scholarly journals Public Sphere Attitudes toward Rumor sources on COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Community Perceptions in Iran

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza banakar ◽  
Ahmad Kalateh Sadati ◽  
Leila Zarei ◽  
Saeed Shahabi ◽  
Kamran Bagheri Lankarani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
News Source ◽  
National Media ◽  
Foreign Media ◽  
The Government

Abstract Background: In the case of the COVID-19 outbreak, misinformation seems to travel far faster than the outbreak itself. This study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting individuals' attitudes toward rumor-producing media in Iran.Methods: An online survey was conducted in Iran in March 2020 on the source of trusted information and misinformation along with individuals' perception of the cause of misinformation propagation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The results showed that social media were considered as the primary rumor source from the perspective of a majority of the participants (59.3%). Lack of a reliable and formal news source was also introduced as the most common cause of a rumor formation by the participants (63.6%). To identify which media is the main source of rumors, the male participants who had high levels of education and were employed by the government proposed foreign media (P<0.01); however, the male participants aged 30-50 years with middle-income level believed that social media (P<0.01) were producing rumors. In this regard, the highly educated participants (P<0.001), government employees, and middle-income individuals (P<0.008) believed that national media produced rumors.Conclusion: Although these findings were obtained during the first encounter with the Corona pandemic, the authorities immediately introduced the national media as a reliable news source, which allowed the media and its journalists to reduce the gap between themselves and the public sphere. It is suggested that social networks and foreign media be more accountable in pandemics.

scholarly journals Public sphere attitudes toward rumor sources on COVID-19 epidemics: Evidence from community perceptions in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Banakar ◽  
Ahmad Kalateh Sadati ◽  
Leila Zarei ◽  
Saeed Shahabi ◽  
Seyed Taghi Heydari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Government Employees ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
National Media ◽  
Foreign Media ◽  
The Government

Abstract Background Advancements in technology had raised a variety of information circulation methods. In the case of the COVID-19 outbreak, misinformation seems to travel far faster than the outbreak itself. Misleading rumors are double-edged swords arousing fear and panic on the one side and a reduction in commitment to sanitary measures and induction of wrongdoing on the other side, leading to the disruption of the mitigation measures to tackle with the pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting individuals’ attitudes toward rumor-producing media in Iran. Methods An online survey was conducted in Iran in March 2020 on the source of trusted information and misinformation along with individuals’ perception of the cause of misinformation propagation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results The results showed that social media were considered as the primary rumor source from the perspective of a majority of the participants (59.3%). Lack of a reliable and formal news source was also introduced as the most common cause of a rumor formation by the participants (63.6%). To identify which media is the main source of rumors, the male participants who had high levels of education and were employed by the government proposed foreign media (P < 0.01); however, the male participants aged 30–50 years with middle income level believed that social media (P < 0.01) were producing rumors. In this regard, the high educated participants (P < 0.001), government employees, and middle-income individuals (P < 0.008) believed that national media produced rumors. In addition, the high-educated individuals (P = 0.002) and government employees (P = 0.009) mentioned that national media produced rumors. Conclusion Although these findings were obtained during the first encounter with the Corona epidemic, the authorities immediately introduced the national media as a source of reliable news, which allowed the media and its journalists to reduce the gap between themselves and public sphere. It is suggested that social networks and foreign media be more accountable in epidemics.

scholarly journals Public sphere attitudes towards the rumor sources of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from community perceptions in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Banakar ◽  
Ahmad Kalateh Sadati ◽  
Leila Zarei ◽  
Saeed Shahabi ◽  
Seyed Taghi Heydari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
National Media ◽  
Foreign Media ◽  
The Public Sphere

Abstract Background In the COVID-19 pandemic, rumors travel far faster than the outbreak itself. The current study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting the attitudes of individuals towards the rumors-producing media in Iran. Methods An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in Iran in March 2020 on the source of information and rumors, along with the perception of individuals regarding the reasons for rumors propagation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Results showed that the majority of the participants (59.3%) believed that social media were the main source of rumors. The lack of a reliable and formal news resource was also considered the most common cause of rumoring by the participants (63.6%). An evaluation was carried out to identify the main source of misinformation and rumors. Results showed that Retired participants considered foreign media (P < 0.001) as the main resource. The middle-income level participants believed that social media (P < 0.001) were the main source. In this regard, the highly educated participants (P < 0.001), government employees, and middle-income individuals (P = 0.008) believed that national media produced rumors. Conclusion Although findings were achieved during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities immediately introduced the national media as a reliable news resource, which allowed both media and its journalists to reduce the gap between themselves and the public sphere. It was suggested that social networks and foreign media be more accountable in pandemics.

