scholarly journals Examination of the Relationships between Secondary School Students’ Social Media Attitudes, School Climate Perceptions and Levels of Alienation

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-302
Author(s):  
Emrullah Deniz ◽  
Hilal Kazu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Safe Learning Environment ◽  
Climate Perceptions

The aim of this research is to examine the relationships between social media attitudes, school climate perceptions and level of alienation of students studying in secondary schools. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 418 students from various secondary schools in Mardin participated in the study. Descriptive statistics and structural equality model were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it was determined that the level of alienation variable is positively affected by sharing needs, social isolation and safe learning environment; the safe learning environment variable is negatively affected by the social competence variable while it is affected positively by the social isolation variable. Besides, the safe learning environment as a mediator resulted in negative effects between the need for sharing and alienation, positive ones between social isolation and alienation, negative ones between social competence and alienation, and finally negative effects between relationships with teachers and alienation. According to the results, it can be stated that creating a supportive school climate for students in educational settings will reduce students’ tendency to use social media networks and prevent them from becoming alienated by making more friend. Keywords: alienation, social media, school climate, structural equality model

The Impact of Social Media on Children

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Tuncay Dilci ◽  
Anıl Kadir Eranıl
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

This chapter examines the impacts of social media on children. Advantages and disadvantages of social media are always available. Positive aspects of social media include allowing children to be brought up as multicultural individuals, enabling education and training environments to design for purposes, using as the main or supplementary source of education, a great power in creating and sharing information. Its negative aspects include leading to a reduction of their academic, social, and cognitive skills in the early periods when children were exposed to the social media, causing the children to develop obesity, mostly bringing up as consumption-centered individuals, perceive the world as a screenshot, and have low critical, creative, and reflective thinking skills. Therefore, one of the most important tasks undertaken to reduce or eliminate the negative effects is to raise and educate media-literate individuals.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Media Use on Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Self-Reported Hearing Impairment: An Empirical Study

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1403
Author(s):  
Yiming Ma ◽  
Changyong Liang ◽  
Xuejie Yang ◽  
Haitao Zhang ◽  
Shuping Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Older People ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subjective Aging

Older people with hearing impairment are more likely to develop depressive symptoms due to physical disability and loss of social communication. This study investigated the effects of social media on social relations, subjective aging, and depressive symptoms in these older adults based on the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) framework. It provides new empirical evidence to support improving the mental health and rebuilding the social relations of older people. A formal questionnaire was designed using the Wenjuanxing platform and distributed online through WeChat; 643 valid questionnaires were received from older people with self-reported hearing impairments, and SmartPLS 3.28 was used to analyze the data. The results show that (1) social media significantly impacts the social relations of older people with hearing impairment (social networks, β = 0.132, T = 3.444; social support, β = 0.129, T = 2.95; social isolation, β = 0.107, T = 2.505). (2) For these older people, social isolation has the biggest impact on their psychosocial loss (β = 0.456, T = 10.458), followed by the impact of social support (β = 0.103, T = 2.014); a hypothesis about social network size was not confirmed (β = 0.007, T = 0.182). Both social media (β = 0.096, T = 2.249) and social support (β = 0.174, T = 4.434) significantly affect the self-efficacy of hearing-impaired older people. (3) Both subjective aging (psychosocial loss, β = 0.260, T = 6.036; self-efficacy, β = 0.106, T = 3.15) and social isolation (β = 0.268, T = 6.307) significantly affect depressive symptoms in older people with hearing impairment. This study expands the theories of social media aging cognition, social support, and social networks and can provide practical contributions to the social media use and mental health of special persons 60 years and older.

scholarly journals LOCAL CULTURE-BASED SOCIAL MEDIA LITERATION: LOCAL CULTURE CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS STRENGTHENING SOCIAL INTEGRATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Joko Sutarso
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Educational Backgrounds ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Content

