scholarly journals Perceptions of Food Hypersensitivity Expertise on Social Media: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard James Thomas Hamshaw ◽  
Julie Barnett ◽  
Jeff Gavin ◽  
Jane S Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Food Hypersensitivity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Professional Background ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Seeking and sharing information are the primary uses of the internet and social media. It is therefore vital to understand the processes individuals go through when engaging with information on these diverse platforms, especially in areas such as health- and risk-related information. One important element of such engagement is evaluating and attributing expertise to others. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore how meanings around expertise in relation to food allergy and intolerance (food hypersensitivity) were constructed by 2 groups of social media users: (1) those who use platforms for reasons relating to food hypersensitivity and (2) those seen as experts by this community. METHODS Survey participants were asked open-ended questions to identify potential experts in food hypersensitivity issues on social media and to discuss their reasoning for their choices (n=143). Subsequently, 8 adult social media users with experience of managing food hypersensitivity and 5 participants designated as experts by those users took part in email interviews. Survey and interview data were analyzed thematically using Braun and Clarke’s approach. RESULTS Judging expertise on social media is a complex and multifaceted process. Users might be judged as experts through their professional background or their experience living with food hypersensitivities. How users behave on social media and the traces of their Web-based activity can influence how others will see them. Such considerations are both measured and moderated through the social media community itself. Findings highlighted how social media often act as a supportive information tool following a diagnosis, but this also raised concerns regarding the scenario of patients not being able to access suitable vetted information. CONCLUSIONS This work has implications for understanding how users perceive expertise on social media in relation to a health concern and how information assessments are made during the management of risks. Findings provide practical insights to both medical and organizational stakeholders involved in the support of those living with life-changing conditions, such as food hypersensitivities.

scholarly journals The therapeutic itinerary of health workers diagnosed with COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Faria da Silva ◽  
Emília Gallindo Cursino ◽  
Euzeli da Silva Brandão ◽  
Fernanda Garcia Bezerra Góes ◽  
Jéssica Renata Bastos Depiant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Hierarchical Classification ◽  
Active Search ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health Field ◽  
At Home

Objective: to analyze the therapeutic itinerary of health workers diagnosed with COVID-19. Method: qualitative study conducted with 132 health workers diagnosed with COVID-19. Data were collected using a semi-structured form sent through the social media and processed with the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, according to the Descending Hierarchical Classification. Results: the participants included 116 women and 16 men with 14 different professions within the health field. Five classes of excerpts emerged from the text, revealing the therapeutic itinerary from the onset of symptoms, up to referrals for testing and confirming COVID-19. Additionally, the aspects that facilitated or hindered access to testing in healthcare units were identified, in addition to misinformation and the need for workers to pay for the tests to obtain a diagnosis. Conclusion: this study’s results show the difficulties health workers experienced to access the tests and related information and the delay in accessing the results and obtaining a sick leave to remain in isolation at home. The health workers who did not get support in terms of management and monitoring from the facilities where they worked adopted an active search.

Using Social Media to Understand Public Perceptions of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Tian ◽  
Christy Gaines ◽  
Lori Launi ◽  
Ana Pomales ◽  
Germaine Vazquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

BACKGROUND Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmental contaminants that have received significant public attention. PFAS are a large group of human-made chemicals that have been used in industry and consumer products worldwide since the 1950s. Human exposure to PFAS is a growing public health concern. Studies suggest that exposure to PFAS may increase risk for some cancers and have negative health impacts on endocrine, metabolic, and immune systems. Federal and state health partners are investigating exposure to and possible health effects associated with PFAS. Government agencies can observe social media discourse on PFAS to better understand public concerns and develop targeted communication and outreach efforts. OBJECTIVE The primary objective is to understand how social media is used to share, disseminate, and engage in public discussions of PFAS-related information in the United States. METHODS We investigated PFAS-related content across two social media platforms between 5/1/2017 and 4/30/2019 to identify how the social media is used in the U.S. to seek and disseminate PFAS-related information. Our key variable of interest was posts that mentioned “PFAS,” “PFOA,” “PFOS,” and their hashtag variations across social media platforms. Additional variables included post-type, time, PFAS-event, and geographic location. We examined term-use and post-type differences across platforms. We used descriptive statistics and regression analysis to assess the incidences of PFAS discussions and to identify time, event, and geographic patterns. We qualitatively analyzed social media content to determine the most prevalent themes discussed on social media platforms. RESULTS Our analysis revealed Twitter had a significantly greater volume of PFAS-related posts compared to Reddit (98,264 vs 3,126 posts, respectively). PFAS-related social media posts increased 670% over 2 years, indicating a marked increase in the social media users’ interest and awareness of PFAS. Active engagement varied across platforms, with Reddit posts demonstrating more in-depth discussions compared to passive likes and reposts among Twitter users. Spikes in PFAS discussions were evident and connected to discovery of contamination events, media coverage, and scientific publications. Thematic analysis revealed that the social media users see PFAS as a significant public health concern, harbors skepticism of some existing PFAS information sources, and seeks a trusted source of information about PFAS-related public health efforts. CONCLUSIONS The analysis identified a prevalent theme—on the social media, PFAS are perceived as an immediate public health concern and demonstrates a growing sense of urgency to understand this emerging contaminant and its potential health impacts. Government agencies can continue using social media research to better understand the changing community sentiment on PFAS and disseminate targeted PFAS-related scientific information, then use social media as a forum for dispelling misinformation, communicating scientific findings, and providing resources for relevant public health services.