P–476 Women’s attitudes to having children: A mixed-methods study using an online questionnaire of women aged 25–45 years old

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Harper ◽  
J S Botero-Meneses
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Female Fertility ◽  
University Education ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Desired Family Size

Abstract Study question What are women’s attitudes to having children including their ideal age to have children, factors affecting their decision and their understanding of female fertility? Summary answer The average age women wanted to have children was age 30, with most still developing their career. They showed a good knowledge of fertility awareness. What is known already Women globally are delaying the birth of their first child, with the average age of first birth approaching age 32 in some countries. The fertility rate stands at 1.3 in several European Union countries. Some people are not having the desired family size or are childless by circumstance. We need to ensure we provide fertility education from school-age onwards. Study design, size, duration We conducted an anonymous, online survey of multiple choice and open-ended questions using Qualtrics software. The survey was live for 32 days from May 15th, 2020 to June 16th, 2020 and was promoted using social media. A mixed-method approach was used to analyse quantitative and qualitative data. Participants/materials, setting, methods A total of 922 women from 44 countries participated in the survey. After filtering out women who did not consent and those who did not want to have children, a total of 834 responses remained. Elimination of blank surveys or insufficient data resulted in a final number of 667 responses. Main results and the role of chance The mean age of the respondents was 31.3 (±4.76). The majority were white British (347/667, 52%) and heterosexual (614/667, 92.0%). A high proportion had a university education (195/667, 29%) or postgraduate education (392/667, 59%). The majority were married/in a civil partnership (223/667, 33%) or cohabitating (215/667, 32%). 135/667 (20%) were single and never married. When asked ‘In an ideal world, at what age approximately would you like to have had or have children? a normal distribution was observed with a mean age of 30.2 (±3.2). When asked ‘What factors have led you to decide on that particular age?’ the most frequent choice was “I am developing my career”, followed by “I am not financially ready.” Women were asked how informed they felt about fertility. The majority of women said they felt moderately informed (60%, 400/667), very informed (28%, 190/667), or they were not informed at all (12%, 77 /667). Most women thought female fertility decline starts at age 35 (32.8%, 219/667). To the question “What is the oldest age at which women can get pregnant?” almost 70% of women (465/667) believed the oldest age to be between 40–49 and 24%, (160/667) said over 50. Limitations, reasons for caution All surveys have a selection bias. The survey was only promoted on social media. As the survey was in English, the women who answered the survey were mainly UK residents who were highly educated. Wider implications of the findings: In a group of highly educated women, age 30 was the most common age for wanting a child but career development and finances are the main reasons affecting their decision. These women had some understanding of female fertility. Global fertility education is essential to ensure people make informed reproductive choices. Trial registration number NA

scholarly journals Menilik Aplikasi Qlue Jakarta Smart City: Dinamika Transformasi Khalayak dalam Perspektif Ruang Publik

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Ratih Frayunita Sari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cultural Lag ◽  
The Government

New media brings its own challenges to the concept of audiences and penetrates the immersion membrane of sociographic and psychographic audiences that were previously fenced off by constraints on conventional media. Technological developments also utilized by the government of DKI Jakarta by adopting Jakarta Smart City Concept by launching Qlue as a social media application. This paper will discuss Qlue as an interactive social media application and elaborate on how the acceleration of Qlue changes the interactivity of the public and becomes a public sphere for the citizens of DKI Jakarta, furthermore how the tendency of the dynamics of the implementation of Qlue. First, this paper will explain the development and mobile internet that dominates in Indonesia. Second, how approach of Media Ecology Theory sees the presence of Qlue affecting everyday human life. Third Qlue offers as a new social media for the citizens of DKI so as to change the characteristics, dimensions of the audience, and information flows. In the fourth section it will explain the Qlue as the approach of public space perspective and the fifth will highlight the dynamics of Qlue versus cultural lag potential in society. However there are still many factors affecting the implementation of Qlue, because society towards smart city which must be smart society.  Keywords: new media, Qlue, smart city,media convergence, public sphere, cultural lag   ABSTRAK Media baru membawa tantangan tersendiri pada konsep audiensi dan menembus membran imersi penonton sosiografi dan psikografis yang sebelumnya dipagari oleh kendala pada media konvensional. Perkembangan teknologi juga dimanfaatkan oleh pemerintah DKI Jakarta dengan mengadopsi Jakarta Smart City Concept dengan meluncurkan Qlue sebagai aplikasi media sosial. Penelitian ini akan membahas Qlue sebagai aplikasi sosial media interaktif dan menguraikan tentang bagaimana percepatan Qlue mengubah interaktivitas publik dan menjadi ruang publik bagi warga DKI Jakarta, lebih jauh bagaimana kecenderungan dinamika pelaksanaan Qlue. Pertama, tulisan ini akan menjelaskan perkembangan dan mobile internet yang mendominasi di Indonesia. Kedua, bagaimana pendekatan Teori Ekologi Media melihat keberadaan Qlue mempengaruhi kehidupan manusia sehari-hari. Qlue Ketiga menawarkan sebagai media sosial baru bagi warga DKI sehingga dapat mengubah karakteristik, dimensi audiens, dan arus informasi. Pada bagian keempat ini akan menjelaskan Qlue sebagai pendekatan perspektif ruang publik dan kelima akan menyoroti dinamika Qlue versus potensi ketertinggalan budaya dalam masyarakat. Namun masih banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi pelaksanaan Qlue, karena masyarakat menuju kota pintar yang harus cerdas masyarakat Kata Kunci: media baru, qlue, smart city, konvergensi media, ruang publik, ketertinggalan budaya  

