Social Media in Pedagogical Context

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Vivitsou ◽  
Kirsi Tirri ◽  
Heikki Kynäslahti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local School ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Enhanced Learning

This study discusses the meanings underlying a Finnish and a Greek language teacher's pedagogical integration of social media. As the research spans across the physical and the virtual pedagogical meeting, our review of the literature is also based on a two-level approach. The first level links metaphor with the pedagogical thinking, being the set of values and purposes underlying teachers' decisions. The second examines the meanings of the digital deriving from arguments that seek to explain the relationship between pedagogy and technology. In this study the authors view metaphors as research vehicles and apply content analysis to draw upon the Finnish and the Greek language teacher's speech and make their meanings visible. To this end, the authors analyze and discuss findings of data resulting from two semi-structured interviews. The patterns arising from the discussion of digitally enhanced learning experiences indicate that metaphors can be shared, reflecting overlaps in notional categories (e.g., sociality and action). More powerful metaphors relate to context-dependent situations. These powerful metaphors emerge when issues characterizing the local school culture are tackled in the teachers' talk.

scholarly journals On What Do the Homeless Base Their Happiness?

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1512
Author(s):  
Yaiza Cano-González ◽  
Carmen Portillo-Sotelo ◽  
María del Mar Rodríguez-del-Águila ◽  
María Paz García-Caro ◽  
Ana M. Núñez-Negrillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Homeless Persons ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Northern Areas ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies. Design: Exploratory observational study with an analytical and descriptive qualitative design. Setting: Participants were contacted, administered with questionnaires, and interviewed in the street (central and northern areas of the city) or at the “Asociación Calor y Café” center in Granada (Spain) between April 2017 and February 2018. Participants: Selected by intentional sampling, 25 participants completed questionnaires in the first study and 14 of these were administered with questionnaires and interviewed in the second study. Method: General and specific questionnaires were administered to determine the state of happiness and other variables. Descriptive statistics were followed by an analysis of the relationships between variables and the content analysis of semi-structured interviews. Results: A feeling of happiness was described by 64% of participants and confirmed by a happiness scale score of 50%. Participants who felt satisfied with their life were 4.5-fold more likely to feel happy (p = 0.021). Expectations for the future were not associated with happiness or satisfaction with life. Content analysis of interviews revealed three main themes: conditions for happiness, own happiness/unhappiness, and self-esteem. Conclusions: Many homeless people describe themselves as feeling happy and satisfied with their life. Material aspects, affective situations, daily life concerns, and self-esteem predominate in their discourse on happiness.

scholarly journals Communicating with Voters on YouTube: Content Analysis of the Relationship Between Advertisement Message Characteristics and Viewers’ Responses

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35
Author(s):  
Seerat Sohal ◽  
Harsandaldeep Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Political Marketing ◽  
Political Advertisements ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

The present study is an endeavour to broaden the research on the use of social media websites in political campaigns beyond the ambit of developed countries. This article focuses on scrutinizing the role of YouTube during 2014 Indian Parliamentary elections—the first ‘social media’-based elections in India. The methodology of data collection incorporates the content analysis of 147 YouTube-based audio–visual political advertisements, associating the message characteristics (natures, types and appeals) with message reach (number of views) and viewer engagement (types of comments). The results reveal the failure of the viewers to recognize the association between message reach and viewers’ engagement with message characteristics, confirming the ‘marginal’ use of YouTube. However, the study recommends the incorporation of contemporary, Internet-based social media advertising tools along with the traditional tools in the future political marketing campaigns. This article is instrumental for political marketers and consultants in devising political marketing strategies.

scholarly journals ACADEMIC CULTURE BARRIERS FACED BY ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS JOINING INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Wulan Ramadhani ◽  
Dwi Poedjiastutie
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
English Department ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Differences ◽  
International Internship ◽  
The Relationship

