scholarly journals Regulating social media in Nigeria: A quantitative perception study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullateef Mohammed ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Media Regulation ◽  
Mixed Feelings ◽  
The University ◽  
Diverse Audience

The advent of social networks as Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, among others, has revolutionized communications. The power of social media messages rests on its ability to instantly and simultaneously reach a wide, diverse audience, and transforming social life. While the public has overtime become accustomed to the regulation of conventional media like the Radio, TV and Print establishments by government regulatory agencies, the idea of regulating social media, a space which many users consider to be the major avenue to air their views, is one that has generated mixed feelings. This study seeks to understand the perception of everyday Nigerian social media users towards government's attempt to regulation social media, amidst the recently proposed Social Media Regulation Bill by the Nigerian lawmakers. The respondents randomly selected for this study were the University of Abuja students and the researcher adopted the survey research design to collect information from the population through questionnaires. The findings indicated that despite respondents' awareness of the possible demerits of an unregulated social media, majority of them (54%) kick against the idea of social media regulation, while a substantial (46%) support the move on the provision that it is not politicized. The study therefore recommends transparency and openness on the part of government officials for better cooperation by the public. Keywords: Media regulation, Social media regulation, Free speech, Social media bill.

scholarly journals Understanding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk perceptions among the public to enhance risk communication efforts: a practical approach for outbreaks, Finland, February 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Leena Lohiniva ◽  
Jussi Sane ◽  
Katja Sibenberg ◽  
Taneli Puumalainen ◽  
Mika Salminen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Risk Magnitude

Understanding risk perceptions of the public is critical for risk communication. In February 2020, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare started collecting weekly qualitative data on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risk perception that informs risk communication efforts. The process is based on thematic analysis of emails and social media messages from the public and identifies factors linked to appraisal of risk magnitude, which are developed into risk communication recommendations together with health and communication experts.

The Manufactured Map, 1790–1830

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Brückner
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Social ◽  
Time Map ◽  
Diverse Audience

The symbolic and social value of maps changed irreversibly at the turn of the nineteenth century when Mathew Carey and John Melish introduced the business model of the manufactured map. During the decades spanning the 1790s and 1810s respectively, Carey and Melish revised the artisanal approach to mapmaking by assuming the role of the full-time map publisher who not only collected data from land surveyors and government officials but managed the labor of engravers, printers, plate suppliers, paper makers, map painters, shopkeepers, and itinerant salesmen. As professional map publishers, they adapted a sophisticated business model familiar in Europe but untested in America. This chapter documents the process of economic centralization and business integration critical to the social life of preindustrial maps and responsible for jump-starting a domestic map industry that catered to a growing and increasingly diverse audience.

Chinese Citizenry Social Media Pressures and Public Official Responses

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-181
Author(s):  
James Robert Masterson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Public Official ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Access Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
High Level

Widespread use of social media in China is a double edged sword: social media offers opportunities for the government to connect with society, gauge the opinion of citizens in the public domain, and allow citizens to voice their anger when necessary by blowing off steam online rather than in the streets. However, social media also allows citizens to access information outside of China much more rapidly and efficiently and to link up and communicate with other citizens much more quickly. Social media allows users to share texts, photos, and files, making it much more difficult for the government to control information and to thwart organizing for political purposes. In some instances, the use of social media has forced the Chinese government to take actions that it otherwise would not have done or to reverse actions or policies already set in place. The goal of this chapter is to illustrate the double-edged sword that social media poses to government officials in China, particularly high-level party officials in Beijing.

scholarly journals Smart Administration– Really? Why Not? Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jerzy Korczak
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Administration System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The University

AbstractIn an increasingly smarter world, where increasingly more areas of social life are encompassed by “smart solutions”, public administration cannot remain on the outside or in opposition to this process. The scholars of the Section of the Public Administration System at the Institute of Administrative Sciences of Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of Wrocław, have decided to devote a collective publication to the matter of smart administration. The articles comprising this volume present a rich array of topics related to the issue of smart administration, as each of the authors has chosen a different area of administrative activity.

scholarly journals English Writing Errors Committed by Saudi Students: A Study of Two Female University Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Islam Ababneh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Writing Errors

The main aim of this study is to highlight the writing errors made by Saudi students majoring in English. The study selected a sample of two groups of female Saudi students residing in two Saudi regions: Tabuk and Hafr Al Batin. The students were requested to write approximately three to four paragraphs about one of three topics related to Saudi Arabia: social media and its effects on Saudi social life, marriage customs in Saudi Arabia, or the economy of Saudi Arabia. In analyzing the collected writing data, the students’ writing errors were identified and classified into four categories: grammar type, syntax type, mechanics type, and lexical type errors. Then, the frequency and error percentages of each subcategory were calculated for both groups. The findings show that both groups produced most errors in the subcategory of spelling followed by tenses subcategory even though the students from the University of Hafr Al Batin made overall higher percentages of errors than the errors’ percentages made by the students from the University of Tabuk. Further investigation reveals that all students in both regions hardly practice English writing and that Arabic interference contributes to the students’ English writing errors. The findings also imply that the curricula specialists at the Saudi ministry of education might consider including more educational material to improve the English writing skills of Saudi university students.

scholarly journals Intra-party politics in 140 characters

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ceron
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Party Leader ◽  
Social Media Analysis ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Quantitative Text Analysis ◽  
Source Of Information

