‘You’re Against Dawla, But You’re Listening to Their Nasheeds?’ Appropriating Jihadi Audiovisualities in the Online Streetwork Project Jamal Al-Khatib–My Path!

2020 ◽  
pp. 222-246
Author(s):  
Rami Ali ◽  
Džemal Šibljaković ◽  
Felix Lippe ◽  
Ulrich Neuburg ◽  
Florian Neuburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Fictional Character ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Social Media Platforms

“Jamal al-Khatib” is a participatory project in the field of P/CVE, which aims at delivering alternative narratives to adolescents via digital youthwork. The target groups are youngsters who either sympathize with jihadi propaganda online, or are vulnerable to online recruitment efforts. The project was initiated by a former in prison whose intention, after he extricated himself from the jihadi scene, was to prevent other youngsters from repeating his mistakes. Besides professionals from various backgrounds reaching from social work and Islamic studies to film production and digital content management, the team consists of adolescents who either dropped out of the jihadi scene or proved to be resilient against recruitment efforts of jihadi online actors. According to the project’s peer-to-peer approach, their experiences form the basis for the campaign’s contents. Resorting to the method narrative biography-work, videos featuring alternatives to jihadist propaganda are produced. A lot of effort is put into adapting to the audiovisual appearance of IS propaganda. The videos are posted on different social media platforms, delivered to the target group via the fictional character “Jamal al-Khatib” and discussed in the course of online street work. Evaluation demonstrates that the project was successful in attracting a hard-to-reach target group online.

scholarly journals Testing music selection automation possibilities for video ads

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-442
Author(s):  
Oliver Wiesener
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Second Screen ◽  
Music Selection ◽  
Audio Channel ◽  
Social Media Platforms

AbstractThe importance of video ads on social media platforms can be measured by the number of views. For instance, Samsung’s commercial ad for one of its new smartphones reached more than 46 million viewers at Youtube. Video ads address users both visually and aurally. Often, the visual sense is engaged by users focusing on other screens, rather than on the screen with the video ad, which is referred to as the second screen syndrome. Therefore, the importance of the audio channel seems to gain more importance. To get back the visual attention of users that are deflected from other visual impulses it appears reasonable to adapt the music to the target group. Additionally, it appears useful to adapt the music to the content of the video. Thus, the overall success of a video ad could be improved by increasing the attention of the users. Humans typically decide which music is to be used in a video ad. If there is a correlation between music, products and target groups, a digitization of the music selection process appears to be possible. Since the digitization progress in the music sector is currently mainly focused on music composing this article strives for taking a first step towards the digitization of the music selection.

scholarly journals Automated music selection of video ads

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 730-738
Author(s):  
Oliver Wiesener
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Visual Attention ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Second Screen ◽  
Music Selection ◽  
Audio Channel ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The importance of video ads on social media platforms can be measured by views. For instance, Samsung’s commercial ad for one of its new smartphones reached more than 46 million viewers at Youtube. A video ad addresses the visual as well as the auditive sense of users. Often the visual sense is busy in the sense that users focus other screens than the screen with the video ad. This is called the second screen syndrome. Therefore, the importance of the audio channel seems to grow. To get back the visual attention of users that are deflected from other visual impulses it appears reasonable to adapt the music to the target group. Additionally, it appears useful to adapt the music to content of the video. Thus, the overall success of a video ad could by increased by increasing the attention of the users. Humans typically make the decision about the music of a video ad. If there is a correlation between music, products and target groups, a digitization of the music selection process seems to be possible. Since the digitization progress in the music sector is mainly focused on music composing this article strives for making a first step towards the digitization of the music selection.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Knowledge Management Based On Web 2.0 on Social News Site Hipwee

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Mufida Cahyani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Content Management ◽  
User Participation ◽  
Online News ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Social Media Platforms