Academic culture barrier is one of the barriers that students faced when they were going abroad whether for studying or doing their internship. There are lots of students’ encounters a problem when they were doing their internship. This research was conducted to examine the academic culture barriers faced by ELED students joining the international internship program to Thailand. In conducting the research, the researcher utilized the descriptive qualitative design to obtaining formation related to the problem in academic life. The participants of this study were eight students of ELED UMM who join the international internship program in Thailand 2018. The researcher used semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaire in order not to limit participants in telling their experience. The results of this study are divided into 3 categories which are academic problems, solutions, and academic differences. The academic problems that the participants faced involve language, English knowledge, the use of Thai letters, curriculum, and students’ participation. The solution that they gave were using gesture in dealing with the language problem, using role-play in dealing with lack of knowledge in English, teach the students alphabet in dealing with the using of Thai letters, designing their own material in dealing with no exact curriculum, and try to interact to the students outside the class in dealing with passive students participation. Furthermore, the academic differences are the relationship between student and teacher, and school culture.

scholarly journals Information Sharing and Decision-Making: Attempts by Ghanaian Return Migrants to Enter through Libya

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-234
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Koomson-Yalley
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between irregular migration, access to information and migration decisions. Using semi-structured interviews of thirty irregular return migrants who failed to reach their European destinations through Libya, I show that irregular return migrants from Ghana rely predominantly on interpersonal sources, including colleagues, neighbors, friends and relatives, for information on migration. Return migrants seek information from those who have relevant experience with that kind of migration. Existing research focuses on information from ‘formal’ sources such as traditional print media, social media, library or workshops. Here I argue that this focus on access to information conceals the activities and practices of irregular return migrants who perceive European destinations as ‘greener pastures’ and seek information to travel through dangerous routes. Most irregular return migrants interviewed in this study indicated they had access to information from ‘informal’ sources often shared as ‘jokes.’ Although irregular return migrants perceive the information they gather through their everyday activities as reliable, their interactions involve complex and unstructured social processes.

scholarly journals Uma breve análise das relações entre intermediários e jogadores de futebol menores de 16 anos

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Reyes Boehl ◽  
Mauro Myskiw
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
Material Benefits ◽  
The Relationship

INTRODUÇÃO: As relações entre intermediários e jogadores de futebol de base maiores de 16 anos têm demonstrado maiores relevâncias, principalmente por fatores como o aumento das transferências e no incremento dos salários.OBJETIVO: Analisar como são iniciadas, sustentadas e encerradas as relações entre intermediários de futebol e jogadores de base menores de 16 anos de idade. MÉTODOS: Caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa qualitativa com delineamento exploratório,. A seleção da amostra foi não probabilística, de modo intencional, por conveniência. Participaram deste estudo 04 intermediários, homens com idades entre 36 e 42 anos. Para coleta de informações, foram utilizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas, as quais foram gravadas e posteriormente transcritas. RESULTADOS: Emergiram das entrevistas 187 unidades de registro, sendo alocadas em categorias e subcategorias, em conformidade com os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo. Considerou-se que as relações se iniciam a partir da análise de jogadores e os primeiros contatos entre agente e família do jogador. Sustentam-se à base da confiança e através da oferta de benefícios materiais e de serviço por parte do intermediário. O encerramento das relações pode ocorrer por motivos alheios antes da celebração do primeiro contrato profissional. CONCLUSÃO: Conclui-se que o principal interesse dos intermediários é fidelizar o jogador para lucrar financeiramente quando esse se profissionalizar.  A brief analysis of the relationship between intermediaries and football players under the age of 16ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The relations between intermediaries and base football players over 16 years old have shown greater relevance, mainly due to factors such as the increase in transfers and the increase in wages. OBJECTIVE: To analyze how the relations between soccer intermediaries and youth players under 16 years old are initiated, sustained and ended. METHODS: It is characterized as a qualitative research with an exploratory design, which allowed the interpretation of the results found. The sample selection was non-probabilistic, intentionally, for convenience. Four intermediaries, men, aged between 36 and 42 years, participated in this study. To collect information, semi-structured interviews were used, which were recorded and later transcribed. RESULTS: 187 record units emerged from the interviews, being allocated into categories and subcategories, in accordance with the assumptions of content analysis. It was considered that the relationships start from the analysis of players and the first contacts between the player’s agent and family. They are sustained on the basis of trust and through the offer of material benefits and service by the intermediary. The termination of relationships may occur for other reasons before the conclusion of the first professional contract. CONCLUSION: The main interest of intermediaries is to retain the player to profit financially when he becomes professional.

scholarly journals To what extend do governments effectively use social media? Understanding government and user interactions on immigration agencies' social media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Gintova
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Public Service Delivery ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Effective Use

