scholarly journals Effect of social media in political change in Sudan

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-64
Author(s):  
Dr. Badereldin Ali Hamed Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
The Political ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

This study is entitled (Effect of social media in political change in Sudan - A field study from the point of view of activists in the movement in the state of Khartoum 2021 Type of study: Descriptive study is the methodology used is the survey method. Objectives of the study: Disclosure of the reasons that make the Sudanese citizen accept the use of social media and Identification of the most important means of social communication used by members of the study, to know the impact of social media in the political change in Sudan. The most important results: the use of social media by activists has led to the response and conviction of the users of the Sudan need for political change. The study showed that ignoring members of the ruling power of the influence of social media helped the political change in Sudan. confirmed the study members on the impact of the use of social media by users has helped to detect the types of corruption within the members of the ruling authority in Sudan The study showed that the means of social communication was able to highlight the names of opponents of the policy of the ruling power, who convinced the recipients with the inevitability of change.

scholarly journals Social Media and Journalism Ethics in Nigeria: A Study of Journalists in Kwara State of Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Titilola Gbadeyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Journalism Ethics ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
The North ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Journalism is a term that has been used to describe the act of gathering and reporting news, either through the print media which includes newspaper, magazine or through the broadcast media to mention television, radio broadcasting system and recently journalism has been extended throughout the world through unrestricted use of social media, whereby the act of gathering and disseminating of news is done without restraint. Conversely, one important thing to note about journalism is the ethics that enhance the profession, its notes worthy to know that any information that is disseminated via any media should be ethically standard. The new media has on a large scale given the opportunity to a whole large number of people to practice journalism without them knowing the ethics that guide the profession, which is affecting the dynamics of the profession. Therefore this study is based on assessing the impact of a new communication system on journalism; whether social media promote the ethics of journalism profession and to know if social media journalists are in compliance with the journalism code of ethics in their dissemination of news and information. In this research, the survey method was adopted and the north-central geo-political zone, Kwara state to be précised was selected for the study.

scholarly journals Analisis Promethee II Sebagai Pendukung Keputusan Pemilihan Media Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saifulloh Saifulloh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Promethee Ii ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Selection Decisions ◽  
Online Communication Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, people cannot get away from social media. Social media is a part of the life of the wider community today, from teenagers to the elderly, many of which use social media to fill their spare time. Trends in the use of social media from various circles of society have many functions, such as news updates, online communication tools, sharing (data, images, and voice) without having to meet face to face. The impact of all social media use, this study aims to select the most popular social media used based on function, interest, or interface. This study uses the Promethee II method as an analysis of social media selection decisions with the results of calculations using Excel 2019. The alternative criteria objects in this study use popular social media such as Instagram, Whatsapp, Facebook, Line, and Telegram. The research method uses the stages of data collection, namely the survey method, distributing questionnaires to respondents to provide responses to the most popular social media assessors.

scholarly journals The effect of Using Social Media during formal working hours upon productivity from employee’s opinionThe Study applied on EBU’s employees in STC: أثر استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي أثناء الدوام الرسمي على إنتاجية العمل من وجهة نظر الموظفين دراسة ميدانية على موظفي قطاع الأعمال بشركة الاتصالات السعودية

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanad Khulaif Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Work Productivity ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to identify the level of social media usage by the Saudi Communications Officer during the official working hours, and to identify the extent of the impact of the social media usage on the employee's productivity. The study also aimed to determine the most important means to reduce this phenomenon, as well as to know whether there are statistically significant differences in the opinion of the respondents towards productivity, which are attributable to personal variables.  This study relied on the descriptive survey approach, and the study population consisted of business-sector employees in Saudi Telecom Company in Riyadh. 150 questionnaires were randomly distributed to the study population, and 130 questionnaires valid for analysis were retrieved. The most important results are that 67.7% of the sample believe that staff productivity is not decreased after using social media, as well as that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 or less on work productivity through the different variables except for the variable of the purpose of social media usage. The most important recommendations: Employees should be advised not to use social media during work, and the necessity to prepare awareness messages to be sent through the message center as well as the "fingerprint" system. Furthermore, seminars should be held to discuss the possibilities of achieving the optimal use of social media services during the official working hours to complete the company's business and not the employee's private business.

scholarly journals Social Dimensions of Adolescents' Use of Social Media: A Descriptive Study on a Sample of Secondary School Students in Jeddah

