scholarly journals Social media usage among pre-service secondary mathematics teachers in Zambia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-147
Author(s):  
Eddie Mumba Mulenga ◽  
José María Marbàn
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Survey System ◽  
And Gender ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Social media technologies have reshaped our lives today and Zambian teachers do a massive use of smart phones, tablets, and other portable tools. In addition, they are continually searching for forefront innovations. Frequently, the utilization of these gadgets is not in manners foreseen by innovation advocates. This study focuses on exploring the use of social media platforms and the impact of such social networking services in the teaching and learning of mathematics by pre-service teachers. To explore pre-service teachers’ use of social media in their teaching and learning experiences, the authors administered an adapted and validated research instrument via a quantitative survey system to a sample of 102 pre-service teachers from the Copperbelt University. Analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis were used to test the interplay of relationships between pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards the use of social media based on year of study and gender, social media use and classroom integration, social media use, and mathematics pedagogy. Further, a statistical test was run to show whether positive correlations existed or not. Results disclosed that respondents showed an average use of social media tools in mathematics and provide a prediction model for pre-service teachers’ future integration of social media in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

scholarly journals The impact of social media on young web users’ psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic progression

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (39) ◽  
pp. 50-61
Author(s):  
Alisar Hudimova ◽  
Ihor Popovych ◽  
Vita Baidyk ◽  
Olena Buriak ◽  
Olha Kechyk
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Aim. The present study empirically investigates and theoretically substantiates the results of the impact of social media on young web-users’ psychological well-being during the forced self-isolation caused by the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic (N = 254). Materials and methods. Standardized valid psycho-diagnostic methods, the author’s questionnaire (A. Hudimova, 2021), correlation and factor analyses were used to identify young web users’ patterns of social media involvement during the forced self-isolation. Results. The results show that during the global COVID-19 pandemic, young web users give preference for passive social media use rather than for communication. The obtained results showed an expansion in the time spent via social media by young web users. It was found that the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by the participants’ experience of negative emotions and fears of the unknown (r = .204; p <.01). It is substantiated that increasing immersion of young web users in social media is a kind of strategy to escape from bad thoughts (r = .271; p <.01). Significantly, it is stated that uncontrolled use of social media causes sleep disorders during isolation (r = .444; p <.01). Conclusions. The study proves that young people spend almost all day online due to the obsessive pattern of social media involvement and/or procrastination, which often provokes withdrawal syndrome upon the attempt to distract from them. The lack of controlled time spending on social media during self-isolation provokes an exacerbation of anxiety, apathy, depressed mood, and a sense of isolation from social reality. The obtained results provide evidence that the causal relations of passive social media use provoke an exacerbation of feelings of alienation, disrupt the healthy rhythm of sleep, and psychological state of young web-users during the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The gratifications in the experience of the use of social media and its impact on the purchase and repurchase of products and services

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-315
Author(s):  
Maria Santos Corrada ◽  
Jose A. Flecha ◽  
Evelyn Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Search ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of social media and its impact on information search, communication with a company, and purchase and re-purchases of products and services. Using use and gratification theory as a starting point, it also examines the impact of satisfaction of use of social media in the process of purchasing and re-purchasing products and services. Design/methodology/approach An online survey was conducted with 444 participants, and the data were analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling technique to observe the effects between the variables of social media use, search information, communication with the company, purchase, re-purchase and satisfaction of use of social media. Findings The results reflect how the use of social media generates significant rewards that significantly impact the search for information and the communication with the company. The data also show how communication with the company has an impact on the purchase and re-purchase of products and services. Finally, it was empirically confirmed that the gratification received by users through social media use impacts satisfaction with social media use. Originality/value The results contribute to how social media impacts alternative evaluations through the gratification of user needs, resulting in motives and behaviors leading to the purchase of goods and services, as established by Use and Gratification Theory. In its contributions to the Academy, Use and Gratification Theory (U&G) explains why individuals use and share information using social media. First, it justifies the purchase and re-purchase of products and services due to user satisfaction according to users’ experience using social media. Second, it presents a vision of how the use of social media is a significantly important result in the gratification of consumer needs.