scholarly journals Handling Twitter using .Net MVC in C#

2019 ◽  
pp. 581-585
Author(s):  
Sneha. S. Jain ◽  
Sachin. S. Bhosle ◽  
Vinayak. I. Pujari
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Related Information ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
The One ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Media Applications

The world is growing fast with the technology. Due to the use of information technology is increased; every activity may have to perform on the computers. The one roof covers the huge activities in the information technology. The internet has bounded the core group of people. There are the people are using social media to connect with the people in the entire world. The Social media is used to viral messages over the internet. As the social media playing the very important role in accessing and providing the related information. There are many sources of social media which are used to communication on the internet. In that Twitter, YouTube, Whatsapp, Facebook etc. are the common using applications which people are using for communicate over the internet. These application can operated from the another applications through computer. Some social media applications provide the developer tool to perform such development operations.

scholarly journals INTERNET-CORPORA FOR FINNO-UGRIC LANGUAGES OF RUSSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 528-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timofei Aleksandrovich Arkhangelskii
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Digital Language

Digital language corpora have long become one of the most important tools in linguistic research; a new methodological approach, known as corpus linguistics, has been based on corpora. While comprehensive corpora exist for the major European Uralic languages (Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian), the smaller Uralic languages of Russia did not have comparable resources until recently. In this paper, I present digital corpora recently developed for the largest Uralic languages of Russia: Udmurt, Komi-Zyrian, Meadow Mari, Erzya and Moksha. The corpora comprise digital texts available on the internet, which were collected and processed by the author. Two corpora were created for each language: a social media corpus and a non-social-media (“main”) corpus. Both kinds of texts were automatically morphologically analyzed; the social media texts were additionally filtered and anonymized. I will outline the development process of these corpora, as well as present their features and possible applications. All corpora described in the paper are equipped with a web-based user interface and are publicly available at http://volgakama.web-corpora.net/.

scholarly journals Quantifying Media Effects, Its Content, and Role in Promoting Community Awareness of Chikungunya Epidemic in Bangladesh

Epidemiologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-94
Author(s):  
Mst. Marium Begum ◽  
Osman Ulvi ◽  
Ajlina Karamehic-Muratovic ◽  
Mallory R. Walsh ◽  
Hasan Tarek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Media Outlet ◽  
And Control

Background: Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease, mostly present in tropical and subtropical regions. The virus is spread by Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitos and symptoms include high fever to severe joint pain. Dhaka, Bangladesh, suffered an outbreak of chikungunya in 2017 lasting from April to September. With the goal of reducing cases, social media was at the forefront during this outbreak and educated the public about symptoms, prevention, and control of the virus. Popular web-based sources such as the top dailies in Bangladesh, local news outlets, and Facebook spread awareness of the outbreak. Objective: This study sought to investigate the role of social and mainstream media during the chikungunya epidemic. The study objective was to determine if social media can improve awareness of and practice associated with reducing cases of chikungunya. Methods: We collected chikungunya-related information circulated from the top nine television channels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, airing from 1st April–20th August 2017. All the news published in the top six dailies in Bangladesh were also compiled. The 50 most viewed chikungunya-related Bengali videos were manually coded and analyzed. Other social media outlets, such as Facebook, were also analyzed to determine the number of chikungunya-related posts and responses to these posts. Results: Our study showed that media outlets were associated with reducing cases of chikungunya, indicating that media has the potential to impact future outbreaks of these alpha viruses. Each media outlet (e.g., web, television) had an impact on the human response to an individual’s healthcare during this outbreak. Conclusions: To prevent future outbreaks of chikungunya, media outlets and social media can be used to educate the public regarding prevention strategies such as encouraging safe travel, removing stagnant water sources, and assisting with tracking cases globally to determine where future outbreaks may occur.

scholarly journals Social Media Activities and Its Influence on Customer-Brand Relationship: An Empirical Study of Apparel Retailers’ Activity in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-617
Author(s):  
Sukanya Sharma ◽  
Saumya Singh ◽  
Fedric Kujur ◽  
Gairik Das
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Brand Relationship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Relationship

In this digital era, the internet, and Social Media (SM) has had a radical impact on the shopping behavior of “costumers” The SM provides a platform where “costumers” are exposed to the best product with the best price along with reviews and opinions about the merchandise. So, we can turn our heads and look at a brand in a way as if the brand is speaking to us. This study was an attempt to explore the Social Media Marketing Activities (SMMA) that are being used for the marketing of fashionable products like apparel and to what level the SMMA activities of brands truly strengthen the relationship with customers and motivate purchase intention. Moreover, SMMA has a robust application in developing a marketing strategy for business. It has become a significant tool that collaborates with businesses and people. It is concluded that the “costumer”-brand relationship does have a positive and statistically significant impact on consumers’ purchase intention through SM.

