scholarly journals Information Access Skills in Mothers as Containment of Internet Negative Impact

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Limilia ◽  
Benazir Bona P.
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
High Penetration ◽  
Level Information ◽  
High Skill

<p>Media and Information Literacy (MIL) skills was<em> </em>one of the skills that must be possessed by netizens. These skills become important in the effort of coping with the negative impact of the internet. The high penetration of the internet is not followed by the high skill of MIL. Therefore, the writers are interested to know the skills of information and media literacy (access skills) in mothers. This study uses descriptive quantitative method by using questionnaires as means of data collection. The result of the study shows that mothers tend to have moderate-level information access skills. The skills are reflected in the skills of mothers at moderate level in understanding the role of information, seeking sources of information, accessing information effectively and efficiently, and storing information.</p>

Pregnancy-related health information behaviour of Estonian women

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadri Ojaperv ◽  
Sirje Virkus
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Search For Information

Purpose This study aims to increase the understanding of the pregnancy-related information behavior (IB) of pregnant women in Estonia. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a quantitative research methodology consisting of a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was collected from pregnant Estonian women through a self-administered Web-based questionnaire using a convenience sampling during the period from January to February 2019. A total of 300 pregnant women answered the questionnaire. The data were analysed using statistical analysis and the results of the study were compared with the results of previous studies. Findings The three topics on which information was most frequently sought were: fetal development, use of medicines during pregnancy and symptoms of pregnancy. The main sources of information were the internet and the midwife. The most reliable and valuable source of information was a midwife. Health-related information was sought mainly because it helped women make decisions related to pregnancy and childbirth. A number of factors facilitate the information seeking process. In addition, widespread access to the internet and technological skills facilitated IB. The following factors hindered the search for information: the controversy and/or ambiguity of information published on the internet and the time spent searching for information. Most women used wearable technologies during pregnancy. Research limitations/implications This study has several limitations. First, the weakness of online surveys is the potential lack of representativeness, as it excludes from the survey those who do not have access to or ability to use the internet for various reasons (Evans and Mathur, 2005; Limbu et al., 2021). Second, as most recruitment for the study took place online, there was a risk that those who did not use the internet could be excluded from the survey. Third, as the questionnaire was also shared in the Facebook news feed by the Women’s Clinic and Maternity Hospital of the East Tallinn Central Hospital, it may be that the respondents recruited through it more often used the support provided by medical professionals. Fourth, due to the volume limits of the study, it is not possible to present all the results of the study on the basis of socio-demographic characteristics and stage of pregnancy. Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the broader population and future studies should explore a larger and more representative populations. Practical implications This study will give some useful information to help to improve the services offered for pregnant women in Estonia. Social implications The findings of this study may inform how to better support this target group. Originality/value There is a lack of research in Estonia that focuses on the IB of pregnant women and this research fills this gap.

Unlearning and Relearning in Online Health Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 294-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning ◽  
Internet Infrastructure ◽  
Online Health Education ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors

This chapter discusses the role of integrating medical education with medical practice through online collaborative learning among the various stakeholders involved with healthcare education and practice. It elaborates the discussion with examples of information needs and information-seeking behaviors of patients and physicians. The role of the Internet (infrastructure), and especially the WWW (applications and content), is elucidated with respect to the concepts of online collaborative learning as applied to medical education and practice where the emphasis is on user driven healthcare. “

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health: The Role of Locus on Control and Internet Use

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 6985
Author(s):  
Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir ◽  
Ingibjorg E. Thorisdottir ◽  
Haukur Freyr Gylfason
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Impact

The true extent of the mental health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic are unclear, but early evidence suggests poorer mental health among those exposed to the pandemic. The Internet may have differential effects, by both connecting people with resources, or reinforce the constant checking of negative information. Moreover, locus of control becomes important in an uncontrollable pandemic. The current study aimed to examine whether exposure to COVID-19 would relate to greater symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress, and to examine the role of internet use and locus of control. Adults in the United States and five European countries (N = 1723) answered an online survey through the website Mturk. Results show elevated psychological symptoms among those who have become infected with COVID-19 or perceive themselves to be at high risk if infected. Experience using the Internet relates to fewer symptoms, but information seeking is associated with more symptoms. Internet social capital relates to fewer symptoms of depression. Having an external locus of control relates to greater symptoms. These findings suggest that public health officials need to focus on the mental health effects of the pandemic, and that internet use and locus of control could be targets to improve mental health in the population.

