The Dark Side of Smartphone, Social Media & Co. – Teil 2

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-15
Author(s):  
Ralf T. Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
End Users ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Holistic View

In many textbooks and reference books – including my own ones – the opportunities associated with the use of mobile devices, social media and further developments in the digital age are extensively described. In my two articles in "Der Betriebswirt", however, I draw attention to the risks, the "dark side", that accompany these changes. Only a holistic view of the lights and shadows of smartphones, social media & Co. allows responsible use – by the providers of these systems, the companies, the institutions relevant to the legislation and especially by the end users themselves. Especially in the case of the latter, I believe there is hardly any comprehensive awareness of the risks of social media use – and the levels of dependency are rising!

The Dark Side of Smartphone, Social Media & Co. – Teil

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Ralf T. Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
End Users ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Holistic View

In many textbooks and reference books – including my own ones – the opportunities associated with the use of mobile devices, social media and further developments in the digital age are extensively described. In my two articles in "Der Betriebswirt", however, I draw attention to the risks, the "dark side", that accompany these changes. Only a holistic view of the lights and shadows of smartphones, social media & Co. allows responsible use – by the providers of these systems, the companies, the institutions relevant to the legislation and especially by the end users themselves. Especially in the case of the latter, I believe there is hardly any comprehensive awareness of the risks of social media use – and the levels of dependency are rising!

Do doctors care? Validating a tool for the assessment of health information security in Spanish-speaking countries (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Andres Delgado-Ron ◽  
Daniel Simancas-Racines
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
Password Management

BACKGROUND Healthcare has increased its use of information technology over the last few years. A trend followed higher usage of Electronic Health Record in low-and-middle-income countries where doctors use non-medical applications and websites for healthcare-related tasks. Information security awareness and practices are essential to reduce the risk of breaches. OBJECTIVE To assess the internal reliability of the Spanish translation of three areas of the Human Aspects of Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q), and to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical doctors around information security. METHODS This is a cross-sectional descriptive study designed as a questionnaire-based. We used focus areas (Password management, social media use, and mobile devices use) from the Human Aspects of Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q). Medical doctors in Ecuador answered an online survey between December 2017 and January 2018. RESULTS A total of 434 health professionals (response rate: 0.65) completed all the questions in our study. Scores were 37.4 (SD 5.9) for Password Management, 35.4 (SD 5.0) for Social Media Use and 35.9 (SD 5.7) for Mobile Devices. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α) was 0.78 (95% CI: 0.75, 0.81) for password management, 0.73 (95%CI: 0.69, 0.77) for mobile devices and 0.77 (95% CI: 0.73, 0.78) for Social Media Use. CONCLUSIONS Our study shows that three components of the Spanish translation of the HAIS-Q questionnaire were internally reliable when applied in medical doctors. Medical doctors with eagerness to receive infosec training scored higher in social media use and mobile device use categories.

Why do people share fake news? Associations between the dark side of social media use and fake news sharing behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalini Talwar ◽  
Amandeep Dhir ◽  
Puneet Kaur ◽  
Nida Zafar ◽  
Melfi Alrasheedy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
News Sharing ◽  
Sharing Behavior

scholarly journals Affective polarization in the digital age: Testing the direction of the relationship between social media and users’ feelings for out-group parties

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110443
Author(s):  
Maria Nordbrandt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Previous Level ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

There is considerable disagreement among scholars as to whether social media fuels polarization in society. However, a few have considered the possibility that polarization may instead affect social media usage. To address this gap, the study uses Dutch panel data to test directionality in the relationship between social media use and affective polarization. No support was found for the hypothesis that social media use contributed to the level of affective polarization. Instead, the results lend support to the hypothesis that it was the level of affective polarization that affected subsequent use of social media. The results furthermore reveal heterogeneous patterns among individuals, depending on their previous level of social media usage, and across different social media platforms. The study gives reason to call into question the predominating assumption in previous research that social media is a major driver of polarization in society.

scholarly journals Top tips for social media use in sports and exercise medicine: doing the right thing in the digital age