Abstrak. Penggunaan media sosial semakin meningkat dari tahun ke tahun, namun demikian tidak semua konten media sosial memiliki sisi positif. Beberapa dampak negatif penggunaan media sosial seperti penyebaran berita bohong (hoax), ujaran kebencian (hate speech), perundungan (cyberbullying) dan konten negatiflainnya merupakan bentuk-bentuk penyalahgunaan media sosial menjadi keprihatinan masyarakat karena telah memasuki  ranah sosial, politik, ekonomi dan bahkan keagamaan. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari kapitalisasi koorporasi media sosial yang terus berkembang dengan terpaan yang semakin meluas melintasi batas negara dan bangsa, masuk dalam kehidupan berbagai generasi, strata sosial ekonomi, tingkat pendidikan dan latar belakang pendidikan serta pengalaman. Metode yang digunakan dalam tulisan ini adalah teoritis kualitatif yang didasarkan pada pengamatan terhadap isi media sosial dan kajian teoritis yang berusaha menjelaskan pengaruh isi media terhadap perilaku masyarakat dalam bermedia sebagai bahan pengayaan  (enrichment) bagi kegiatan literasi media sosial di kalangan masyarakat bagi para pegiat literasi. Penjelasan teoritis yang dipakai meliputi aspek positif dan negatif dilihat dari aspek sosial, politik, psikologi, pendidikan dan kebudayaan. Hasilnya konten budaya lokal memiliki peluang mengisi konten dalam ruang media sosial dan konten budaya lokal yang selektif, kreatif, edukatif, dan sekaligus menghibur  dapat digunakan untuk meminimalkan dampak negatif globalisasi dan kapitalisme media sosial. Manfaat lain dari sosialisasi dari promosi budaya lokal di media sosial adalah untuk meningkatkan integrasi masyarakat karena didalamnya terdapat nilai-nilai kearifan lokal yang memiliki nilai bersifat nasional bahkan universal.Abstract. Social media uses have been increasing from year to year. However, not all social media content has a positive side. Some negative effects of social media from hoaxes, hate speech, cyberbullying to other negative content are the forms of abuse of social media. It is concern to the public because these have entered the social, political, economic and religious spheres. It is definitely inseparable from the capitalization of a social media corporation. It has been developing with increasingly widespread exposure across national borders, and it has been entering into the lives of various generations, socio-economic strata, education levels and educational backgrounds and experiences as well. The research method used in this research was a qualitative theoretical approach based on observations of social media content and theoretical studies. It aims at seeking to explain the influence of media content on people's behavior in their media use as the enrichment material for social media literacy activities in society for literacy activists. The theoretical explanations used in this research include positive and negative aspects. In this matter the social, political, psychological, educational and cultural perspectives will see the aspects. Moreover, the research results show that local cultural content has the opportunity to fill content in the social media space. Selective, creative, educative, and entertaining local cultural content can be used to minimize the negative effects of globalization and social media capitalism. Another benefit of socialization of local culture promotion on social media is to increase social integration because in the local culture there are local wisdom values and national or universal values as well.

scholarly journals Social Media And Its Effects On Muslim Students: The Case Of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Maga Sule
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
State University ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Muslim Students ◽  
The Social

This research centered on the effects of social media on Muslim students in Nasarawa State University, Keffi. The purpose of this is to examine how Muslim students make use of the social media and the effects of these social media sites on them, the level of Muslim students’ awareness of social media, how to properly make use of the social media sites for the propagation of Islam.  The research used quantitative methodology. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Similarly, textbooks, journals, as well as internet sources were used for the research. The research found that social media as a tool has created a new social dimension in the lives of Muslim students. Social media has developed and increased their levels of religious, educational and social awareness. It is argued in the research that, social media has provided an avenue for getting information in many aspects of everyday life, making one to become more knowledgeable which is beneficial especially for Muslim students. The research found that most of the Muslim students surveyed were aware of the positive and negative effects of social media sites and were also conversant with the social media sites that propagate Islam. Some of the social media sites utilized by Muslim students are Facebook, WhatsApp, Ummaland, Masjidway, Nahnu Muslim and Muslim Social to mention but a few.

scholarly journals Cyberchondria and Its Effects on Anxiety during Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Shekar ◽  
Avinash Aravantagi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
General Population ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Behavioral Pattern ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Social ◽  
Available Information

Cyberchondria is a blend of the words cyber and hypochondriac. Social isolation with easily available information on the Internet for little or no cost created a havoc. It is an abnormal behavioral pattern in the emotional state. There were hundreds of social media groups created during the pandemic. Many people including the healthcare workers started sharing their experiences, positive and negative. It created a lot of anxiety and depression among the general population. As we already know people with anxiety and depression react and respond more to information available online without verifying the facts. Though the social media groups helped the readers with innumerable information but it had its flaws. Patients with cyberchondria increased and also the burden on healthcare systems.

scholarly journals Social Media Usage and its Effect on Quality of Adolescent Social Relationships

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadie Saltzman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Does the number of social media platforms that an adolescent uses have an effect on the quality of their social relationships? As social media continues to grow and evolve, sociologists have begun to explore its effect on an individual’s everyday life. I propose that the more social media platforms that an adolescent uses, the more they will experience negative effects on their social relationships. Using survey data from 786 respondents living in the United States, ages 13 to 17 and collected by the Pew Research Center in 2014 and 2015, regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between social media usage and its effect on quality of adolescent social relationships, controlling for sex and age. The bivariate results show a statistically significant, positive but weak association between number of social media platforms used and the social relationship experience scale. In the multivariate results, this association was still statistically significant. Additionally, the multivariate results show that the control variables, sex and age, have no significant effect on one’s social relationship experience. Therefore, these results show that the more social media platforms used, the more negative a social relationship experience an adolescent will have. The results support the hypothesis and indicate that adolescents who interact with a higher number of social media platforms will experience an increased negative effect on their social relationships. In future studies, researchers should investigate how specific social media platforms influence social relationships. Additionally, this type of research should not only continue, but should refine its methods as social media continues to quickly grow and evolve.

scholarly journals LOW PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM) DURING THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDERS TO PREVENT THE COVID-19 SPREAD: RESULTS FROM A NATIONWIDE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emerson Lucas Silva Camargo ◽  
Bruna Isabela Adolpho de Oliveira ◽  
Igor Fessina Siffoni ◽  
Anderson Reis de Sousa ◽  
Jules Ramon Brito Teixeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sex With Men