scholarly journals Custom Fusion Methode Based on Borda

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Issam Abdelbaki ◽  
El habib Benlahmar ◽  
El Houssine Labriji
Keyword(s):  
Information Search ◽  
Information Access ◽  
User Profile ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fusion Method ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Know How ◽  
Multiple Domains ◽  
The Web

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-US">Searching for information on the Internet is not only an activity newly rediscovered, but also a strategic tool to achieve a wide variety of information. Indeed, it’s extremely important to know how to find the information quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, the Web is so huge and so little structured, that gathering precise, fair and useful information becomes an expensive task. In order to define an information retrieval tool (meta search engine) that brings together multiple sources of information search, interest must be credited to the merger phase of search engines results. On the other hand, information search systems tend primarily to model the user with a profile and then to integrate it into the information access chain, to better meet its specific needs. </span></p><p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-US">This paper presents a custom fusion method based on Borda method and values retrieved from the user profile. We evaluated our approach on multiple domains and we present some experimental results.</span></p>

scholarly journals WWW support of student learning: A case study

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Greening
Keyword(s):  
Information Retrieval ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
The Internet ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pedagogical Tool ◽  
Constructivist Position ◽  
The Web

<span>The World Wide Web (WWW) is achieving a place of prominence in educational practice. However, the benefits of using the Web to support learning are not always apparent. The most prominent public feature of the Internet is the multitude of possibilities that it presents for information retrieval. This is widely believed to offer educational advantage, although the means by which that advantage are realised are typically not well specified. The paper discusses the role of information retrieval opportunities presented by the Internet, and suggests that it requires a new model of information access best supported by a reconsideration of educational philosophy. The constructivist position is favoured. The paper also discusses issues in using the Internet to deliver courses, arguing that the delivery model does not take full advantage of the new possibilities offered by the technology. It then presents a case study of the use of the Web in a first year computer science course, offered in a Problem Based Learning (PBL) mode. The focus is on the appropriate use of the technology as a pedagogical tool in higher education. In the case of a curriculum clearly founded on constructivist principles an important factor in the appropriateness of the supporting technology was that it did not encourage staff and students to adopt more familiar, instructivist patterns of behaviour. In this sense, the role of the Internet within the curriculum needed to be different to those roles that currently tend to typify it.</span>

scholarly journals Manifestation of interest of the Russian youth for politicized content on the Internet: towards the holistic analytical model

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Dmitry Rudenkin ◽  
Dmitrii Valer'evich Trynov
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Model ◽  
Human Science ◽  
Political Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Internet Behavior ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Analytical Practice

This article is written in the theoretical-methodological genre. The key goal lies in the revision and systematization of versatile analytical hypotheses proposed by social and human science in order to explain the interest of Russian youth in politicized information content on the Internet. It is noted that the current analytical practice faces a fundamental contradiction between the prevalence of reflections of the scholars on the significant role of the Internet in development of the political moods and attitudes of the Russian youth audience and the absence &nbsp;the well-established scientific representation on the reasons why there is a need to search&nbsp; for political information namely on the Internet. This article aims to clarify this contradiction. Theoretical-methodological analysis is conducted on the disparate ideas used by social and human science to explain and interpret the heighted interest of Russian youth in the online politicized content. Procedurally, the work leans on the analysis of relevant current scientific literature for the period from 2015 to 2020 dedicated to examination of the patterns of Internet behavior and political culture of modern Russian youth. The conclusion is made that there are several versions that explain the heightened interest of Russian youth in politicized information on the Internet, which logically correspond with each other, but are usually not being generalized. Having summarized these versions into a single analytical model, the authors indicate the key reason for the heightened interest of Russian youth in political information on the Internet is the low level of trust in the traditional media, which forces them to seek the alternative sources of information on topics of concern online.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (ITE) LAW (LAW NO. 11 OF 2008) AND CYBER ETHICS: NURTURING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CYBERSPACE ACCORDING TO PANCASILA FOR THE PEOPLE OF TANGERANG CITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Adi Rio Arianto ◽  
Jerry Indrawan ◽  
Gesti Anggraini ◽  
M. Chairil Akbar Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Digital Ethics ◽  
The People ◽  
Electronic Transactions ◽  
Cyber Ethics