scholarly journals Social Media Utilization among Dental Practitioner in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Abed A-H Hamasha ◽  
Nasser Alghofaili ◽  
Abdulrahman Obaid ◽  
Mohammed Alhamdan ◽  
Abdulrahman Alotaibi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Dental Practice ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Objective:To assess the dental practitioners' use of social media, concerning demographic and social variables and the impact of social media use on dental practice.Methods:The study was a cross-sectional analytical study of dental practitioners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A self-administered 30-items questionnaire was distributed to 438 dentists, which included eight questions related to background and demographic information and 22 questions related to the use of social media within the dental practice. Data were entered and analyzed usingSPSSsoftware. Data analysis included frequency distributions and chi-square tests to assess the association of social media use with demographic and social variables and its impact on dental practice. Significant level was considered ifpwas less than 0.05.Results:Of participating, 338 dentists, 52% were using social media in their practice. Twitter was the most commonly used (35%). Education was the primary purpose of using social media (43%), while entertainment was the least (8%). Approximately 62% and 68% are using social media for marketing of their dental practice and broadcasting treatment outcome, respectively. Social media was observed to be used significantly higher among Non-Saudi, general and private dentists. Participating dentists who used social media in their practice significantly recommended using social media to other dentists.Conclusion:In general, non-Saudis, general practitioners and dentists practicing in private clinics are significantly using more social media during their practice. The majority of dental practitioners indicated that social media has improved their dental practice and become an indicator of successful practice.

scholarly journals THE IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Ishak Abd Rahman ◽  
Abdullah Sanusi Othman ◽  
Marina Cruz Nelson Cruz ◽  
Azmi Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Experience ◽  
The Impact

Social media has become one of the media that has various advantages compared to other media. Accordingly, this study was conducted to examine the impact of social media use on employee performance among private employees. The impact of the use of social media is studied in 6 levels of literacy namely trust, sharing views, network relationships, knowledge transfer, job performance, social media experience among private employees. This survey study uses questionnaire instruments among 111 private employees in Malaysia. The results reveal that social media can encourage the formation of social capital employees represented by network relationships, share shared views and beliefs, which in turn, can facilitate knowledge transfer. Sharing views and the transfer of shared knowledge positively affects job performance. Although network relationships and trust do not have a direct impact on job performance, such influence is part of knowledge transfer. All variables of the study have a normal relationship that is the use of social media in the workplace, Beliefs, Sharing views, Network relationships, Knowledge transfer, Job performance, Social media experience. This may be due to the understanding of the respondents who provided good cooperation while responding to the survey questions honestly.

Social Media Use in Teaching and Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 344-357
Author(s):  
Ugochi Chioma Ekenna ◽  
Leonard Anezi Ezema
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Student Privacy ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The COVID-19 outbreak opened a new scenario where social media use for school educational activities became imperative to teach online and to implement a current and innovative educational model. This chapter provides the most relevant information on types of social media, social media effect of COVID-19 on education, educational social networking, student privacy issues and education technology, safety measures for the use of social media in schools, role of social media and its importance in teaching and learning, application of social media platforms to education, numerous opportunities that social media offer to both students and educators, and challenges of social media in education.

scholarly journals Associations Between Social Support and Social Media Use Among Young Adult Cisgender MSM and Transgender Women Living With HIV

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 705-715
Author(s):  
Donald R. Gerke ◽  
Mary M. Step ◽  
Dennis Rünger ◽  
Jesse B. Fletcher ◽  
Ronald A. Brooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Women Living With Hiv ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Trans Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Living With Hiv

