scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ADOLESCENTS’ SLEEP: THE ‘U’ TURN IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
Dr. Jayakumar.K. ◽  
Dr. Lekha Pillai
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adolescent Sleep ◽  
Entire World

Adolescence is a crucial period where an individual undergoes significant physical, social, cognitive, behavioural and emotional changes. The covid pandemic which turned the entire world upside down has brought a significant change in the rhythm of life. When the whole world came to a standstill on the declaration of lockdown, the social media got a transition as a coping agent for relieving stress among the teens. The users and usage time of social media increased drastically. An online survey is used for the purpose of collecting data from among the school and college students to understand the changing trends in the social media usage and their impacts on the sleep and sleeping patterns of the teens. The study also analyses the increase in the number of users during the lock down. A sample of 1631 subjects is taken for the conduct of the study. The study reveals that, even though the users and usage time of social media increased considerably, social media usage has no significant impact on sleep. KEY WORDS: Social Media, Adolescent, Sleep, Pandemic, Lock Down

The Social Media Affinity Scale: Implications For Education

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nicholas Gerlich ◽  
Leigh Browning ◽  
Lori Westermann
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
College Courses ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Males And Females

In recent years, males and females have demonstrated fairly equal amounts of internet usage, but females have demonstrated higher usage of social media sites. These observed differences served as the impetus for the current study. A survey was conducted in early 2010 among college students to assess whether differences still occur between males and females, and specifically with regard to social media usage. In order to assess these phenomena, the Social Media Affinity Scale was created and deployed. Results of the study showed that, among the students surveyed, no significant differences exist between males and females in their internet usage, social media usage, and also beliefs about social media sites in general. Given that students have overwhelmingly adopted social media, we propose that there is now an opportunity to leverage social media in college courses to deliver content and engage students in ways not previously possible.

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.

Social media collaboration of retinal physicians: A ‘Young Retina Forum’ survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 770-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney A Schechet ◽  
Hemang K Pandya ◽  
Mitul C Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Practice Patterns ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Media Professional ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Background and objective: To describe the impact that social media usage has on a group of retina specialists. Materials and methods: An anonymous online survey was sent to members of the Young Retina Forum who use the social media platform – Telegram. Results: Of a total of 178 members, 100 responded (87 men and 13 women), having an average age of 35 years. Of these, 66 respondents were surgical retina attendings in practice for 3 years. In all, 98 respondents found the Young Retina Forum useful for networking and educationally valuable discussions, and 35 respondents had at least one instance when they had used Young Retina Forum to obtain assistance at that moment in the clinic and/or the operating room. At least 58 respondents said Young Retina Forum changed their practice patterns in the clinic and/or operating room. Conclusion: In this study, 58% of Young Retina Forum respondents said their practice patterns have changed due to their experiences using social media. Professional use of social media by ophthalmologists has the potential to improve education, clinical practice, and patient care.

SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE RELATED TO FOOD AND BEVERAGES: AN INVESTIGATION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN BANGKOK AND METROPOLITAN AREA

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pitipat Suwannapinunt ◽  
◽  
Krittaporn Sitthikraiwong ◽  
Punchanid Nimitsukcharoen ◽  
Sakdituch Dollayanukloh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Food And Beverages

Study of Consumer Brand Following Intention on Instagram

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-51
Author(s):  
Simran Kaur Madan ◽  
Payal S. Kapoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Consumer Motivation ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Consumer Skepticism ◽  
Consumption Decisions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The research, based on uses and gratifications theory, identifies consumer motivation and factors that influence consumers' intention to follow brands on the social media platform of Instagram. Accordingly, this study empirically examines the role of need for self-enhancement, the need for entertainment, and deal-seeking behaviour on the intention to follow brands on Instagram. Further, the study investigates the mediation of social media usage behaviour for consumption decisions on eliciting brand following behaviour. Moderation of consumer skepticism on the relationship of deal-seeking behaviour, and intention to follow brands is also investigated. Findings reveal a significant direct effect of need for self-enhancement, need for entertainment, and deal-seeking behaviour on intention to follow brands. Indirect effect of social media usage behaviour for consumption decisions was also significant; however, moderation of consumer skepticism was not found to be significant. The study will help marketers create engaging content that enables consumer-brand interactions.

scholarly journals Youths’ Social Media Adoption: Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shakaib Akram ◽  
Wafi Albalawi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Perceived Enjoyment ◽  
Adoption Intention

