Automated Data Extraction from Online Social Network Profiles

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-42
Author(s):  
Sophia Alim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Automated Extraction ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
History Of

As the use of online social networking (OSN) sites is increasing, data extraction from OSN profiles is providing researchers with a rich source of data. Data extraction is divided into non-automated and automated approaches. However, researchers face a variety of ethical challenges especially using automated data extraction approaches. In social networking, there has been a lack of research that looks into the unique ethical challenges of using automated data extraction compared to non-automated extraction. This article explores the history of social research ethics and the unique ethical challenges associated with using automated data extraction, as well as how these impact the researcher. The author's review has highlighted that researchers face challenges when designing an experiment involving automated extraction from OSN profiles due to issues such as extraction methods, the speed at which the field of social media is moving and a lack of information on how to deal with ethical challenges.

Automated Data Extraction from Online Social Network Profiles

2015 ◽  
pp. 389-408
Author(s):  
Sophia Alim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Automated Extraction ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
History Of

As the use of online social networking (OSN) sites is increasing, data extraction from OSN profiles is providing researchers with a rich source of data. Data extraction is divided into non-automated and automated approaches. However, researchers face a variety of ethical challenges especially using automated data extraction approaches. In social networking, there has been a lack of research that looks into the unique ethical challenges of using automated data extraction compared to non-automated extraction. This article explores the history of social research ethics and the unique ethical challenges associated with using automated data extraction, as well as how these impact the researcher. The author's review has highlighted that researchers face challenges when designing an experiment involving automated extraction from OSN profiles due to issues such as extraction methods, the speed at which the field of social media is moving and a lack of information on how to deal with ethical challenges.

Libraries at the Crossroads

2016 ◽  
pp. 2009-2024
Author(s):  
Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Third ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the various ethical challenges librarians face as they provide library services through the use of social networking technologies. Specifically, the chapter identifies the major ethical issues being encountered by librarians in the use of social media, the implications to professional practice, and the mitigation strategies that can be used to address these issues. The first section is a brief introduction to social networking tools and their uses in the provision of library services. It also discusses the benefits of adoption of social media in libraries. The second section discusses the major ethical challenges being faced by libraries as they integrate social media in their outreach programmes. The third section discusses implications of use of social media in the provision of library services and attempts to recommend measures and practices librarians should undertake to ensure ethical use of social media in their operations. The fourth section is a conclusion to the chapter.

scholarly journals Mining social media data: How are research sponsors and researchers addressing the ethical challenges?

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Taylor ◽  
Claudia Pagliari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Social Research ◽  
International Association ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Social Media Data ◽  
Ethics Guidelines ◽  
Media Data

Background: Data representing people’s behaviour, attitudes, feelings and relationships are increasingly being harvested from social media platforms and re-used for research purposes. This can be ethically problematic, even where such data exist in the public domain. We set out to explore how the academic community is addressing these challenges by analysing a national corpus of research ethics guidelines and published studies in one interdisciplinary research area. Methods: Ethics guidelines published by Research Councils UK (RCUK), its seven-member councils and guidelines cited within these were reviewed. Guidelines referring to social media were classified according to published typologies of social media research uses and ethical considerations for social media mining. Using health research as an exemplar, PubMed was searched to identify studies using social media data, which were assessed according to their coverage of ethical considerations and guidelines. Results: Of the 13 guidelines published or recommended by RCUK, only those from the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Psychological Society, the International Association of Internet Researchers and the National Institute for Health Research explicitly mentioned the use of social media. Regarding data re-use, all four mentioned privacy issues but varied with respect to other ethical considerations. The PubMed search revealed 156 health-related studies involving social media data, only 50 of which mentioned ethical concepts, in most cases simply stating that they had obtained ethical approval or that no consent was required. Of the nine studies originating from UK institutions, only two referred to RCUK ethics guidelines or guidelines cited within these. Conclusions: Our findings point to a deficit in ethical guidance for research involving data extracted from social media. Given the growth of studies using these new forms of data, there is a pressing need to raise awareness of their ethical challenges and provide actionable recommendations for ethical research practice.

scholarly journals Ethical Dilemmas Using Social Media in Qualitative Social Research: A Case Study of Online Participant Observation

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kath Hennell ◽  
Mark Limmer ◽  
Maria Piacentini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Qualitative Social Research ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Social media platforms that enable users to create and share online content with others are used increasingly in social research. This article explores the complex ethical issues associated with using social media for data collection, drawing on a study of the alcohol consumption practices of young people. It aims to contribute to debates about the practical and ethical challenges facing researchers using social media as a data collection tool, and to demonstrate how a reflexive approach to the research and the context in which the research takes place is critically important for supporting and enabling an ethical approach. The article concludes by recommending that researchers who face ethical dilemmas associated with the use of social media maintain an ongoing dialogue with their relevant ethics committees and other researchers to identify potential solutions and to share their findings.

scholarly journals Analisis Vidio Likes to Followers Ratio Instagram Pada 5 Brand Fashion Lokal Yang Mendunia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Kadek Agus dwiandika
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Digital Filters ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
Fashion Brand ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Photo Sharing ◽  
The Social

Instagram is a photo sharing application that applies digital filters and shares them via social networking services. Communication between Instagram users can be established by liking and commenting on photos uploaded by other users. Instagram is in great demand by almost allcircles. As one of the social media loved by the Indonesian people who can share photo content. By accessing Instagram, it will be an exciting activity favored by Indonesian internet users. It is not surprising that online businesses are starting to use Instagram to expand their business. This study uses a quantitative exploratory method to determine the credibility of the performance of 5 global local fashion brand Instagram accounts. Explorative research is a type of social research whose purpose is to provide a little definition or explanation of the concepts or patterns used in the research. From the Table of Account Ratio Values for 5 Global Local Fashion Brands, it can be concluded that Erigo Store gets the highest score for the ratio of Video Likes. to Followers Ratio. While the Instagram account Casteyewear got the lowest score for this ratio. So, in this study, Erigo Store has better credibility than other brands.

