Immaginario urbano ed epidemie

Mask-induced facial dermatoses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary medical center in the Philippines

Beware: Patients increasingly purchasing medications via social media

Social distancing and lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic substantially impacted individuals' daily habits and well-being. Within such a context, digital technology may provide a welcome source of alternative forms of connection and entertainment. Indeed, streaming services showed a remarkable increase in membership subscriptions throughout the period considered. However, excessive involvement in watching TV series has recently become a subject of scholarly concern as it may represent an emerging form of addictive behavior with the features of what has been labeled as “binge-watching” (i.e., watching multiple episodes of TV series in a single session). The current study aimed to assess TV series watching behaviors and related motivations, as well as their relationships with depression, stress and anxiety, in a sample of Italian adults during the COVID-19 lockdown. Specifically, we aimed to explore which patterns of motivations and emotional states influenced either a high but healthy engagement in watching TV series, or promoted problematic and uncontrolled watching behavior under such circumstances. A total of 715 adults (M = 31.70, SD = 10.81; 71.5% female) from all over Italy were recruited (from 1st to 30th April 2020) through advertisements via social media platforms of Italian university communities and other online groups. Two multiple hierarchical regression analyses were performed with non-problematic and problematic TV series watching set as dependent variables. Results showed that people spent more time watching TV series during the pandemic lockdown, especially women who also reported higher levels of anxiety and stress than men. Moreover, both non-problematic (R2 = 0.56; p < 0.001) and problematic (R2 = 0.33; p < 0.001) TV series watching behaviors were equally induced by anxiety symptoms and escapism motivation, thereby suggesting that watching TV series during the COVID-19 lockdown probably served as a recovery strategy to face such a stressful situation. Finally, our findings also suggest that enrichment motives may protect from uncontrolled and potentially addictive watching behaviors. These findings, therefore, hold important implications, particularly for avoiding the over-pathologization of excessive involvement in online activities emerging as a result of specific distressing situations.

Background: We know that the whole world is facing the same problem, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, including Indonesia. The Indonesian government has made every effort to reduce the pace of the COVID-19 pandemic by establishing policies and regulations such as implementing health protocols, and others. Covid-19 is a non-natural disaster that affects all aspects of life including the nation's character. The younger generation or those who are known as millennials as a determinant of the nation's character have an important role during the Covid-19 pandemic. The problem at this time is that millennials live in a modern and instant era that shapes them to be free, individualistic, and active in the field of technology. This has caused the millennial generation to start forgetting their love for the Motherland and Defending the Country. Methods: The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative and the human instrument is the researcher. A descriptive qualitative method in the form of analyzing and drawing conclusions using various sources of literature. Results: In times of peace and war, young intellectuals as the national guard in non-military defense have a crucial role as potential agents of change in shaping the character and character of the nation. The serious challenges faced by the younger generation must also be addressed by maintaining a balance between intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence as well as spiritual intelligence. It is hoped that the balance of these three factors will manifest the behavior of young people who always uphold morals and ethics of honesty and nationality. This ability is a form of defending the country on a fine spectrum that needs to be carried out by young people in times of peace. From the perspective of national defense, it is precisely this role of defending the country in the soft spectrum that will determine the quality of the nation's defense and resilience in the future. The toughness and tenacity and ability of the nation to develop the potential of national strength to become a solid state defense force need to be built on the values of nationalism and defense of the country. From the perspective of national resilience, these three basic elements are prerequisites that must be fostered early, continuously, integrated and sustainable. Intellectual intelligence which is a great potential possessed by young people must be able to be developed in a balanced way with emotional intelligence, moral intelligence, and spiritual intelligence. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it turned out that the millennial generation showed high concern and made good contributions as a form of defending the country to maintain national resilience and support the Indonesian government in preventing and handling unexpected events such as Covid-19. Conclusion: The existence of social media as a form of technological progress can be used to hold fundraising events which will later be given to underprivileged communities affected by Covid-19 and medical personnel who lack PPE (personal protective equipment). With the urgency of Indonesia's current situation, the younger generation is required to care about using technology as best as possible in an effort to defend the country which is carried out to help the government and show love for the motherland, harmonious relations between the government and its people, and awareness of the obligations of the nation and state.

