Online Social Networking for New Researched Opportunities

2011 ◽  
pp. 359-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Mew
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Social Networks ◽  
E Mail

Online Social Networking Web sites are Internet sites that facilitate building of personal social networks online. Young people throughout the United States (U.S.) and around the world are flocking to these sites in droves. Venture capitalists are funding social networking companies at rates not seen since the great technology bust of the late 1990s. Anecdotal evidence suggests that social networking software is one of the next big trends in information technology. Leonard (2004) notes that, “like e-mail, like using a search engine, social networking is a part of the Internet way of life. And [sic] it’s barely getting started.” There are many potential opportunities for research into these virtual communities.

Blackberries, Tweets, and YouTube: Technology and the Future of Communicating with Congress

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 231-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen J. Shogan
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Postal Service ◽  
United States Postal Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Congressional Behavior ◽  
E Mail ◽  
United States Postal

From the establishment of the United States Postal Service and the invention of the telegram, to the introduction of C-SPAN and the explosion of the Internet, the development of new communication technologies has always affected the functioning of Congress. Not surprisingly, recent innovations such as e-mail and social networking have spurred Congress to alter the way it operates as an institution, and rethink the manner in which it engages the public. In this brief examination, I discuss recent changes in congressional behavior and practices due to technological innovation, specifically the proliferation of social networking Web sites. Then, I cautiously predict future trends in the use of social networking and related technologies as they become more integrated in congressional offices and increase the capacity for more robust internal and constituent communications over time.

Web Sites for Young Children: Gateway to Online Social Networking?

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0901300
Author(s):  
Sheri Bauman ◽  
Tanisha Tatum
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Developmental Issues

Traffic on Web sites for young children (ages 3-12) has increased exponentially in recent years. Advocates proclaim that they are safe introductions to the Internet and online social networking and teach essential 21st-century skills. Critics note developmental concerns. In this article, we provide basic information about Web sites for young children, discuss developmental issues, and make recommendations for school counselors to be proactive and aware of the advantages and dangers inherent in these sites.

IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE OF CITIZENS THROUGH THE PRISM OF LINGUISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1753-1768
Author(s):  
M.A. Pronin ◽  
◽  
V.V. Ananishnev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Personnel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Spanish Flu ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The coronavirus pandemic, which has become a challenge not only for doctors, but also for psychologists around the world, will have a long-term psychological effect for Russians. At the same time, a way out of the crisis can, on the contrary, make people stronger and speed up the economic recovery, as it was after the plague and the Spanish flu, experts say. According to historical data on the consequences of plague and Spanish flu epidemics in Europe and the United States, given in a report by Dmitry Ushakov, Director of the Institute of psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it often turned out that people who survived them lived longer, and the most affected regions showed higher recovery rates. Experts note the growing demand for psychological assistance among people who have witnessed a global pandemic. Problems related to the consequences of stress that people faced in self-isolation have become more acute. These are also problems related to the violation of the traditional way of life, being isolated, in General, there is a certain aggression around the world, an increase in domestic violence, and many other issues. Psychologists found themselves in the situation of an included experiment. Despite the absence of a “mental epidemic”, citizens of various countries, experiencing fear and confusion, turned to its Internet to get the necessary information about the pandemic in order to eliminate fears for their health and the health of their relatives, including mental health. Its Internet today contains a lot of chats (correspondence) both in the professional language among medical personnel, as well as non-specialists. Thus, the pandemic has started to have an impact not only on health but also on the language itself. Some of the opportunities that can give science and society to learn the language of the pandemic are discussed in this article.

Retaining and Exploring Digital Traces

2013 ◽  
pp. 232-252
Author(s):  
Demosthenes Akoumianakis ◽  
Giannis Milolidakis ◽  
George Vlachakis ◽  
Nikolas Karadimitriou ◽  
Giorgos Ktistakis
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Knowledge Visualization ◽  
Tight Coupling ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Social Technologies ◽  
Tightly Coupled

The present work rests and elaborates on the assumption that social technologies are increasingly turned into computer-mediated virtual settlements, thereby allowing the excavation of a variety of enacted cyber-phenomena such as ad hoc online ensembles, informal social networks and virtual communities, on the grounds of “digital” traces or remains. In this vein, the authors motivate and present a method for virtual excavations that is tightly coupled to a transformational technology such as knowledge visualization. The analytical and explanatory value of the method is assessed using two case studies addressing representative genres of social technologies, namely web sites augmented with social plug-ins and social networking services. Analysis reveals intrinsic aspects of “digital” traces and remains, the form they take in today’s social web and the means through which they can be excavated and transformed to useful information. It turns out that such virtual excavations, when organized and conducted carefully, can be of benefit to enterprises, service organizations and public sector institutions. In addition, their tight coupling with knowledge visualization eliminates extensive data analysis as much of this work can be done using the visualization. On the other hand, and depending on the size of digital trace data, the choice of visualizations and the underlying toolkit are of paramount importance.

Chinese Culture and Internet E-Commerce

2011 ◽  
pp. 267-288
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Guidelines

The potential for the Internet and e-commerce in China and Chinese-speaking nations (including Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore) is huge. Many experts believe that China will have the second largest population of web surfers, after the United States, by the year 2005 (McCarthy, 2000). Currently, the Internet population in China is doubling every six months (CNNIC, 2001). There are many issues relating to China’s cultural aspects and society, which can impact the design and content of web sites that are directed towards Chinese audiences. Some of these issues include basic differences between Chinese and American/Western cultures, family and collective orientations, religion and faith, color, symbolism, ordering and risk/uncertainty. Attention is given to the differences between the cultures of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, as well as addressing issues brought up by related theories and frameworks. A discussion of important considerations that relate to using Chinese language on the World Wide Web (WWW) is also included. Finally, insights are gained by examining web sites produced in China and Chinese-speaking countries. This chapter will focus on many of these issues and provide practical guidelines and advice for those who want to reach out to Chinese audiences, whether for e-commerce, education, or other needs.