scholarly journals Psychological Factors Affecting Risk Perception of COVID-19: Evidence from Peru and China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6513
Author(s):  
Fredy S. Monge-Rodríguez ◽  
He Jiang ◽  
Liwei Zhang ◽  
Andy Alvarado-Yepez ◽  
Anahí Cardona-Rivero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Health Field

COVID-19 has spread around the world, causing a global pandemic, and to date is impacting in various ways in both developed and developing countries. We know that the spread of this virus is through people’s behavior despite the perceived risks. Risk perception plays an important role in decision-making to prevent infection. Using data from the online survey of participants in Peru and China (N = 1594), data were collected between 8 July 31 and August 2020. We found that levels of risk perception are relatively moderate, but higher in Peru compared to China. In both countries, anxiety, threat perception, self-confidence, and sex were found to be significant predictors of risk perception; however, trust in the information received by government and experts was significant only in Peru, whereas self-confidence had a significant negative effect only for China. Risk communication should be implemented through information programs aimed at reducing anxiety and improving self-confidence, taking into consideration gender differences. In addition, the information generated by the government should be based on empirical sources. Finally, the implications for effective risk communication and its impacts on the health field are discussed.

An Experimental Study of Spammer Detection on Chinese Microblogs

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (11n12) ◽  
pp. 1759-1777
Author(s):  
Jialing Liang ◽  
Peiquan Jin ◽  
Lin Mu ◽  
Jie Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Social Media ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Real Data ◽  
User Profile ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Sina Weibo ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hot Event

With the development of Web 2.0, social media such as Twitter and Sina Weibo have become an essential platform for disseminating hot events. Simultaneously, due to the free policy of microblogging services, users can post user-generated content freely on microblogging platforms. Accordingly, more and more hot events on microblogging platforms have been labeled as spammers. Spammers will not only hurt the healthy development of social media but also introduce many economic and social problems. Therefore, the government and enterprises must distinguish whether a hot event on microblogging platforms is a spammer or is a naturally-developing event. In this paper, we focus on the hot event list on Sina Weibo and collect the relevant microblogs of each hot event to study the detecting methods of spammers. Notably, we develop an integral feature set consisting of user profile, user behavior, and user relationships to reflect various factors affecting the detection of spammers. Then, we employ typical machine learning methods to conduct extensive experiments on detecting spammers. We use a real data set crawled from the most prominent Chinese microblogging platform, Sina Weibo, and evaluate the performance of 10 machine learning models with five sampling methods. The results in terms of various metrics show that the Random Forest model and the over-sampling method achieve the best accuracy in detecting spammers and non-spammers.

scholarly journals Identifying the factors affecting in the Intentions to continue using of the government social media

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (98) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
عبد العظيم دريفش جبار ◽  
قاسم متعب جلود
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government

