scholarly journals Spreading of Misinformation about COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Media: A Survey among Library Professionals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda ◽  
Noble
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Library Professionals

Covid-19 pandemic has manifold the use of social media platforms globally, which at the same time has lead to the spread of misinformation in return cause anxiety, depression and affected people in several other ways. So, our study is based on finding out the viewpoint of Library Professionals about the spread of misinformation about Covid-19 through social media apps and solutions to tackle with this problem, how to differentiate between misinformation/ fake new news and the right information, what may be the reasons for the spread of misinformation, what is the role of library professionals in handling misinformation etc.

Crisis Communication in the Age of Social Media and the Case of Dairy Khoury

2021 ◽  
pp. 2181-2196
Author(s):  
Nisrine Zammar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Organizational Reputation ◽  
Interactive Nature ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right

The use of social media platforms has become an essential part of today's protocol of reacting to any sudden crisis, due to their interactive nature which allows them to reach vast and heterogeneous audiences. This makes them the right tool that enables the organizations to spread their messages efficiently. Any failure in responding adequately on social media level, would allow rumors and negative contents to circulate uncontrollably, affecting the organizational reputation and recovery. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to provide a clear understanding of the crisis communication strategy adopted by Dairy Khoury, a Lebanese firm, on social media, at a time when the new power of social media had not yet been fully measured and estimated. The author will highlight the necessity of a preset crisis communication strategy and the use of social media platforms while dealing with crisis.

Political ‘apptivism’ in the Middle East: The case of iNakba

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-673
Author(s):  
Oren Golan ◽  
Noam Tirosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The use of social media in the Arab world has drawn an increasing amount of scholarly attention. Research addressing ‘Arab Spring’ upheavals and Islamic military movements has demonstrated grassroots level and often spontaneous uses of social media platforms. However, little attention has been paid to political apps as an emergent means of communication. Specifically, this study asks how users and developers view the use of political apps within the Israeli–Palestinian context by focusing on iNakba – an app that enables users to navigate Palestinian villages that were destroyed during the 1948 war and its aftermath. Ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative analysis of interviews with iNakba users and developers uncover three key facets of the app: (1) crowd mobilization, (2) educational tool that reanimates the invisible landscape of pre-1948 Palestine, and (3) promoting the Palestinian narrative. The study illuminates the role of political apps as agents of change for identity building and shaping users’ political consciousness.

scholarly journals The role of social media in e-Government: systematic literature review and case of Jordan

2020 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 363-379
Author(s):  
Nemer Aburumman ◽  
Róbert Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media has become a new revolution in communications and most governments around the world use these platforms as two-way communication between them and the citizens. The Jordanian government started using these platforms early, so this paper came to examine the Jordanian's practice on these platforms. The paper use two way of analysis, the first one was a systematic literature review in the largest two databases (Scopus and Web of Science). After the literature has been analysed and the paper found the best practices for governments around the world, three main determinants were identified for any government to start the use of social media (presence, up to date information and interaction). The most popular Jordanian's social platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) have been selected to start the analyses and 52 Jordanian governmental institutions (all the 25 ministries and 27 institutions belong to the prime ministry) have been analysed. After the institutions' websites and their pages or accounts on social media platforms scanned and analysed, most of the institutions have fulfilled the first two criteria (presence) and 77% shows that they have appearances on social media and (up to date information) 67% of the institutions regularly updated their information. But for the last criteria (interaction) we have found that the institutions still need to improve their interactions with the citizens since the results showed only 38% of these institutions have interaction on their pages or accounts on social media.

scholarly journals Recruitment Via Social Media: An Exploratory Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Aida Maryani Bt Abd Rashid ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Online Recruitment ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Recruitment Tool

Recent studies have shown that social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn, have become emergent agents for employer and recruitment Agents to search for potential employees to work for their companies. Employers and recruitment agents are using social networking sites for recruitment as these sites offers a vast database of people information. Social media has made an easy pathway for employers and recruitment agents to narrow down their search to the targeted group of people and hire the best employees, thus elevating online recruitment to greater height. However, there are risks associated with the use of social media as a recruitment tool and users must understand that once they become part of a social media community, their online profiles can be accessed by almost everyone. By knowing the risks and complications of social media, it will be a step in the right direction towards managing the apparent risks. The objective of this paper is to study how social media is used in attracting quality job applicants and examine the risk associated with social media recruitment.