An initial exploration of ethical research practices regarding automated data extraction from online social media user profiles

First Monday ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Alim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
User Profiles ◽  
Automated Extraction ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Ethical Research ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Definition Of

The popularity of social media, especially online social networks, has led to the availability of potentially rich sources of data, which researchers can use for extraction via automated means. However, the process of automated extraction from user profiles results in a variety of ethical considerations and challenges for researchers. This paper examines this question further, surveying researchers to gain information regarding their experiences of, and thoughts about, the challenges to ethical research practices associated with automated extraction. Results indicated that, in comparison with two or three years ago researchers are more aware of ethical research practices, and are implementing them into their studies. However, areas such as informed consent suffer from a lack of implementation in research studies. This is due to various factors, such as social media ‘Terms of Service’, challenges with large volumes of data, how far to take informed consent, and the definition of online informed consent. Researchers face a range of issues from digital rights to clear guidance. This paper discusses the findings of the survey questionnaire and explores how the findings affect researchers.

The Effect of Engagement in Online Social Network on Susceptibility to Influence

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S P. Tussyadiah ◽  
Devi Roza Kausar ◽  
Primidya K. M. Soesilo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Consumer Participation ◽  
Social Prestige ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

The effect of consumer participation in online social networking activities on their susceptibility to influence is investigated in a context of restaurant consumption. This research identified a positive relationship between consumers engagement in social networking sites (SNS) on their susceptibility to global consumption influence, which is a multidimensional factor consisting of conformity to trend, social prestige, and quality perception. Furthermore, consumer engagement in SNS and susceptibility to global consumption influence positively affect social influence on SNS. That is, consumers with higher participation in SNS are more prone to global consumer convergence and peer influence on SNS. As implications for tourism and hospitality businesses, strategies to manage consumer-to-consumer communication on social media are suggested.

scholarly journals Online Social Media and Political Awareness in Authoritarian Regimes

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ora John Reuter ◽  
David Szakonyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Political Awareness ◽  
Electoral Fraud ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Online Social Media

Do online social media undermine authoritarianism? The conditions under which online social networks can increase public awareness of electoral fraud in non-democracies are examined in this article and it is argued that a given online social network will only increase political awareness if it is first politicized by elites. Survey data from the 2011 Russian parliamentary elections show that usage of Twitter and Facebook, which were politicized by opposition elites, significantly increased respondents’ perceptions of electoral fraud, while usage of Russia's domestic social networking platforms, VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, which were not politicized by opposition activists, had no effect on perceptions of fraud. This study elucidates the causes of post-election protest by uncovering a mechanism through which knowledge of electoral fraud spreads.

Libraries at the Crossroads

2015 ◽  
pp. 315-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akakandelwa Akakandelwa
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
The Third ◽  
Networking Technologies ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Tools

This chapter discusses the various ethical challenges librarians face as they provide library services through the use of social networking technologies. Specifically, the chapter identifies the major ethical issues being encountered by librarians in the use of social media, the implications to professional practice, and the mitigation strategies that can be used to address these issues. The first section is a brief introduction to social networking tools and their uses in the provision of library services. It also discusses the benefits of adoption of social media in libraries. The second section discusses the major ethical challenges being faced by libraries as they integrate social media in their outreach programmes. The third section discusses implications of use of social media in the provision of library services and attempts to recommend measures and practices librarians should undertake to ensure ethical use of social media in their operations. The fourth section is a conclusion to the chapter.

Discovery of repost patterns by topic analysis in enterprise social networking

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhong Luo ◽  
Xuwei Pan ◽  
Xiyong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Topic Analysis ◽  
Enterprise Social Media ◽  
Media Messages ◽  
The Social

Purpose An increasing number of users are inspired by enterprises to repost social media messages, which greatly contributes to the dissemination of such messages in an online social network. The purpose of this paper is to discover the repost patterns of users regarding enterprise social media messages to help enterprises improve information management abilities for social media. Design/methodology/approach This paper proposes a novel method to discover the repost patterns of users in enterprise social networking (ESN) at the macro-level through topic analysis. Specifically, it proposes the message-diversity metric to measure the latent topic diversity degree of the social media messages. Through this technique, the paper analyzes the message-diversity characteristics of the enterprise social media messages and then explores the repost patterns of users. Findings The experimental results show that a high repost rate is more prominent for the messages with diverse latent topics, where message-diversity is as high as 0.5. Practical implications The findings have great potential in several management areas, such as employing social media marketing, predicting popular messages, helping enterprises strengthen their online presence, and gathering more potential customers. Originality/value This study explores how the repost patterns of users in ESN can be determined through general macro-level behavior of users instead of their micro-level processes. The patterns can also lead to a deeper understanding of which contents can drive people to diffuse information. This study gives an important insight into the information behavior of social media users for enterprise management researchers.

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