Prevalence and determinants of internet addiction among adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: An online cross-sectional study

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many changes to people's lives in almost every activity, including education. Educational institutions are required to create a new culture in providing learning for their students. The current fact is that the younger generation is starting to lose its nationalist character. The decline in the character of nationalism is thought to be due to cultural changes that occurred as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This can be seen from the emergence of cases of brawls that occur between students and even the community, sometimes resulting in fatalities, the rise in bullying cases that occur among junior high school students and suicide cases among the younger generation. News These cases show how fragile the condition of the nation's next generation is. . This adaptive education is one way to bridge the gap that has arisen as a result of distance education implemented due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This adaptive education places greater emphasis on involvement in daily activities as a learning process. The research method used is the sequential exploratory method, namely collecting and analyzing qualitative data then collecting and analyzing quantitative data. In order to support quantitative data analysis, this research also applies qualitative data analysis techniques to analyze data from interviews and literature studies. The results of this research show that adaptive learning of Indonesian insight has a significant effect on the formation of nationalistic character with a correlation coefficient of R = 0.366. Where the influencing factors from internal and external are related to learning of Indonesian insight material which is the implementation of daily behavior.

Relevance of Digital Media in Learning: Today’s young generation is familiar with online platforms like YouTube. This study can show how digital media can be used effectively to help students learn a foreign language, especially English. This study aimed to determine students' perceptions of the use of YouTube in improving students' vocabulary mastery. The research gap in the problem is the still low mastery of English vocabulary of High School Class XI IPS 2 students so they lack understanding and are less active in learning. Using convenient sampling, the respondents are 10 students of class XI IPS 2 High School Babelan. The method used is the descriptive qualitative method. The instrument used is an interview. The research was conducted for 6 months. The results concluded that the use of the YouTube channel Learn English With TV Series for English learning received positive perceptions from students. It was found to be particularly effective in helping students improve their English vocabulary. These findings suggest several practical implications. For teachers, integrating YouTube videos like this into their lessons can provide engaging and authentic materials that expose students to real-world English usage. Teachers can design activities around these videos, such as vocabulary-building exercises, comprehension tasks, or discussion prompts, to enhance learning outcomes. For students, watching these videos independently can serve as a supplementary resource for practicing listening skills, expanding vocabulary, and understanding cultural references in English. Encouraging students to interact with the content, such as by noting new words or mimicking phrases, can further solidify their learning.

