correlation analysis. For qualitative interviews were conducted with elementary school students at SDN 1 Rejosari with in-depth interviews to find the meaning obtained.The results showed that r1 = -0.205, r2 = 0, 233 and r3 = 0.378. In ri there is no significant relationship because p 0.005 but the closeness is negative -0.205 so there is no positive relationship between addictive social media with well-being, r2 shows there is a positive relationship between addictive social media with peer acceptance and r3 indicates a positive relationship between peer acceptence and well-being of elementary school students. In the case of elementary school students who cause addictive because it is closely related to peer friendship so it will connect to the level of well-being.

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