Social Media for Political Change

2015 ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Alkhouja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Online Activism ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the role of social media in the uprisings of the Arab world. It argues that the seemingly democratizing impact of online activism is not due to the inherent nature of social media as a tool for democracy but rather an outcome of the equilibrium of forces that shaped the use of social media platforms by all three main players. Activists, governments, and social media firms formed a triangle of powers that influenced the use of social media during the Arab movements. In a different context, the outcome of such power balance can arguably inhibit citizens' rights and empower governments. To this end, the chapter first explores the use of social media platforms from the perspective of activists, governments, and social media firms, then presents a framework to understand the impact of all three in shaping the use of social media during the uprisings. The chapter then concludes that the projections of the role of social media on other movements in the world must not be made without understanding the underlying complexities and dynamics of these movements.

Social Media for Political Change

2014 ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Mohamad Alkhouja
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Online Activism ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Firms ◽  
The Impact

This chapter discusses the role of social media in the uprisings of the Arab world. It argues that the seemingly democratizing impact of online activism is not due to the inherent nature of social media as a tool for democracy but rather an outcome of the equilibrium of forces that shaped the use of social media platforms by all three main players. Activists, governments, and social media firms formed a triangle of powers that influenced the use of social media during the Arab movements. In a different context, the outcome of such power balance can arguably inhibit citizens' rights and empower governments. To this end, the chapter first explores the use of social media platforms from the perspective of activists, governments, and social media firms, then presents a framework to understand the impact of all three in shaping the use of social media during the uprisings. The chapter then concludes that the projections of the role of social media on other movements in the world must not be made without understanding the underlying complexities and dynamics of these movements.

Data literacies for the postdemographic social media self

First Monday ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony McCosker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Continuous Production ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Social Data ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Practices

In a postdemographic world, characterized by the continuous production and calculation of social data in the form of likes, comments, shares, keywords, locations or hashtags, social media platforms are designed with techniques of market segmentation in mind. “Datafication” challenges the agency of participatory social media practices and traditional accounts of the presentation of self in the use of social media. In the process, a tension or paradox arises between the personal, curative or performative character of social media practices and the calculative design and commercial usefulness of platforms and apps. In this paper I interrogate this paradox, and explore the potential role of metrics and analytics for emergent data literacies. By drawing together common self-oriented metrics across dominant platforms, the paper emphasizes analytics targets around a) profile, b) activity, c) interactivity and d) visibility, as a step toward developing new data literacies.

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 Impact of Social Media on Skin Cancer Prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 5002
Author(s):  
Henriette De La Garza ◽  
Mayra B. C. Maymone ◽  
Neelam A. Vashi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Cancer Prevention ◽  
Skin Cancer Prevention ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Right ◽  
Media Interventions

Despite the increasing prevalence of social media usage in health care contexts, its impact on skin cancer prevention and awareness has not been largely investigated. We conducted a review of literature on this topic with the objective of summarizing and analyzing the role of social media in skin cancer and sun damage awareness and to identify the uses, benefits, and limitations of different social media platforms on skin cancer prevention. In today’s technological society, it is critical to understand and study the best form of communication. Specific platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok vary in originators of material, target demographics, messaging strategies, and reliability of information with regards to skin cancer, sun, and indoor tanning damage. Our results demonstrate that social media interventions have shown promise in skin cancer prevention and continue to escalate by the day. Dermatologists should keep pace with the latest dermatological content on social media and examine its evolution to target the right audience with the proper messages. Further research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness and true impact of social media on meaningful and lasting behavior change for skin cancer prevention.

scholarly journals Suomalaisten tutkijoiden sosiaalisen median käyttö: sosiaalisen median merkitys työssä, tiedonhankinnassa ja tieteellisen tiedon jakamisessa

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elina Late ◽  
Sanna Kumpulainen ◽  
Sanna Talja ◽  
Lisa Christian ◽  
Carol Tenopir
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Services ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Shed Light

The use of social media in scholarly communication has grown in recent years, and consequently, scholars’ uses of social media has gained importance as a research topic.The aim of this article is to shed light on the role of social media in scholars’ work. The research presents findings from a survey (N=528) conducted in Finland in late 2016. There exists no prior research on the role and uses social media among Finnish scholars. This research specifically focuses on the perceived role of social media in information seeking and sharing. We also study the differences between disciplines, age groups, and positions. Results show that scholars do not perceive social media as being central for their or information seeking and sharing, and that social media services are not replacing traditional publishing forums. Scholars do appreciate the social media services intended and developed for academic use, and find them as having value for their work than general social media services. However, according to our results, social media services have a marginal role in scholars’ information seeking and scholars infrequently share their readings in social media platforms. Some disciplinary differences existed, but there was no connection between scholars’ age or position and the role of social media. Our study shows that the role of social media in academic work and scholarly communication is still rather small. Further research is needed to find out what are the reasons for scholars lack of interest towards social media.

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