The emergence of various kinds of social media applications does not only affect the way people communicate, but also penetrates into the realm of online mass media. Social media platforms that carry the concept of web 2.0 namely user generated content and network effects make it easy for a news to become viral in a short time, regardless of the validity and accuracy of the news. Web 2.0 itself is a direct application of the concept of Knowledge Management (KM) which emphasizes collaboration and user participation, but in a broader domain, it is slightly different from KM which emphasizes internal organizational participation. Hipwee as one of the social media-based online news sites applies both concepts to its content management. The purpose of this study was to analyze the extent of the application of KM in relation to Web 2.0. The method used to explore data through interviews with Hipwee managers and direct observation to the office location and also the Hipwee site. The results obtained are that the adaptation of the KM concept has not been applied to Web 2.0 on the Hipwee site, namely the concept of data mining, while the Web 2.0 concept has been applied to KM, namely unbounded collaboration, user generated content and network effects.

Exiting Alcoholics Anonymous disappointed: A qualitative analyses of the experiences of ex-members of AA

2020 ◽  
pp. 136345932096143
Author(s):  
Hannah Sally Glassman ◽  
Paul Rhodes ◽  
Niels Buus
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Alcoholics Anonymous ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The People ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an NGO designed to support anyone who identifies as alcoholic to stop drinking alcohol. Existing qualitative research in this field has primarily reflected the experiences of those who have conformed to AA ideology and had positive experiences in AA. To address this, the current study aimed to explore the perspectives and experiences of individuals who have left AA with some degree of disappointment. The study involved semi-structured interviews with 11 ex-members of AA from America, Australia, and England, who were recruited from several private social media platforms. The study used an interactionist conception of social career involving conversion and deconversion, and data were analyzed thematically. Findings included that while participants experienced some genuinely positive aspects of AA, they retrospectively believed that they remained in AA because they had been indoctrinated into a particular way of understanding themselves. Moreover, findings highlighted participants’ concerns with the people, ideology and practices within AA that ultimately led to their dissociation from the community. Our findings demonstrate a disparity between the idealistic principles in AA and the actual experiences of participants, and this is discussed in relation to the breadth of possible experiences across varying groups and AA’s unregulated peer-to-peer framework.

scholarly journals Social Media Content: A Management Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Giovanna Confetto ◽  
Alfonso Siano
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Marketing Team ◽  
Content Marketing

This paper aims to introduce a model for social media content management that is focused on both the strategic and operational levels to guide companies in setting, formulating and spreading social media marketing content and monitoring the achieved results. The framework has been realized considering different cognitive goals related to the organizational unit responsible of the development of the content marketing processes, corporate content identity, decision making elements for digital content creation, the diffusion of content through social media platforms, and the tools and parameters used to measure and evaluate performance. The model presented here is an attempt to fill in the existing gap in the recent literature regarding digital content marketing and social media content management. The framework introduces some consequential steps of a well-defined process that is composed of decisions and activities that must be carefully planned, thus preventing (from an operational level) the recurrent use of specific management tools. By adopting an integrated vision, is it possible to keep the business strategy’s objectives and all the operative tasks conducted by the content marketing team aligned.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Angèle Christin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Content Management Systems ◽  
The Web

This chapter examines how the multiplication of digital metrics, analytics, and algorithms is reconfiguring work practices and professional identities. It focuses on the case of journalism, a field that has been profoundly changed by digital technologies. It describes modern newsrooms that use digital tools in the gathering, production, and diffusion of information on the web, from group chats to social media platforms and content management systems. The chapter also introduces a new market that emerged for “web analytics” or software programs that track the behaviour and preferences of internet users. It describes how editors and journalists are provided with a constant stream of data about their audience, receiving increasingly detailed information in real time about the number of visitors, comments, likes, and tweets that their articles attract.

scholarly journals Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dindin Solahudin ◽  
Moch Fakhruroji
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Like in many other developing countries, Indonesia’s population has been amongst the most enthusiastic ‘uptakers’ of the internet, especially of social media. Most Indonesians utilize the internet as an information source, including religious ones. Various groups and communities of Islamic studies have appeared on social media along with religious leaders who are also active on social media. Based on the various characteristics that have emerged, Islamic learning practices scattered across various social media platforms have increasingly illustrated the symptoms of religious populism. This is marked by the various socio-religious movements that have emerged from these practices. By using a digital religion perspective in order to observe Islamic learning practices on several social media platforms, this paper argues that social media has become a productive space for the development of religious populism in Indonesia. At first glance, religious populism on social media seems to challenge authoritative figures or religious institutions, but it can also be seen as a way for Islamic agents to convey Islamic teachings in a media-friendly culture.