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (14) ◽  
pp. 909-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Hassan Ahmed ◽  
Richard Weiler ◽  
Anthony G Schneiders ◽  
Paul McCrory ◽  
S John Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Exercise Medicine ◽  
Sports And Exercise ◽  
The Right

Social Media in Teacher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 2023-2051
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Paul Carpenter ◽  
Daniel G. Krutka
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Educational Potential

Social media's rise has affected human interactions in significant ways, and such media may support learning. But how to prepare teachers who can maximize the educational potential of these technologies remains unclear. In this chapter the authors aim to summarize and synthesize extant research concerning social media use in teacher education, specifically attending to methods, theories, and findings. They begin by defining and situating social media with an eye towards affordances and drawbacks. The authors discuss pertinent research through the lens of experiences various mediums afford individuals and groups, including enhanced interaction, discussion, collaboration, community, feedback, mentoring, and support. Opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media in the preparation of teachers in and for the digital age are discussed, and the chapter concludes by detailing implications of the existing literature for theory, practice, and future research.

scholarly journals Social media’s dark side: inducing boundary conflicts

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (8) ◽  
pp. 1297-1311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ward van Zoonen ◽  
Joost W.M. Verhoeven ◽  
Rens Vliegenthart
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Work Life Conflict

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the negative consequences of work-related social media use, and the extent to which the presence of social media policies in organizations are able to mitigate these consequences. Design/methodology/approach Internet-based survey data (N=575) was analyzed using structural equation modeling to test the indirect effect of social media use on exhaustion through work/life conflict. Findings This study shows that there is a dark side to social media use, as employees’ work-related social media use might be intrusive to their personal lives while simultaneously increasing life to work conflict. Furthermore, the results indicate that the current implementation of social media usage policies at work is not sufficient to defend employees against the negative consequences of social media use; namely, work/life conflict and ultimately exhaustion. Research limitations/implications The indirect pathways are assessed using cross-sectional data, which makes verifying causal relationships difficult. Practical implications The findings underscore the need for contemporary organizations to pragmatically intensify their efforts to mitigate the impacts of boundary conflict on workers’ well-being that result from increased use of social media for work. Originality/value This paper is among the first to demonstrate that the use of social media for work is related to exhaustion through increased work/life conflict.

scholarly journals Leveraging Visibility, Gaining Capital? Social Media Use in the Fight Against Child Abusers: The Case of The Judge Beauce

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630511769199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Myles ◽  
Daniel Trottier
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Public Scrutiny ◽  
Heuristic Device

This article examines the constitutive role of mediated visibility in the emergence of contemporary vigilante initiatives. Here, visibility is conceptualized as a “heuristic device” to understand social phenomena, as well as a lever for organizations to acquire various forms of capital. The article uses the case of The Judge Beauce—a Canadian organization created in 2015 to fight against child abusers—to understand how vigilante collectives can lever mediated visibility, and online visibility in particular, to acquire specific forms of policing capital (economic, social, political, and cultural). Results show that mediated visibility was indeed crucial for raising funds, constituting vigilant/e publics, and defining vigilante identities, relations, and practices. Yet, as a “double-edged sword,” mediated visibility brought on public scrutiny that simultaneously resulted in a series of liabilities. Finally, this article contends that vigilantism in the digital age should be defined as the enactment of power im(balances) through the instrumentalization of mediated visibility rather than considering force or the threat of its use as its main feature.

Social Media in Teacher Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 28-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Paul Carpenter ◽  
Daniel G. Krutka
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Educational Potential

Social media's rise has affected human interactions in significant ways, and such media may support learning. But how to prepare teachers who can maximize the educational potential of these technologies remains unclear. In this chapter the authors aim to summarize and synthesize extant research concerning social media use in teacher education, specifically attending to methods, theories, and findings. They begin by defining and situating social media with an eye towards affordances and drawbacks. The authors discuss pertinent research through the lens of experiences various mediums afford individuals and groups, including enhanced interaction, discussion, collaboration, community, feedback, mentoring, and support. Opportunities and challenges associated with the use of social media in the preparation of teachers in and for the digital age are discussed, and the chapter concludes by detailing implications of the existing literature for theory, practice, and future research.

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