Scholars have emphasized the need to deepen investigation of intraparty politics. Recent studies look at social media as a source of information on the ideological preferences of politicians and political actors. In this regard, the present article tests whether social media messages published by politicians are a suitable source of data. It applies quantitative text analysis to the public statements released by politicians on social media in order to measure intraparty heterogeneity and assess its effects. Three different applications to the Italian case are discussed. Indeed, the content of messages posted online is informative on the ideological preferences of politicians and proved to be useful to understand intraparty dynamics. Intraparty divergences measured through social media analysis explain: (a) a politician’s choice to endorse one or another party leader, (b) a politician’s likelihood to switch off from his or her parliamentary party group; and (c) a politician’s probability to be appointed as a minister.

scholarly journals Utilização do Geoprocessamento para a Melhoria da Locomoção na Universidade

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
Elton Massahiro Saito Loures ◽  
Erick Eidy Osawa ◽  
Matheus Carnelutt Chafrão ◽  
Thais Cardoso da Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
State University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Communication Links ◽  
The University

ResumoAs Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação estão expandindo e influenciando a vida social, de modo que buscam auxiliar a aprendizagem colaborativa e proporcionar aos indivíduos a interação e produção em conjunto, permitindo com que o grupo possa transmitir ao público informações com o intuito de coadjuvar com determinadas necessidades e de fácil acesso. Grandes avanços têm ocorrido na aplicação de ferramentas computacionais de geoprocessamento, possibilitando ao público analisar e integrar dados de diversos locais com o uso de mapas, permitindo com que o usuário personalize com seus registros e possa compartilhar informações, elaborando e divulgando os seus próprios ao público pela internet. A fim de amenizar situações conflituosas, no que diz respeito à busca de determinados locais e fortalecer o conhecimento sobre a Universidade Estadual de Londrina, um site adaptado aos dispositivos móveis foi elaborado, utilizando ferramentas de desenvolvimento Web, com o intuito de unificar os novos meios de comunicação vinculados com o crescimento tecnológico informacional com a visibilidade e a acessibilidade da Universidade, ao passo que se amplia também a integração entre estudantes e visitantes das mediações, buscando orientar transeuntes e toda a comunidade universitária, que se deslocam por esta região na cidade de Londrina. Ademais, o projeto foi desenvolvido se pautando na utilidade pública, a fim de servir como uso comum e inerente ao cotidiano das pessoas, estimulando assim o desenvolvimento de novas propostas no que tange ao bem-estar coletivo. Palavras-chave: Conhecimento. Geoprocessamento. Locomoção. Tecnologia. Comunicação. AbstractInformation and communication technologies are expanding and influencing social life, so they seek to assist collaborative learning and provide individuals with interaction and production together, allowing the group to convey information to the public with the purpose of assisting with certain needs and easy access. Great advances have been made in the application of computational geoprocessing tools, allowing the public to analyze and integrate data from several locations with the use of maps, allowing the user to personalize with their records and to share information, elaborating and disseminating their own to the public through Internet. In order to alleviate conflicting situations regarding the search of certain places and to strengthen the knowledge about the State University of Londrina, a website adapted to mobile devices was elaborated, using web development tools, with the aim of unifying the new media communication links with the informational technological growth with the University visibility and accessibility, while also increasing the integration between students and visitors of mediations, seeking to guide passers-by and the entire university community that move through this region in the city of Londrina. In addition, the project was developed based on public utility, in order to serve as a common and inherent use of people's daily life, thus stimulating the development of new proposals regarding collective well-being. Keywords: Knowledge. Geoprocessing. Locomotion. Technology. Communication.

scholarly journals FATWA ABOUT SOCIAL INTERACTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PARADIGM OF ISLAMIC LEGAL PHILOSOPHY

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Athoillah Islamy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Legal Philosophy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Library Research

This study aims to find the paradigm of Islamic legal philosophy contained in the Fatwa of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) regarding guidelines for social interaction through social media. This type of research is qualitative research (library research). Data sources of this study is the Fatwa of MUI, No.24 of 2017 Concerning Law and Guidelines for Bermuamalah through Social Media and various relevant literature. The theory used in this research is the Maqasid Shariah theory. This study concludes that the Fatwa of MUI legal provisions that limit freedom of social interaction through social media are legal provisions in realizing the benefit of individuals (al-maslahat al-khassah) and the public (al-maslahat al-ammah) in the context of social life. To realize these two benefits, the five objectives of Islamic law (maqasid shari'ah al-khomsah), such as hifz al-nafs, hifz al-aql, hifz al-mal, hifz al-nasl can be manifested in various legal provisions of the fatwa of MUI which limits freedom of social interaction on social media. 

A Historic First

2021 ◽  
pp. 216-241
Author(s):  
Wilfredo Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
White Supremacist ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the nature, processes, and effects of Donald Trump's social media uses, Twitter in particular, to cyberbully individuals, groups, and organizations. Trump's discourse constitutes his role as a “cyberbully” and the “targets” of his attacks. Trump's social media discourse also illustrates how power, intimidation, and aggression are contextually situated within the relationship between the president and the public. The president's social media messages—which for historically marginalized groups such as women, nonwhites, and nonwhite immigrants constitute their everyday lived experiences—additionally function to preserve communication systems that keep those groups in marginalized positions within a white supremacist ideological framework. As a result, this discursive environment creates a form of “presidential cyberbullying” where the most influential person in the United States, and the world, consistently employs a modern communication technology not to uplift and unite, but to attack and aggress many of the people whom he is charged with serving.

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