Social media platforms offer the opportunity to develop online social networks. Use of these platforms has been particularly attractive to younger sexual and gender minority individuals as well as those living with HIV. This cross-sectional study examined the perceived level of social support and associations with social media use among youth and young adult cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (trans) women living with HIV and examined these associations by gender identity. The study drew from baseline data collected from 612 cisgender MSM and 162 trans women enrolling in one of 10 demonstration sites that were part of a Health Resources and Services Administration Special Projects of National Significance initiative. The individual projects were designed to evaluate the potential for social media/mobile technology–based interventions to improve retention in care and HIV health outcomes. The data used in this study came from baseline surveys completed when participants enrolled in a site between October 2016 and May 2018. Results demonstrated that a significantly greater proportion of MSM than trans women participants reported the use of social media platforms (e.g., Facebook: MSM = 86%, trans women = 62%; Instagram: MSM = 65%, trans women = 35%). Furthermore, increased social media use improved perceptions of social support only among MSM participants (direct adjusted OR = 1.49) and not trans women participants (gender identity interaction term adjusted OR = 0.64). These results revealed that MSM participants perceived greater social benefit from the use of social media platforms than trans women, which could be a result of generalized online transphobia experienced by trans women. More nuanced data on various social media platforms, that is, anonymous versus profile-based, and group differences, are needed to better understand how social media platforms can be best utilized to optimize health care outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth and young adults living with HIV.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ADOLESCENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (07) ◽  
pp. 294-304
Author(s):  
Abdelmounim KIOUACH ◽  
Benaissa ZARHBOUCH
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to reveal the effect of social media on adolescents among a sample of high school students in Morocco. In fact, the study sample consisted of 68 male and female students equally.to begin with, the importance of the research was manifested in its being a subject of study, within a theoretical framework in which psychology, neurology and information communication technology interact, with the aim of highlighting the impact of these means on the individual in general, and clarifying the brain changes caused by emotional and cognitive functions in particular. Thus, we will conduct an exploratory study on the percentage of social media use among high school students, and clarify the differences related to excessive access to social media according to the gender variable, in order to clarify the impact of social media on the mental health of adolescents, and its relationship to some disorders in this category, and provide a neuro-cognitive explanation about the impact that these means can have on the individual. To achieve the above, we conducted a field study using the Young Scale to measure the intensity of social media use among adolescents. The results of the study concluded that adolescents use social media at an average level, and there are no differences in their use between the sexes, and there is no relationship between the level of intensity of their use and gender.

scholarly journals PENGUNAAN MEDIA SOSIAL UNTUK SOKONGAN POLITIK DI MALAYSIA[THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT IN MALAYSIA]

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Ali Salman ◽  
Mohammad Agus Yusoff ◽  
Mohd Azul Mohamad Salleh ◽  
Mohd Yusof Hj Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