<p>Social media has become a major source of communication and collaboration between individuals and among groups. The current paper investigates the underlying motives of social media adoption. The research identifies various determinants such as perceived connectedness, perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use as the major influencers of social media adoption intention. Using the sample from Saudi Arabia an online survey is conducted. Structural equation modeling has been used to test the proposed relationships. The results reveal that individuals’ perceived connectedness and perceived enjoyment act as stimuli for their social media adoption intention. Moreover, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness mediate these stimuli and the individuals’ social media adoption intention. The paper concludes with the recommendations for the academicians and the social media designers/developers.</p>

scholarly journals The Personality of the Influencers, the Characteristics of Qualitative Discussions and Their Analysis for Recommendations to Cultural Institutions

Heritage ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassilis Poulopoulos ◽  
Costas Vassilakis ◽  
Angeliki Antoniou ◽  
George Lepouras ◽  
Anastasios Theodoropoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Experimental Procedure ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Cultural Institution ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Museum Experience

Social media usage is affecting peoples’ views through opinion sharing, a fact that has started to attract cultural institutions, as it is possible that this procedure can possibly be a part of a museum experience. As the main goal of a cultural institution is the maximization of senses stimulation, the device that is offered to the visitors’ hands everyday and every moment, becomes an important tool for the art spaces. In this notion we perform research on issues that can be of great importance for the museum’s online presence and attraction. We focus on establishing the personality of influencers related to culture, as well as the characteristics of qualitative discussions on the social media. Crosscult Project is an EU funded project, that aims to spur a change in the way European citizens appraise History, and sets that basis of our research as the experiments are conducted within its scope of. Through the experimental procedure, we collect information in order to define the character of the influencer and the substances of a “serious” conversation. “Serious” conversations are regarded the ones in which a cultural organization can participate actively and benefit from the participation. We present the results of our experimental evaluation and analyze how cultural institutions can benefit from the outcomes of our research.

scholarly journals Social Media Contexts Moderate Perceptions of Animals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Riddle ◽  
Jill R D MacKay
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Media Site ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Perceptions ◽  
New Space

The rapid rise of social media in the past decade represents a new space where animals are represented in human society, and this may influence human perceptions. In this study, 211 participants (49% female) between the ages of 18 to 44 were recruited to an online survey where they viewed mock-up pages from a social media site. All participants saw the same image of an animal, but were randomly assigned to a positive or negative narrative condition. When participants were presented with the critical narrative they perceived the animal to be more stressed (χ2=13.99, p&lt;0.001). Participants expressed reservations in face of a narrative they disagreed with in free text comments. Overall, this study found evidence to suggest that people moderate their discussions on human-animal interactions based on the social network they are in, but these relationships are complex and require further research.

Online Behavior of the Social Media Student

2013 ◽  
pp. 161-176
Author(s):  
Alan J. Reid ◽  
Kate Prudchenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Online Behavior ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Cognitive Theories ◽  
Digital Identities

A survey of 100 undergraduates and 30 post-secondary faculty members was conducted in order to examine the current attitudes and perceptions of both groups toward the integration of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter in education. Results indicate that both parties are willing to incorporate these social media sites into academics but caution that digital identities are not necessarily representative of face-to-face behavior, thus suggesting the need for an awareness of social presence for online interaction between students and faculty. Social cognitive theories are applied to the use of social media as an instructional tool and a set of best practices for implementing social media in academics is proposed.

Social Media Usage among University Students in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
pp. 244-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norsiah Abdul Hamid ◽  
Mohd Sobhi Ishak ◽  
Syamsul Anuar Ismail ◽  
Siti Syamsul Nurin Mohmad Yazam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Virtual Self ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Media Platforms

Social media are playing an increasing role in today’s living. The social media platforms allow users to search, create, share, collaborate, and organise contents among them, and at the same time provide virtual self-presentation and self-disclosure of oneself. Social media were also claimed to give implications to human beings with regards to personality, yet these variables have not much been emphasised in previous studies. Thus, it is important to highlight the implications of social media on users’ personality. Given the issues and challenges faced by the country in profiling the adoption of social media and its implications in view of the perspective of personality, it is timely and significantly important to undertake this research in Malaysia. The objective of this chapter is to discuss a research conducted recently to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits. The specific objectives of this study are to identify the profile of social media adoption among students in Malaysia, including duration, frequency of use, purpose, and person/s that introduced the social media, and to determine the relationships between social media and personality traits.

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