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-171
Author(s):  
Abdal rahman Abdallah Abdal Rahman Al-Omri Abdal rahman Abdallah Abdal Rahman Al-Omri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Nowadays, the usage of social media sites among the members of the society has grown and has become more popular among young people, especially the adolescents who are more exposed to these digital sites. In this study we are trying to identify the social dimensions of using the social media among high school student boys. This study is a descriptive study that adopts the social survey method. The field study data were collected from a sample of students in some secondary schools in Jeddah, estimated at 302 students, through a questionnaire distributed to those respondents. The most important results of this study is related to family dimensions found that the majority of the study sample belong to medium-sized families, who live in rented apartments, with middle-income, mostly it comes from the salary of the job, and most respondents' parent have a low level of education which is secondary. The data on social dimensions which is related to friends has indicated that respondents share their preference to use mobile phones to access preferred social networking sites such as WhatsApp, YouTube and Snapchat, with addiction to their excessive exposure to sites that address their various contemporary issues. The results showed the modest role of the educational school in directing; the use of adolescents for social media, as well as the gap in the relationship between students and their teachers, although some of the students are urged to use social media sites more often.

scholarly journals Challenges of Employing Women's Academic Leaders for Social Communication Means from the Perspective of Faculty Members at King Saud University: تحديات توظيف القيادات الأكاديمية النسائية لوسائل التواصل الاجتماعية من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس في جامعة الملك سعود

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman Ibrahime Alrayes, Majda Ibrahim Aljaroudi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
King Saud University ◽  
Administrative Work ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Communication Methods

The study aimed to identify the challenges of employing female academic leaders for social communication methods from the point of view of faculty members at King Saud University. To achieve these goals, the descriptive survey method was used, with a questionnaire which is used as a tool of the study and distributed to a sample that is consisted of (275) faculty members in female campus of King Saud University in Riyadh. The study found the following results: Female academic leaders face moderate challenges with a mean of (2.89) in employing social media means in administrative processes. The Administrative Challenges were at the forefront with an average of (3.05), followed by Technical and Artistic challenges with an average of (2.87) and Human Challenges with an average of (2.76). significant differences at the level of (α≤0.05) among the means of study sample responses of faculty members about the challenges facing female academic leaders' employment of social media in the administrative processes due to the different years of experience in favor of the study sample whose experience is [(15) years and above]. According to the results of the study, the researcher provided some recommendations for activating the benefits of social media in the administrative work for academic leaders.

scholarly journals DAMPAK MEDIA SOSIAL DAN WORD OF MOUTH TERHADAP OVERTOURISM

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-115
Author(s):  
Meitolo Hulu ◽  
Fenisa Putri ◽  
Stephanie Natasya ◽  
Michelle -
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Tourism Information ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRAKEra digital telah mengubah gaya hidup masyarakat menjadi pengguna media sosial. Penggunaan media sosial menjadi meningkat dalam menyebarkan berita maupun dalam mencari berita. Informasi pariwisata dan berbagi pengalaman berwisata sering dilakukan oleh wisatawan melalui media sosial yang memicu ketertarikan calon wisatawan untuk berkunjung di suatu destinasi. Penelitian ini menganalisis dampak media sosial dan word of mouth terhadap over-tourism dengan pendekatan kuantitatif menggunakan alat analisis Smart PLS 3. Metode survey digunakan untuk menyebarkan kuesioner kepada 106 mahasiswa yang menggunakan media sosial dalam mencari informasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa media sosial dan word of mouth berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap over-tourism. Artinya semakin banyak pengguna media sosial serta pelaku word of mouth memberikan kontribusi terhadap peningkatan jumlah wisatawan yang mengakibatkan terjadinya over-tourism. Pemangku kepentingan pariwisata harus mengelola media sosial dengan baik supaya tidak terjadi kesalah-pahaman baik dari pemberi informasi maupun penerima informasi, karena media sosial merupakan salah satu cara dalam membangun hubungan dengan wisatawan dan calon wisatawan.Kata Kunci: media sosial, word of mouth, over-tourism, pariwisata, wisatawanABSTRACTThe digital era has changed people's lifestyles into social media users. The use of social media is increasing in spreading the news as well as in searching for news. Tourism information and sharing of travel experiences are often done by tourists through social media which triggers the interest of potential tourists to visit a destination. This study analyzes the impact of social media and word of mouth on over-tourism with a quantitative approach using the Smart PLS 3 analysis tool. The survey method was used to distribute questionnaires to 106 students who used social media to find information. The results of this study indicate that social media and word of mouth have a positive and significant effect on over-tourism. This means that more and more social media users and word of mouth actors contribute to the increase in the number of tourists which results in over-tourism. Tourism stakeholders must manage social media well so that there are no misunderstandings from both information givers and recipients of information, because social media is one way to build relationships with tourists and potential tourists.Key words: Social media, word of mouth, over-tourism, tourism, tourists