scholarly journals Scholarly Sharing via Twitter: #icanhazpdf Requests for Health Sciences Literature

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Swab ◽  
Kristen Romme
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Social Media Platforms

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong><span> Although requesting access to journal articles and books via colleagues and authors is a long-established academic practice, websites and social media platforms have broadened the scope and visibility of academic literature sharing among researchers. On Twitter, the #icanhazpdf hashtag has emerged as a way for researchers to request and obtain journal articles quickly and efficiently. This study analyzes use of the #icanhazpdf hashtag as a means of obtaining health sciences literature. </span><strong>Methods:</strong><span> RowFeeder software was used to monitor and aggregate #icanhazpdf requests between 1 February and 30 April 2015. This software records data such as Twitter handle, tweet content, tweeter location, date, and time. Tweets were hand-coded for the journal subject area, the requestor’s geographic location, and the requestor’s occupational sector. </span><strong>Results:</strong><span> There were 302 requests for health sciences literature during the study period. Many requests were made by users affiliated with a post-secondary academic institution (45%, </span><em>n</em><span> = 136). Very few requests were made by users located in Canada (</span><em>n</em><span> = 15). </span><strong>Conclusion:</strong><span> #icanhazpdf requests for health sciences literature account for a relatively small proportion of peer-to-peer article sharing activities when compared with other online platforms. Nevertheless, this study provides evidence that some faculty and students are choosing social media over the library as a means of obtaining health sciences literature. Examining peer-to-peer article sharing practices can provide insights into patron behaviour and expectations.</span></p>

scholarly journals Analysis of Tourism Hotspot Behaviour Based on Geolocated Travel Blog Data: The Case of Qyer

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kaufmann ◽  
Patrick Siegfried ◽  
Lukas Huck ◽  
Jürg Stettler
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
Main Target ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Travel Blog

We contribute a system design and a generalized formal methodology to segment tourists based on their geolocated blogging behaviour according to their interests in identified tourist hotspots. Thus, it is possible to identify and target groups that are possibly interested in alternative destinations to relieve overtourism. A pilot application in a case study of Chinese travel in Switzerland by analysing Qyer travel blog data demonstrates the potential of our method. Accordingly, we contribute four conclusions supported by empirical data. First, our method can enable discovery of plausible geographical distributions of tourist hotspots, which validates the plausibility of the data and its collection. Second, our method discovered statistically significant stochastic dependencies that meaningfully differentiate the observed user base, which demonstrates its value for segmentation. Furthermore, the case study contributes two practical insights for tourism management. Third, Chinese independent travellers, which are the main target group of Qyer, are mainly interested in the discovered travel hotspots, similar to tourists on packaged tours, but also show interest in alternative places. Fourth, the proposed user segmentation revealed two clusters based on users’ social media activity level. For tourism research, users within the second cluster are of interest, which are defined by two segmentation attributes: they blogged about more than just one location, and they have followers. These tourists are significantly more likely to be interested in alternative destinations out of the hotspot axis. Knowing this can help define a target group for marketing activities to promote alternative destinations.

scholarly journals Fast and Furious (at Publishers): The Motivations behind Crowdsourced Research Sharing

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Caffrey Gardner ◽  
Gabriel J. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Interlibrary Loan ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Information Frequency

Crowdsourced research sharing takes place across social media platforms including Twitter hashtags such as #icanhazpdf, Reddit Scholar, and Facebook. This study surveys users of these peer-to-peer exchanges on demographic information, frequency of use, and their motivations in both providing and obtaining scholarly information on these platforms. Respondents also provided their perspectives on the database terms of service and/or copyright violations in these exchanges. Findings indicate that the motivations of this community are utilitarian or ideological in nature, similar to other peer-to-peer file sharing online. Implications for library services including instruction, outreach, and interlibrary loan are discussed.

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