Civic Engagement in Local Environmental Initiatives

2022 ◽  
pp. 199-217
Author(s):  
Lorna Heaton ◽  
Patrícia Días da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Multiple Channels ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Formats ◽  
The Web

The goal of this chapter is to draw attention to the interrelation of multiple mediatized relationships, including face-to-face interaction, in local civic engagement around biodiversity and the environment. The authors propose that civic engagement and participation transcend the type of media used, and that artificial distinctions between online and offline participation are unproductive. Their argument is supported by three examples of participatory projects in which social media-based and face-to-face interactions are closely interrelated. This contribution highlights local uses of social media and the web. It shows how engagement plays out across multiple channels and how resources can be found in a variety of media formats. In particular, online media significantly alter the visibility of both local actions and of the resulting data.

Civic Engagement in Local Environmental Initiatives

2020 ◽  
pp. 16-34
Author(s):  
Lorna Heaton ◽  
Patrícia Días da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Multiple Channels ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Formats ◽  
The Web

The goal of this chapter is to draw attention to the interrelation of multiple mediatized relationships, including face-to-face interaction, in local civic engagement around biodiversity and the environment. The authors propose that civic engagement and participation transcend the type of media used, and that artificial distinctions between online and offline participation are unproductive. Their argument is supported by three examples of participatory projects in which social media-based and face-to-face interactions are closely interrelated. This contribution highlights local uses of social media and the web. It shows how engagement plays out across multiple channels and how resources can be found in a variety of media formats. In particular, online media significantly alter the visibility of both local actions and of the resulting data.

Citizen Engagement in Local Environmental Issues

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Lorna Heaton ◽  
Patrícia Días da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Media Formats

The goal of this chapter is to draw attention to the interrelation of multiple mediatized relationships, including face-to-face interaction, in local citizen engagement around biodiversity/environmental information. The authors argue that it is possible to fruitfully theorize the relationship between public involvement and the media without focusing specifically on the type of media. Their argument is supported by three examples of participatory projects, all connected with environmental issues, and in which social media-based and face-to-face interactions are closely interrelated. This contribution highlights the local uses of social media and the Web, and shows how engagement plays out in the interaction of multiple channels for exchange and the use of resources in a variety of media formats. In particular, new media significantly alter the visibility of both local actions and of the resulting data.

scholarly journals A tool for tracking the propagation of words on Reddit

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
Tom Willaert ◽  
Paul Van Eecke ◽  
Jeroen Van Soest ◽  
Katrien Beuls
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Diffusion ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Web

Abstract The data-driven study of cultural information diffusion in online (social) media is currently an active area of research. The availability of data from the web thereby generates new opportunities to examine how words propagate through online media and communities, as well as how these diffusion patterns are intertwined with the materiality and culture of social media platforms. In support of such efforts, this paper introduces an online tool for tracking the consecutive occurrences of words across subreddits on Reddit between 2005 and 2017. By processing the full Pushshift.io Reddit comment archive for this period (Baumgartner et al., 2020), we are able to track the first occurrences of 76 million words, allowing us to visualize which subreddits subsequently adopt any of those words over time. We illustrate this approach by addressing the spread of terms referring to famous internet controversies, and the percolation of alt-right terminology. By making our instrument and the processed data publically available, we aim to facilitate a range of exploratory analyses in computational social science, the digital humanities, and related fields.

Digital Marketing and Grocery Retailing Evidence From a Large Retailer in Italy and Belarus

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-189
Author(s):  
Maria Giovanna Tongiani ◽  
Jacopo Carfora ◽  
Anastasiya Reut
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
Multiple Channels ◽  
Grocery Retailing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Distribution Sector ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The Web

Today the competition in the distribution sector is becoming increasingly more cut-throat and consumers have multiple channels to choose from for making their purchases, each with different characteristics and use methods. The objective of this chapter is to obtain information and identify the elements that allow for highlighting the ability of the grocery retailers who use the web and the social media to expand their own reference markets and establish lasting relationships with the consumers, establishing high loyalty rates of the same. The basic idea is that of verifying the importance for the enterprises operating in the grocery sector both in Italy and Belarus of setting up an e-commerce website, and of making the means and instruments available to the clientele to allow them to shop in different ways to the traditional one. The information will be acquired by means of interviews with customers of a retailer in Italy and a retailer in Belarus. The analyses of the results will provide useful indications concerning the marketing activities of the retailers in both countries.