The emergence of new media as a result of the development of the Internet has made the media a democratic agent of information. In conjunction with the transition of current political culture, society is now more comfortable using social media as a source of political information acquisition. This study was conducted to identify the impact of social media use on politics in Malaysia as well as to analyze the level of social media use in determining the people's pattern of support for political parties and political candidates in Malaysia. This study was conducted using a quantitative approach which is survey. Questionnaire was used as the research instrument. A total of 993 respondents consisting of male (46.2%) and female (53.8%) were randomly sampled from peninsular Malaysia to participate in the study. The findings reveal that nearly two-thirds of respondents used newspapers (65.5%), followed by social media (63.5%) and television (59.5%) to search and read current political information in Malaysia. The findings also show that respondents agreed that social media play a role and has the advantage of channeling political information (min = 3.57) compared to conventional media. The respondents somehow agreed with political participation through social media. Respondents also agreed that social media have helped to enhance the image of candidates and political parties (min = 3.17) by displaying activities of candidates serving the people (min = 3.25). This suggests that today's society is very much concerned with what is shown on social media involving current political situation. Therefore, monitoring of political information shared on social media should be done to ensure that information is free from seditious elements that can diverge unity.Keywords: Use of Social Media; Political support; Political party; Political participation; MalaysiaCite as: Salman, A., Yusoff, M.A., Mohamad Salleh, M.A., & Hj Abdullah, M.Y. (2018). Pengunaan media sosial untuk sokongan politik di Malaysia [The use of social media for political support in Malaysia]. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 3(1),51-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol3iss1pp51-63 AbstrakKemunculan media baharu hasil daripada perkembangan rangkaian internet telah menjadikan media tersebut sebagai agen demokrasi maklumat. Bertepatan dengan peralihan budaya politik semasa, masyarakat kini lebih selesa menggunakan media sosial sebagai sumber perolehan maklumat politik terkini. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti impak penggunaan media sosial terhadap politik di Malaysia serta menganalisis tahap penggunaan media sosial dalam menentukan pola sokongan rakyat ke atas parti politik dan calon politik di Malaysia. Kajian ini telah dijalankan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dimana kaedah tinjauan (survey) jadi pilihan dengan menggunakan borang soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian. Sebanyak 993 responden yang terdiri daripada lelaki (46.2%) dan perempuan (53.8%) telah dipilih secara random responden di negeri-negeri semenanjung Malaysia untuk mengambil bahagian dalam kajian ini. Antara hasil kajian adalah hampir dua pertiga daripada responden menggunakan akhbar (65.5%), diikuti media sosial (63.5%) dan televisyen (59.5%) untuk mencari dan membaca maklumat berkaitan dengan politik semasa di Malaysia. Hasil Kajian juga menunjukkan responden bersetuju bahawa media sosial berperanan dan mempunyai kelebihan dalam menyalurkan maklumat politik (min=3.57) berbanding dengan media konvensional. Kajian ini mendapati responden menyatakan persetujuan secara sederhana tentang partisipasi politik melalui media sosial. Responden bersetuju bahawa media sosial membantu mempertingkatkan imej calon dan parti politik (min= 3.17) dengan mempamerkan aktiviti calon dalam memberi khidmat kepada rakyat (min=3.25). Ini sedikit sebanyak menunjukkan bahawa masyarakat pada hari ini sangat prihatin dengan apa yang dipaparkan di media sosial berkenaan perkara-perkara yang melibatkan politik semasa. Oleh itu, pemantauan terhadap maklumat politik yang dikongsikan di media sosial perlu dilakukan bagi memastikan maklumat tersebut bebas dari unsur hasutan yang boleh memecah-belahkan perpaduan.Kata kunci: Penggunaan Media Sosial; Sokongan Politik; Malaysia; Parti politik; Partisipasi politik 

Internal and external antecedents of open innovation adoption in IT organisations: insights from an emerging market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabeen Hussain Bhatti ◽  
Gabriele Santoro ◽  
Aisha Sarwar ◽  
Anna Claudia Pellicelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Management Capabilities ◽  
Management Capabilities ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to propose and test a theoretical model exploring the impact of internal and external factors of social media use by IT organisations on open innovation (OI) adoption with the mediating effect of knowledge management capabilities. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 200 IT firms and partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to analyse the data of this study and to test the research hypotheses. Findings The results revealed that both customer involvement in social media and top management support (TMS) for social media had a significant impact on OI adoption. However, only the relationship between TMS for social media usage and OI link was mediated by knowledge management capability. Practical implications This study stresses the importance of social media policy development for business managers to create an interactive platform for their customers to participate in the activities of the firm. Moreover, the results suggest that for developing open knowledge management capabilities, leaders must focus on and support the use of social media technologies by the firms. Originality/value Social media technologies have taken the world by storm. Organisations and individuals are influenced by the knowledge available on Web 2.0 platforms. Most of the current research has focussed on the impact of social media use on OI in developed countries, but developing nations on the Asian continent have been left out of this discussion. Moreover, while most studies have focussed on the OI outcomes, less efforts have been directed towards understanding and exploring the OI antecedents.

Nonprofit Organizations and Social Media Use

2017 ◽  
pp. 180-195
Author(s):  
Aminata Sillah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The use of social media technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn has enhanced and increased the communication and engagement strategies available to nonprofit organizations. This chapter focuses on and addresses the question of nonprofit use of social media by examining the main objectives for using social media, and whether social media has been effective in meeting these objectives. Existing research on nonprofit social media use tends to focus on finding out which social media tools nonprofit organizations are using and which one of these yields the most impact. To answer these questions, descriptive analysis is conducted on social media technologies and their usage to identify associations between effectiveness of social media in meeting objectives. These questions go beyond asking why nonprofit organizations use social media and analyzes how they meet their objectives using various social media tools.

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