المستخلص: تسارعت وتيرة إنشاء منظمات القطاع العام في العالم لمواقع خاصة بها لتكون نافذتها تطل من خلالها على جمهورها، وتترجم بواسطتها ما يجول في خاطرهم وتحويلها الى أفعال تلبي احتياجاتهم المتغيرة على الدوام ولم تكن المنظمات العراقية خارج المألوف. لذلك، أصبح البحث في اشباع هذه الاحتياجات ضرورة ملحة لمسايرة تلك الاحتياجات ولضـمان تفاعلهم معها الذي يعد حيويا لاستمرار رخاء مواقع المنظمات المعنية وازدهارها. ولذلك، جاء البحث الحالي محاولا الخوض في هذه الناحية مرتكزا على نظرية الاشباعات والاستخدامات واطار الفرد     المثير    الاستجابة. ولغرض الوصول الى مبتغاهما، طور الباحثان استبانة مصممة لهذا الغرض انتخبت عينة البحث ابعادها المستقلة الخمس التي تشكل الاشباعات المرغوبة من المواقع المعنية، واستمد المتغيرين الوسيطين من ادب أنظمة المعلومات، ورسم المتغير التابع ليلبي متطلبات البحث. وتضمنت ثمان ابعاد فسرتها ست وعشرين فقرة، استخدم مقياس خماسي الابعاد واختبرت صدقها وثباتها على وفق ما هو معمول به. كشفت النتائج عن قدرة المقياس على أداء المهمة المصمم لها وبينت ان عينة البحث التي تكونت من 152 طالبا من طلبة كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد في جامعة ذي قار ان زيارتهم لمواقع التواصل الاجتماعي الحكومية المنظمات الحكومية للحصول على المعلومات واستهلاك محتواها وبفعل تأثير الشبكة والتفاعل الاجتماعي اقترنت بخبرة التدفق، وان العوامل متقدمة الذكر مضاف اليها التعبير عن الذات مستبعدا منها التفاعل الاجتماعي تلازم الشعور بالانتماء. وأوضحت النتائج أيضا ان جميع المتغيرات المستقلة التي تمثل عوامل الإشباع والوسيطة التي تمثل الحالة الداخلية أثرت معنويا في المتغير التابع (النوايا) باستثناء التعبير عن الذات. اختتم البحث بأهم الاستنتاجات التي افرزتها القراءة النظرية وما استمد من الجوانب الميدانية، وأوصى المهتمين بإدارة أنظمة المعلومات والمستخدمين بما يساعد على توجيه مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي الحكومية وجعلها مثار استقطاب المستخدمين الفاعلين لضمان رخائها.

Social Media and Marriage Equality in Australia: The Media Roles in the Public Sphere and the Agenda-Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yuhanyin Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Public Sphere

<p align="justify">Marriage equality or the equal status of same-sex marriage has undergone a rather tough road in Australia, involving diverging opinions in parties at the state and federal levels and constitutional amendments. It appears that people in power set the agenda on the legalization of same-sex marriage. However, it cannot be denied that social media played an almost decisive role in this process because it enabled the gathering of massive public opinion to pressure the government to make changes. To be specific, social media or social networking sites offered platforms for people concerned to share reports about the progress of foreign countries in legalizing same-sex marriage, to express their opinions and to launch campaigns in support of their beliefs. This essay explores the role that social media played in the legalization of marriage equality movement in Australia from the perspectives of the public sphere theory and the agenda-setting theory.</p>

scholarly journals Understanding user satisfaction with Chinese government social media platforms

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Yang ◽  
◽  
Shan Zhao ◽  
Wenyong Li ◽  
Richard Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government

Introduction. The purpose of this paper is to understand government social media from the perspective of user satisfaction and to evaluate it in the context of presentation, content and utility of the government affairs' microblogs in China. Method. Based on the comprehensive information theory, this study will generalise descriptions about the factors affecting the user satisfaction in the existing research. Analysis. Taking Chinese government affairs microblogs as examples, the paper utilises structural equation modelling to analyse an online survey study. Results. Its result indicates that presentation, content and utility have a positive influence on user satisfaction with Chinese government social media platforms. Conclusions. This study gets rid of the oversimplified description of the application of government social media, and could provide policy reference for subsequent adoption strategies of government social media.

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERCEPTION OF PHOTOGENIC QUALITY IN PUBLIC SPACES; Insights from Arcade Independence Square, Colombo

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.G.S. De Silva ◽  
◽  
A.A. Hettiarachchi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Neutral Group ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Visual Elements ◽  
User Groups ◽  
The Government

Photography having one less dimension than Architecture, is one of the main elements of modern-day public user. With the growth of social media, the influence of media on the daily tasks of the average user has increased exponentially in the last decade. This study analysed the perception of public spaces in this new context of photography and social media, in relation to the photogenic quality of a space. The identification of reasons behind the perception of photogenic quality in public places would help both the designers and the government administration to create better public spaces. The study was executed with reference to three selected spaces of the Arcade Independence Square in Colombo considering 3 user groups ( n=94 ) selected based on their knowledge base namely; architecture, photography and a neutral group from general public adopting an online questionnaire survey. The findings identified visual elements of the space/composition as the significant reason behind the perception of the photogenic quality of a space followed by cultural influence and social media.

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