Journalists and Mobile

2019 ◽  
pp. 534-553
Author(s):  
Hans Karl Meyer ◽  
Burton Speakman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Real World ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Arab Spring

Despite the high profile of many social media activist efforts, such as the Arab Spring, researchers are still questioning whether these mostly online campaigns can lead to real world impact. Journalists are also asking themselves what role they fill as they watch, comment on, and cover the deluge of activism on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites. Through a comprehensive review of the literature on social capital and its intersection with the Internet and social media, this chapter suggests that social media can lead to social capital, but journalists provide the key ingredient to lead to lasting social change. Literature on the goals and aims of journalism, coupled with a review of its vital role in a community, point to the need for the context and verification that journalism provides in order for social media to transform into social capital.

Journalists and Mobile

2016 ◽  
pp. 200-219
Author(s):  
Hans Karl Meyer ◽  
Burton Speakman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Real World ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Arab Spring

Despite the high profile of many social media activist efforts, such as the Arab Spring, researchers are still questioning whether these mostly online campaigns can lead to real world impact. Journalists are also asking themselves what role they fill as they watch, comment on, and cover the deluge of activism on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites. Through a comprehensive review of the literature on social capital and its intersection with the Internet and social media, this chapter suggests that social media can lead to social capital, but journalists provide the key ingredient to lead to lasting social change. Literature on the goals and aims of journalism, coupled with a review of its vital role in a community, point to the need for the context and verification that journalism provides in order for social media to transform into social capital.

scholarly journals Study of Automotive Brands Popularity in Indonesia Using Twitter Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Stevent Efendi ◽  
Alva Erwin ◽  
Kho I Eng
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Brand Preference ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon

Social media has been a widespread phenomenon in the recent years. People shared a lot of thought in social media, and these data posted on the internet could be used for study and researches. As one of the fastest growing social network, Twitter is a particularly popular social media to be studied because it allows researchers to access their data. This research will look the correlation between Twitter chatter of a brand and the sales of brands in Indonesia. Factors such as sentiment and tweet rate are expected to be able to predict the popularity of a brand. Being one of the biggest industries in Indonesia, automotive industry is an interesting subject to study. A wide range of people buys vehicles, and even gather as communities based on their car or motorcycle brand preference. The Twitter results of sentiment analysis and tweet rate will be compared with real world sales results published by GAIKINDO and AISI.

The Music That is Here to Stay

2014 ◽  
pp. 145-159
Author(s):  
Atzimba Baltazar Macías
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
The Public ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Use Of Internet ◽  
Mexican Politics

The chapter aims at understanding a recent phenomenon in Mexican politics: the use of Internet and social media as a new and powerful resource for mobilization and social participation in the policy process. Based on a review of two recent movements in Mexico (#YoSoy132 and The Wirikuta Defense Front), the chapter argues that although the Internet is still restricted to the middle and upper classes, the use of social media and its impact transcends class boundaries, draws public attention, creates a valuable social capital for mobilization, and influences the decision-making process. The chapter does not intend to provide evidence to the theoretical discussion on why and how social media enhances political participation and mobilization; rather, it reflects the features shared by these two movements in order to draw some lines for further research. It finds that, if used appropriately, social media is actually an effective tool to facilitate mobilization and modify the public agenda.

scholarly journals E-motivity: the social impact of the Internet as a limbic system

Matrizes ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Derrick de Kerckhove
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Limbic System ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Public Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
New System

The article metaphorically uses the human limbic system to describe the new system of social interaction created by social networks, exploring the conditions involved in the creation and development of emotions on the Internet, in such a way as to reveal the relation between technology and psychology. In defence of the argument that the immediacy of social media favours reactions to public events, it presents examples such as the individual responses to the financial global crisis and the demand for more transparency in the governments and financial institutions, in cases like WikiLeaks and the Arab Spring. It concludes that the Internet allows individuals to extend their action, that now have a global reach, with possible effects upon citizenship.

scholarly journals The effect of the YouTube subscriptions button in the real-world and cyberspace

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Putra Aditya Lapalelo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
The Real ◽  
Economic Interactions

The virtual subscribe button feature on the YouTube platform, which is only the smallest technological element in cyberspace, has turned into a technology capable of dominating interactions in cyberspace and the real world. This growing influence cannot be separated from the subscribe button's function, which is increasingly changing, not just running a function to subscribe to the YouTube channel. Technically, this key determinism has turned into something very social to become a means of moving community groups to influence the economy, politics, social and culture. That can be seen from the results of observations of eight informants who are YouTube users. The eight informants acknowledged the subscribe button's existence, which has influenced social and economic interactions on social media in the last decade. Although several informants also pointed out that humans' role is still visible in the development of the subscriber button as one of the most crucial features in social media, YouTube, and the internet as a whole.