Trust in Virtual Communities

2011 ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Luis V. Casaló ◽  
Carlos Flavián ◽  
Miguel Guinalíu
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
The World ◽  
Community Concept ◽  
E Mail

Individuals are increasingly turning to computermediated communication in order to get information on which to base their decisions. For instance, many consumers are using newsgroups, chat rooms, forums, e-mail list servers, and other online formats to share ideas, build communities and contact other consumers who are seen as more objective information sources (Kozinets, 2002). These social groups have been traditionally called virtual communities. The virtual community concept is almost as old as the concept of Internet. However, the exponential development of these structures occurred during the nineties (Flavián & Guinalíu, 2004) due to the appearance of the World Wide Web and the spreading of other Internet tools such as e-mail or chats. The justification of this expansion is found in the advantages generated by the virtual communities to both the members and the organizations that create them.

Electronic Government and Integrated Library Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 1229-1334
Author(s):  
Yukiko Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Geographic Distance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Republic

Twenty First Century Government is enabled by technology— policy is inspired by it, business change is delivered by it, customer and corporate services are dependent on it, and democratic engagement is exploring it. Technology alone does not transform government, but government cannot transform to meet modern citizens’ expectations without it (Cabinet Office, 2005, p. 3). According to the E-Government Readiness Ranking Report (United Nations, 2005), in 2005 the United States was the world leader followed by Denmark, Sweden, and the United Kingdom; and in 2004 the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Estonia, Malta, and Chile were also among the top 25 “e-ready” countries. The Ranking Report further emphasizes that 55 countries, out of 179, which maintained a government Web site, encouraged citizens to participate in discussing key issues of importance, and that most developing country governments around the world are promoting citizen awareness about policies, programs, approaches, and strategies on their Web sites—thus making an effort to engage multi-stakeholders in participatory decision-making. Indeed, one of the significant innovations in information technology (IT) in the digital age has been the creation and ongoing development of the Internet—Internet technology has changed rules about how information is managed, collected, and disseminated in commercial, government, and private domains. Internet technology also increases communication flexibility while reducing cost by permitting the exchange of large amounts of data instantaneously regardless of geographic distance (McNeal, Tolbert, Mossberger, & Dotterweich, 2003). In Hirsch’s (2006) words, “The Internet has finally achieved the convergence dream of the 1970s and everything that can be canned in digital form is traveling the Net” (p.3).

Capturing Online Collaboration in the Design Elements Model for Web 2.0 and Beyond

2010 ◽  
pp. 647-661
Author(s):  
T. Andrew Yang ◽  
Dan J. Kim ◽  
Tri Vu ◽  
Vishal Dhalwani
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Critical Feature ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
The Web

When analyzing the design elements of Web 1.0 applications, Rayport and Jaworski’s 7C Framework (2001) is a model commonly used by researchers. With the advancement of the Web into the Web 2.0 generation, the 7C Framework is insufficient in addressing a critical feature ubiquitously present in Web 2.0 applications, that is, collaboration. In our previous work, we had extended the 7C Framework into the 8C Framework by incorporating the collaboration element in order to capture the collaboration element in Web 2.0 applications (Yang, Kim, Dhalwani, & Vu, 2008). In this chapter, we present the 8C framework as a reference model for analyzing collaborative Web 2.0 applications, including online social networking Web sites and online collaborative sites such as Wikipedia.

scholarly journals The mechanism of synergetically controlled self-organization of actors in social networking services

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Kateryna Molodetska
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
State Information ◽  
The World

Today social networking services are one of the most popular virtual platforms for implementing social communication in the information space. In this case, social networking services provide the basic needs of actors in communication, belonging to virtual communities, new knowledge, self-realization, security, etc. At the same time, social networking services can be used by the world leading countries to achieve one-sided advantages in the national information space and influence on social and political processes in the state, public opinion, social exacerbation, interethnic and interreligious conflicts, etc. That’s why providing the state’s information security in social networking services is one of the most acute problems in Ukraine and around the world. It is established that the most promising direction of counteracting the threats to state information security in social networking services and managing the dynamics of interaction between the actors is the use of the concept of synergetic management. However, currently there are no practical recommendations for the implementation of synergistic management with the use of social control for self-organization in social networking services. The article systematizes the basic components of social control in social networking services. It is established that they are divided into social norms and social sanctions. The structure of each component of social control in social networking services and the peculiarities of their implementation are revealed. The synergetic model of interaction between the actors in social networking services is synthesized, which will ensure the formation of a stable virtual community. Such a virtual community is capable of counteracting the threats to the state’s information security in the information space of services through the implementation of social control over the members of the virtual community and the dissemination of a strategic narrative to counteract the content of destructive nature. The experimental research of the proposed model of synergetic control for a hidden artificially controlled transition of the virtual community of actors in social networking services to the state of state information security is performed. It is proved that the effectiveness of such a management compared to the unmanaged processes of the formation of stable virtual communities increases 3.3 times and allows to attract a greater number of actors of social networking services.

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