<p>This paper aims to find out the factors behind the lack of awareness toward digital literacy and cyber ethics among the people of Tangerang City – specifically, those who live in Neighborhood (RT 03) and Community Associations (RW 01) in Sandratex Street No. 106, Rempoa Urban Village, East Ciputat Sub-district, South Tangerang City, Banten Province, Indonesia. Digital literacy is related to the positive and negative impact of the internet. This paper employs a qualitative method and collects data through an interview and survey with forty people, which is consisted of 30 students, 5 Karang Taruna Rempoa activists, and 5 students’ parents. This paper finds that the implementation of ITE Law has positively impacted the people of Tangerang through various means: <em>first</em>, the people of Tangerang City can make a contribution by becoming a social agent that can prevent and address online radicalism, hoax and online persecution in their neighborhood. This is possible because the ITE Law improves students’ and the community’s cyber literacy significantly; <em>second</em>, the people of Tangerang City can understand about ethics and legal foundation through the socialization of “The Role of ITE Law (Law No. 11 of 2008) and Cyber Ethics” as part of the efforts to prevent online radicalism, hoax and online persecution resulting from free access to the cyberspace; <em>third</em>, the people of Tangerang City can act upon the values of nationalism, national defense and Pancasila that are all contained within the ITE Law (Law No. 11 of 2008) in order to nurture positive behavior in the cyberspace; and <em>fourth</em>, the people of Tangerang City are more aware about the importance of cyber law and ethics in the cyberspace to control positive internet behavior and prevent the negative impact of the internet in all walks of life.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Cyber, Digital, Ethics, Information and Electronic Transactions<strong> (</strong>ITE) Law, Pancasila, Tangerang.<strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body—Recipes for a Healthy Living as Seen in Polish Vlogs

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Maj
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
The Many

The fashion for leading a healthy lifestyle has recently reached Polish society. Inspired by exposure through the mass media, many people have decided to introduce changes into the way they eat and exercise, primarily in order to become healthier and slimmer. According to recent surveys, one of the most popular sources of information concerning healthy lifestyles is, of course, the Internet. It is an extremely functional tool that allows its users not only the possibility to find the relevant information they need, but it also helps them create their own resources containing advice and information for other like-minded users. This article analyzes examples of Polish vlogs posted on the Youtube.pl platform that are principally devoted to improving fitness, as well as showing the most effective ways to lose weight. The four main areas of focus investigated are: the vloggers’ motivations for creating and publishing videos, the vloggers’ reference to their own bodies, the reasons they offer for seeking a healthier way of living, the vloggers’ bodies as their representation in the social space of the Internet, and the role of the Internet community in the many processes in helping people become slimmer.

Ready in the face of danger? Investigating preparation, mitigation, and media dependencies amongst those affected by the 2018 California Wildfires

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Lachlan, PhD ◽  
Christine Gilbert, MA ◽  
Emily Hutter, MA ◽  
Adam Rainear, PhD ◽  
Patric R. Spence, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
The Face ◽  
Evacuation Plan

The current study analyzes information-seeking tendencies, preparation, and mitigation behavior among those impacted by the 2018 Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire in California. Similar to previous work, results suggest that socioeconomic status was a strong positive predictor of having an emergency kit and evacuation plan in place. The internet and television were the two preferred sources of information, while the relative lack of importance of radio, interpersonal communication, and social media runs counter to past research in the area. Implications for emergency management are discussed.

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