The Influence of New Technologies on the Social Withdrawal (Hikikomori Syndrome) Among Developed Communities, Including Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawid Adamski
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real World ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Social Life ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
The Social ◽  
Extreme Degree

Abstract Hikikomori social withdrawal syndrome was first diagnosed in Japan and means a person who has been isolated from society to an extreme degree. She/he does not attend school or go to work. They do not attend university, they constantly remain at home and most often keep contact with the outside world using new technologies. Hikikomori syndrome is most often recognized as a characteristic problem occurring among Asian societies. Meanwhile, the growing dependence on new technologies among Western societies, and in particular, on the Internet, has caused social withdrawal to become a global problem. Human relationships began to move from the real world to the virtual world, which nowadays is full of communication facilities and allows people to establish relationships with other people without leaving their homes with the help of social media, which are currently packed with advanced solutions connecting people of similar interests or views. All this means that nowadays it is easy to withdraw from physical social life without losing virtual contact with others.

Games for Social Change

2019 ◽  
pp. 866-881
Author(s):  
Paul Keating
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Online Games ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Augusto Boal ◽  
Multiplayer Online Games ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Gaming Environment ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Building on the use of the internet and social media as sites for activism, this paper highlights the emergence of political activism and collective protest in the online gaming environment. Referencing social movement theory and the rapidly evolving capacity of multiplayer online games to facilitate the development of strong group identities and real-time, real-world collaboration, the paper explores the potential of such games to create a space and a mechanism for enabling the emergence of movements for social change. Highlighting the growing number of social activist games designers, building values of equality and social justice into their gameplay, the paper draws an epistemological link between the work of these “conscientious designers” and the process of Conscientization within youth and community work inspired by the critical analysis of political activists such as Paulo Freire and Augusto Boal.

Privacy, the Internet, and Social Media

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin Busuttil ◽  
Felicity McMahon ◽  
Gervase de Wilde
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Real World ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Contact Point ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Network Building ◽  
Do So

The ascendancy of social media poses acute challenges for privacy. While Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other similar services can confer major advantages on users in terms of access to information, ease of communication, and opportunities for network-building, the ordinary concomitant is a significant surrender of personal privacy. This is because participation generally entails the disclosure of, and the ceding of control over, one’s personal data. In order to join the community and enjoy the benefits of membership, a person must establish at a minimum an online contact point and identity (eg in the form of a Facebook account or Twitter profile), typically by transferring some version of his or her actual, real-world, identity to the internet. Many, of course, go much further than this, sharing online—arguably ‘oversharing’—any manner of private information concerning themselves, often with complete strangers. In most cases to do so will prove harmless, but from time to time individuals may make themselves a target.

scholarly journals Online Engagement Between Opposing Political Protest Groups via Social Media is Linked to Physical Violence of Offline Encounters

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 205630512098444
Author(s):  
John D. Gallacher ◽  
Marc W. Heerdink ◽  
Miles Hewstone
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Real World ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Real ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Political Spectrum

The rise of the Internet and social media has allowed individuals with different backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to communicate with one another in an open and largely unstructured way. One important question is whether the nature of online engagements between groups relates to the nature of encounters between these groups in the real world. We analyzed online conversations that occurred between members of protest groups from opposite sides of the political spectrum, obtained from Facebook event pages used to organize upcoming political protests and rallies in the United States and the United Kingdom and the occurrence of violence during these protests and rallies. Using natural language processing and text analysis, we show that increased engagement between groups online is associated with increased violence when these groups met in the real world. The level of engagement between groups taking place online is substantial, and can be characterized as negative, brief, and low in integrative complexity. These findings suggest that opposing groups may use unstructured online environments to engage with one another in hostile ways. This may reflect a worsening of relationships, in turn explaining the observed increases in physical violence offline. These findings raise questions as to whether unstructured online communication is compatible with positive intergroup contact, and highlights the role that the Internet might play in wider issues of extremism and radicalization.

Digital Diaspora and Social Capital

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janroj Yılmaz Keles
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Civic Society ◽  
Geographical Mobility ◽  
The Way

The Internet and its applications, such as social media, have revolutionized the way stateless diasporas communicate transnationally. This new virtual, deterritorialized conversation between diasporic individuals contributes to building (digital) social networks which constitute resources and opportunities for diasporas, central to social and geographical mobility. This paper explores the role of the Internet in connecting diasporas without a home nation-state, encouraging subordinated people to participate in civic society and creating a collective source of digital social capital in the diaspora. I argue that the Internet, particularly social media, contributes to the growth of social networks, social capital and the community’s cultural and political participation within and across nation-state borders.

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