PENGARUH SOSIAL MEDIA TERHADAP BRAND AWARENESS AMARIS HOTEL

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Sofiani Sofiani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Social media has became one of the marketing strategies by most of the companies to deliver their brands, products and services to customer. Apart from the advantages of the use of social media for companies, it is becoming difficult for companies to raise awareness for their brand beause of the competition. The aim of this research is to determine the impact of social media on brand awareness of Amaris Hotel. The results of this research obtained from questionnaires that had been distributed to the respondents in Jakarta and processed with correlation method. The results shows that social media gives quite big and positive impact on building and estabilishing brand awareness of AYANA Amaris Hotel for 41,5%, and Instagram gives the biggest impact on brand awareness of Amaris Hotel. The level of brand awareness of Amaris Hotel has reached the highest level, Top of Mind level. Keywords: Social Media, Brand Awareness, Marketing, Amaris Hotel

Public relations in the age of data: corporate perspectives on social media analytics (SMA)

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy R. Fitzpatrick ◽  
Paula L. Weissman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Social Media Analytics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Management Function ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Corporate Brands ◽  
Depth Interviews

PurposeThe aim of this study was to understand how public relations leaders view and use social media analytics (SMA) and the impact of SMA on the public relations function.Design/methodology/approachThe research involved in-depth interviews with chief communication officers (CCOs) from leading multinational corporate brands.FindingsThe findings revealed that although CCOs perceive social media analytics as strategically important to the advancement of public relations, the use of social media data is slowed by challenges associated with building SMA capacity.Theoretical and practical implications – The research extends public relations theory on public relations as a strategic management function and provides practical insights for building SMA capabilities.Originality/valueThe study is among the first to provide empirical evidence of how companies are using social media analytics to enhance public relations efforts.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Media in Adoption of New Trends of Visual Arts: A Case Study of Established Visual Artists in Twins Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ayub Wali ◽  
Salman Amin ◽  
Muhammad Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Art Teachers ◽  
Twin Cities ◽  
Visual Artists ◽  
Significant Relation ◽  
Art Educators ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

This study has investigated the problem of finding the impact of social media in adoption of new trends of visual arts on established visual artists of twin cities and also how social media facilitates in disseminating new techniques of visual arts among the art practitioners. The aims of the research were to investigate the impact of social media in adoption of new trends of visual arts among established visual artists, and also to evaluate the existing techniques of visual arts through diffusion innovation model among the established visual artists. The researcher has conducted interviews of established visual artists, questionnaires were also furnished. The stakeholders were practicing field visual artists (studio based) and visual art educators (art teachers). The result concluded from the present study was that adoption of social media has a positive significant relation with adoption of new trends of arts and impact on the skills of artists whereas adoption of social media has a negative but significant relation with use of social media.

scholarly journals Peran Pendidikan Etika Kristen dalam Media Sosial di Era Disrupsi

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Mesirawati Waruwu ◽  
Yonatan Alex Arifianto ◽  
Aji Suseno
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Christian Ethics ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
And Function ◽  
Meaning And Function ◽  
The Impact

The limitless development of social media, its meaning and function have begun to shift, no longer as a means of establishing relationships, communication, but at the stage of losing the role of ethics and morals, even disputes have occurred triggered by debates from communicating in social media. The purpose of this study is to describe the role of Christian ethics education in relation to the impact of social media development in the era of disruption. Using descriptive qualitative methods with literature literature can find solutions for believers in facing moral decadence due to social media abuse by knowing the era of disruption and ethical challenges from the wrong use of social media can affect moral decadence so that Christian ethics education on a biblical basis can bring modern humans. Believers in particular have become bright in social media and their use in accordance with Christian faith in this era of disruption.

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