scholarly journals Agent Based Model of Anti-Vaccination Movements: Simulations and Comparison with Empirical Data

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 809
Author(s):  
Pawel Sobkowicz ◽  
Antoni Sobkowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Critical Parameters ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
The Internet ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Nonlinear Feedback ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Linear Processes ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The Social

Background: A realistic description of the social processes leading to the increasing reluctance to various forms of vaccination is a very challenging task. This is due to the complexity of the psychological and social mechanisms determining the positioning of individuals and groups against vaccination and associated activities. Understanding the role played by social media and the Internet in the current spread of the anti-vaccination (AV) movement is of crucial importance. Methods: We present novel, long-term Big Data analyses of Internet activity connected with the AV movement for such different societies as the US and Poland. The datasets we analyzed cover multiyear periods preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting the behavior of vaccine related Internet activity with high temporal resolution. To understand the empirical observations, in particular the mechanism driving the peaks of AV activity, we propose an Agent Based Model (ABM) of the AV movement. The model includes the interplay between multiple driving factors: contacts with medical practitioners and public vaccination campaigns, interpersonal communication, and the influence of the infosphere (social networks, WEB pages, user comments, etc.). The model takes into account the difference between the rational approach of the pro-vaccination information providers and the largely emotional appeal of anti-vaccination propaganda. Results: The datasets studied show the presence of short-lived, high intensity activity peaks, much higher than the low activity background. The peaks are seemingly random in size and time separation. Such behavior strongly suggests a nonlinear nature for the social interactions driving the AV movement instead of the slow, gradual growth typical of linear processes. The ABM simulations reproduce the observed temporal behavior of the AV interest very closely. For a range of parameters, the simulations result in a relatively small fraction of people refusing vaccination, but a slight change in critical parameters (such as willingness to post anti-vaccination information) may lead to a catastrophic breakdown of vaccination support in the model society, due to nonlinear feedback effects. The model allows the effectiveness of strategies combating the anti-vaccination movement to be studied. An increase in intensity of standard pro-vaccination communications by government agencies and medical personnel is found to have little effect. On the other hand, focused campaigns using the Internet and social media and copying the highly emotional and narrative-focused format used by the anti-vaccination activists can diminish the AV influence. Similar effects result from censoring and taking down anti-vaccination communications by social media platforms. The benefit of such tactics might, however, be offset by their social cost, for example, the increased polarization and potential to exploit it for political goals, or increased ‘persecution’ and ‘martyrdom’ tropes.

#GomorraLaSerie: Converging audience and enhanced authorship on twenty-first-century Italian screens

Modern Italy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierluigi Erbaggio
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
First Century ◽  
Social Media Platform ◽  
Screen Viewing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Platform

Based on Roberto Saviano's book Gomorra (2006), production of the TV series Gomorra – La serie (2014) was met with scepticism as many feared it would glamorise organised crime and, consequently, attract young people toward Camorra affiliation. The series' bleak portrayal of criminals and criminality was offered as a response to such concerns. Despite the preoccupations, Gomorra – La serie was hugely successful and, because of its quality, was sold to other countries. In Italy, the series' success can be measured by the popularity of its Twitter hashtag #GomorraLaSerie. Engaged with Henry Jenkins' theories of media convergence and based on a corpus of tweets bearing this official hashtag, this article proposes a quantitative analysis and advances conclusions regarding the Italian TV audience and second-screen viewing practices. Additionally, through a qualitative study of Saviano's tweets about the series, it examines the writer's use of the social media platform as a tool of narrative continuity. Finally, the article highlights a few examples of fan-generated media and concludes with remarks regarding Saviano's problematic position at the centre of a transmedia object.

scholarly journals Not Just a Headache: Qualitative Study About Web-Based Self-Presentation and Social Media Use by People With Migraine

10.2196/10479 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. e10479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Pearson ◽  
Rosanna Swindale ◽  
Peter Keighley ◽  
Alison Ruth McKinlay ◽  
Leone Ridsdale
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Self Presentation

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA IN A CONTENT COURSE FOR THE DIGITAL NATIVES

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Anita Lie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The Media

Digital technologies and the Internet have revolutionized the way people gather information and acquire new knowledge. With a click of a button or a touch on the screen, any person who is wired to the internet can access a wealth of information, ranging from books, poems, articles, graphics, animations and so much more. It is imperative that educational systems and classroom practices must change to serve our 21st century students better. This study examines the use of Edmodo as a social media to teach a course in Pedagogy to a class of digital natives. The media is used as an out-of-class communication forum to post/submit assignments and resources, discuss relevant issues, exchange information, and handle housekeeping purposes. A survey of students' responses and discussions on their participatory process leads to insights on how the social media helps achieve the required competences.

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