Since 2011, Canada like many other countries, has been formally using social media as part of its open government policy. In the past few years, many federal and provincial departments and agencies in Canada have invested significant resources in social media initiatives and begun to build up their presence on social media platforms. This research examines if the use of social media makes a difference and adds value in public service delivery. The study focuses on immigration agencies in Canada – the federal government’s Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (MCI) – and comparison with Australia and New Zealand as two other jurisdictions using social media in immigration related matters. It is aimed at capturing and analysing the perspectives of both public servants and users of government social media, therefore, filling existing gaps in the literature related to how government immigration agencies are using social media and how that use relates to social media users’ expectations and needs. The methodology used in this study includes qualitative methods: document analysis, content analysis and semi-structured interviews. Content analysis of social media data is supplemented by analysis of government documents and interview data offering insights into the meaning of effective use of social media for government and social media users. Using existing secondary sources from the scholarly and practitioner literature, the study also defines and examines effective use of social media by government and includes recommendations for practitioners. Findings of this study add value to existing scholarship on public policy and administration and for policy makers and public servants responsible for the use of social media in government to improve existing policy and public service delivery.

Self-Presentation, Interaction, and Marketing of Chinese Athletes on Social Media

2019 ◽  
pp. 48-67
Author(s):  
Yanfan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nation System

This chapter explored the characteristics of Chinese athletes' self-presentation and para-social interaction on social media using Goffman's self-presentation and para-social interaction theories. With the policies consciously supporting sport promotion in China, how to balance the commercialization and national glories, even the entertainment part is the linchpin of this. A content analysis of 552 Weibo posted by 10 male Chinese table tennis athletes was conducted. Results found that many Weibo posts are about interactivity (33%), especially with their teammates or coaches. Athletes also tend to be more personal on social media by posting amusing or emotional tweets. All showed that they present themselves as more of a marketing one but still under the frame of “the whole nation system.” Only a few Weibo were promotional (9%), indicating that the potential of achieving market objectives has not come to athletes' full awareness. Suggestions are athletes enhance the relationship with fans so as to enlarge the influence of themselves and the sport per se.

Let It Go

2017 ◽  
pp. 1106-1129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Montecchi ◽  
Karinna Nobbs
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Product Reviews ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Product Usage ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Relationship

The various digital interactions and contributions, which can be grouped under the umbrella term User Generated Content (UGC), can take the form of product reviews, blogs, demonstration of product usage or even “homemade advertising” (Berthon, Pitt, & Campbell, 2008; Fader & Winer, 2012). While current studies on UGC have mainly focused on the motivations that drive consumers to engage and contribute in various forms online, this research aims to explore how are organisations operating within the fashion industry are listening to, and taking advantage of, the various consumers contributions defined as UGC in order to innovate and create value for customers and other stakeholders. The findings of the semi-structured interviews conducted show that managers are still struggling in balancing the level of control and in managing a new generation of empowered consumers (Pires, Stanton, & Rita, 2006). Social media and UGC call for a more strategic approach by organisations wishing to succeed. The relationship between UGC and co-innovation was also identified.

Recognizing citizens in municipal management: an exploratory study based on a content analysis of municipal websites in the province of Quebec

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gérard Divay ◽  
Maud Micheau
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Employee Recognition ◽  
Municipal Management ◽  
Organizational Science ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the usefulness of a recognition framework for the study of the relationship between municipal administrations and citizens. Within the organizational science literature, employee recognition has been shown to enhance their commitment to their organization. In a context where public authorities consistently seek to improve levels of civic engagement, could this conclusion be applied to the relationship between municipalities and their constituents? Following a review of the literature, we present the results of a content analysis of the websites of Quebec municipalities whose populations are greater than 20,000. Three modes of recognition are identified: personalized attention, value confirmation, and gratitude. Recognition practices are also found to vary between municipalities. Our study opens new pragmatic and theoretical horizons in the area of municipal management. Points for practitioners Managers know that showing recognition toward their employees is not only a sign of respect, but a means to mobilize employee commitment to their organization. This article explores the value of this finding for the field of municipal management and, specifically, to the study of the relationship between municipal managers and citizens. Should serving citizens not ultimately mean recognizing their individual identities, civic capacities, and contribution to their community’s vitality?

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