ABSTRACTIntroductionLittle is known about how sheltering in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 over extended periods affects individuals’ psychological well-being. This study’s objective was to analyze the factors associated with MSM’s (men who have sex with men) low psychological well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic context.MethodThis cross-sectional study was conducted online in the entire Brazilian territory (26 states and federal district) in April and May 2020. The participants were recruited using an adapted version of Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS), and Facebook posts. Data were collected using social media and MSM dating apps. We estimated the prevalence, crude prevalence ratio (PR), and respective confidence intervals (CI95%).ResultsThe prevalence of low psychological well-being found in the sample was 7.9%. Associated factors were belonging to the youngest group (PR: 2.76; CI95%: 1.90-4.01), having polyamorous relationships (PR: 2.78; CI95%: 1.51-5.11), not complying with social isolation measures (PR: 6.27; CI95%: 4.42-8.87), not using the social media to find partners (PR: 1.63; CI95%: 1.06-2.53), having multiple sexual partners (PR: 1.80; CI95%: 1.04-3.11), having reduced the number of partners (PR: 2.67; CI95%: 1.44-4.95), and group sex (PR: 1.82; CI95%: 1.23-2.69)ConclusionThe well-being of MSM living in Brazil was negatively affected during the social distancing measures intended to control the spread of COVID-19. The variables that contributed the most to this outcome include social isolation, relationships established with partners, and sexual behavior.Policy ImplicationsPlanning and implementing public policies and actions to promote psychological well-being are needed to improve MSM’s resilience by adopting safe strategies and behavior.

An evolutionary clustering analysis of the social media content and global infection rate during the COVID-19 pandemic (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Arpaci ◽  
Thabet Abdeljawad ◽  
Shadi Al Shehabi ◽  
Ibrahim Mahariq ◽  
Ahmet E. Topcu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Clustering Analysis ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Infection Rates ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Evolutionary Clustering ◽  
The Social ◽  
Downward Slope ◽  
Term Type

BACKGROUND COVID-19 has not only psychological but also economic and social effects and social media increased the negative effects by disseminating COVID-19 infodemic. OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate impact of the global infection rate on social media posting during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS The study analyzed 179+ million tweets collected between March 22nd and April 13th, 2020, and global COVID-19 infection rate by using evolutionary clustering analysis. RESULTS The results indicated six clusters constructed for each term type, including three-level n-grams (unigrams, bigrams, and trigrams). The frequent occurrences of unigrams (“COVID-19”, “virus”, “government”, “people”, etc.), bigrams (“COVID-19”, “COVID-19 cases”, “times share”, etc.), and trigrams (“COVID 19 crisis”, “things help stop”, “trying times share”). The results demonstrated that the unigram trends on Twitter were up to about two times and 54 times more common than bigram and trigram terms, respectively. Unigrams like “home” or “need” also became important as these terms reflected the main concerns of people during this period. Taken together, the present findings confirm that many tweets were used to broadcast people’s prevalent topics of interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the results indicated that the number of COVID-19 infections has a significant impact on all clusters, being strong on 86% of clusters and moderate on 16% of clusters. The downward slope in the global infection rate reflected the start of the trending of “social distancing” and “stay at home.” CONCLUSIONS These findings suggested that infection rates have a significant impact on social media postings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Building a Safe Learning Environment by Remembering to Smile

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-300
Author(s):  
Julie Nikiforos Adkins
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social And Emotional Learning ◽  
Emotional Learning ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Emotional Needs ◽  
Early Career Teachers ◽  
Classroom Strategies ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Safe Learning Environment

This chapter provides the theoretical underpinnings that support the importance of a smile, social and emotional learning and its components, the benefits of integrating social and emotional learning skills within instruction, and specific classroom strategies. Early career teachers will have a solid understanding of each of the five components of social and emotional learning and how they can be effectively implemented into the classroom to develop the social and emotional needs of students required for learning to take place.

Social media usage and employee creativity: is relational energy a missing link?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Zhou ◽  
Jian Mou ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Yenchun Jim Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Relationship

PurposePrevious studies overemphasize the negative effects of social media usage (SMU) within organizations and underestimate its positive influences on employees' behavior. This study attempts to link employees' social media use at work to their creativity performance.Design/methodology/approachBased on the bounded generalized reciprocity theory and unbounded indirect reciprocity (UIR) theory, the authors developed a research model. To test the model, the authors collected a set of 172 paired data of organizations and employees from 31 knowledge-intensive enterprises in China to test the hypothesis.FindingsThis research found that the social, cognitive and hedonic uses of social media all directly affect employee creativity. Relational energy fully mediates the effects of the cognitive and hedonic usages on creativity. Moreover, job autonomy moderates the effects of the relationships among the social, cognitive and hedonic uses on employee creativity.Originality/valueThe conclusions not only enriched authors’ understanding of the effectiveness of interpersonal interaction but also extended the research boundary of the relationship between SMU and employee creativity.

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