New Communication Strategies and the Future of Advertising Narration

2019 ◽  
pp. 333-340
Author(s):  
Murat Koçyiğit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Semantic Web Technologies ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Web Experience ◽  
The Web

Nowadays, almost all consumers use social media platforms. Therefore, many consumers share their brand-related experiences on online platforms. Social media platforms have changed the way consumers communicate. It offers consumers the opportunity to contribute to the debate. By means of online media, individuals are no longer just content consumers. Online media users are both content-producing and prosumer. Hence, the prosumer, which produces the content itself and consumes itself, provides the multiple uses in the mass market. It has a comprehensive impact on the purchasing decisions of other consumers. Developing and changing communication technologies are to provide the development of new communication strategies. Moreover, Web 3.0 technology, the third level on the Web, is used by semantic web consumers. Web 3.0 (semantic web) technologies combine information. Semantic Web improves the web experience and makes it more relevant to their search. Web 3.0 stands out with its ability to share meaning and run useful and entertaining web applications.

Socializing the web

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Judith Donath
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Applications ◽  
The Web

Though today we think of the web and social media as nearly synonymous, the technology of the early web made social interaction difficult. The author discusses her work creating some of the web's earliest social applications and asks why our interfaces for seeing and communicating with each other online are still so primitive.

The Patient in Patient Safety: Contemporary Issues, From COVID-19 to Citizen Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 301-303
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lerner Papautsky ◽  
Richard J. Holden ◽  
Rupa S. Valdez ◽  
Jordan Hill ◽  
Janetta Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Human Subjects Research ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Face To Face

In the 4th panel on the topic of The Patient in Patient Safety, we highlighted topics of current relevance and facilitated a reflection session. The objective was to highlight the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted patient ergonomics research and work, with particular focus on safety. After a topic overview, panelists presented their work on overcoming challenges to human subjects research created by the suspension of face-to-face activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A facilitated reflection and brainstorming session using Miro followed. We used questions to elicit examples of patient and caregiver roles in safety during the pandemic and research strategies and challenges. These questions were also distributed on social media prior to the event. The panel served as an opportunity to share lessons learned.

Does Social Media Engagement Translate to Civic Engagement Offline?

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402199944
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Piatak ◽  
Ian Mikkelsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Informal Volunteering ◽  
Using Data

People increasingly engage in politics on social media, but does online engagement translate to offline engagement? Research is mixed with some suggesting how one uses the internet maters. We examine how political engagement on social media corresponds to offline engagement. Using data following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, we find the more politically engaged people are on social media, the more likely they are to engage offline across measures of engagement—formal and informal volunteering, attending local meetings, donating to and working for political campaigns, and voting. Findings offer important nuances across types of civic engagement and generations. Although online engagement corresponds to greater engagement offline in the community and may help narrow generational gaps, this should not be the only means to promote civic participation to ensure all have a voice and an opportunity to help, mobilize, and engage.

scholarly journals A Web Interface for Analyzing Hate Speech

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Lazaros Vrysis ◽  
Nikolaos Vryzas ◽  
Rigas Kotsakis ◽  
Theodora Saridou ◽  
Maria Matsiola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Speech Detection ◽  
Media Services ◽  
The Web ◽  
Machine Learning Models

Social media services make it possible for an increasing number of people to express their opinion publicly. In this context, large amounts of hateful comments are published daily. The PHARM project aims at monitoring and modeling hate speech against refugees and migrants in Greece, Italy, and Spain. In this direction, a web interface for the creation and the query of a multi-source database containing hate speech-related content is implemented and evaluated. The selected sources include Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook comments and posts, as well as comments and articles from a selected list of websites. The interface allows users to search in the existing database, scrape social media using keywords, annotate records through a dedicated platform and contribute new content to the database. Furthermore, the functionality for hate speech detection and sentiment analysis of texts is provided, making use of novel methods and machine learning models. The interface can be accessed online with a graphical user interface compatible with modern internet browsers. For the evaluation of the interface, a multifactor questionnaire was formulated, targeting to record the users’ opinions about the web interface and the corresponding functionality.

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