Group dynamics is one way to attract the interest of young people today to be interested in agriculture, especially rice farming. The current Covid-19 pandemic, the younger generation can carry out farming activities to fill leisure activities due to the large-scale social restrictions policy (PSBB). This study aims to analyze the factors that simultaneously influence group dynamics and the interests of the younger generation, and formulate appropriate strategies to increase the interest of young people through group dynamics in rice farming activities. The study was conducted in Baleraja Village and Situraja Village, Gantar Subdistrict, Indramayu Regency in March to June 2020. The population in the study was 62 people who were members of the farmers group, all of whom were research respondents. The variables in this study are individual characteristics, social support, group dynamics and the interests of young people. Primary data collection using instruments in the form of questionnaires. Data were processed using descriptive analysis and path analysis techniques. The results of the study on the interests of the younger generation were in the medium category with a share of 51.6 percent. The interest of the younger generation is directly affected by group dynamics. The social environment has a direct effect on group dynamics and an indirect effect on the interests of the younger generation. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. group dynamics and interests of the younger generation. Primary data collection using instruments in the form of questionnaires. Data were processed using descriptive analysis and path analysis techniques. The results of the study on the interests of the younger generation were in the medium category with a share of 51.6 percent. The interest of the younger generation is directly affected by group dynamics. The social environment has a direct effect on group dynamics and an indirect effect on the interests of the younger generation. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. group dynamics and interests of the younger generation. Primary data collection using instruments in the form of questionnaires. Data were processed using descriptive analysis and path analysis techniques. The results of the study on the interests of the younger generation were in the medium category with a share of 51.6 percent. The interest of the younger generation is directly affected by group dynamics. The social environment has a direct effect on group dynamics and an indirect effect on the interests of the younger generation. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. The results of the study on the interests of the younger generation were in the medium category with a share of 51.6 percent. The interest of the younger generation is directly affected by group dynamics. The social environment has a direct effect on group dynamics and an indirect effect on the interests of the younger generation. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. The results of the study on the interests of the younger generation were in the medium category with a share of 51.6 percent. The interest of the younger generation is directly affected by group dynamics. The social environment has a direct effect on group dynamics and an indirect effect on the interests of the younger generation. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups. Strategies to increase the interest of young people can be done through strengthening group dynamics and developing the social environment. The development of the social environment can also be done to strengthen the dynamics of farmer groups.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the intensified digitalization of life-worlds has especially affected younger generations, also in Austria. In this paper, we approach digital practices of 43 young adults between 16 and 18 years in a frame-analytical perspective to understand forms of politicization during the Covid-19 pandemic. We analyze memes in order to make sense of youth’s life-worlds during the pandemic. The memes were created by youth as a result of a workshop series with the researchers. Our research shows that memes have provided a means for engaging and dealing digitally and emotionally with Covid-19-related problems. We show that the respective youth address educational, social and democratic issues by problematizing ‘homeschooling as overburdening’, a ‘lack of planning’ and ‘social divisions’. Moreover, meme-creation offers a perspective on how youth express and create a ‘sense of community’ through digital practices. During the pandemic youth have increasingly come to understand and represent themselves as a group with shared experiences in digital space, going along with a positioning as ‘younger generation’ vis-à-vis older generations. We argue that the fact that the pandemic has affected youth heavily and the fact that they do not see their issues and needs represented by political representatives or media shows the potential and limits of digital spaces for younger generations to connect (politically).

PurposeThis study explored how the use of different social media is related to subjective well-being among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.Design/methodology/approachWe surveyed 1,681 university students in the Kanto region of Japan in May 2021 to investigate how social media use relates to subjective well-being. We also examined the effects of self-consciousness and friendship, self-presentation desire, generalized trust, online communication skills, depression tendency and social support from others.FindingsThe responses revealed 15 possible patterns of social media usage on four widely used social media in Japan (LINE, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook). We selected users with the top five patterns for further statistical analyses: LINE/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook, LINE/Twitter/Instagram, LINE/Twitter, LINE/Instagram and LINE only. Overall, self-establishment as a factor of self-consciousness and friendship, and social support from others had positive effects on the improvement of subjective well-being, whereas depression tendency had negative effects on their subjective well-being regardless of their usage patterns, of which the results of social support from others and depression tendency were consistent with the results of previous studies. Regarding other factors, they had different effects on subjective well-being due to different patterns. Effects on subjective well-being from self-indeterminate and self-independency as factors of self-consciousness and friendship, praise acquisition, self-appeal and topic avoidance as factors of self-presentation desire were observed.Originality/valueThis is among the earliest studies on the relationship between young generations’ social media use and subjective well-being through social media usage patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

Dystopian/Utopian Theatre in Britain after 2000 and Its Political Spaces, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung / Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), University of Bielefeld, March 11–13, 2021

The health and socio-economic challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have led to greater reliance on the internet to meet basic needs and responsibilities. Greater engagement in online activities may have negative mental and physical health consequences for some vulnerable individuals, particularly under mandatory self-isolation or ‘lockdown’ conditions. The present study investigated whether changes in levels of involvement in online activities during the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., watching TV series, online sexual activities, video games, social networks, gambling, online shopping, and instant messaging) were associated with problematic internet use, as well as whether certain psychological risk factors (positive/negative affect and impulsivity) were significant predictors of these changes. A total of 1,275 participants (66.1% female, aged between 18-55 years) completed an online survey while in lockdown in Spain (April 15th-23rd, 2020). The survey assessed current engagement in seven different online activities and their engagement prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as psychological risk factors (affect and impulsivity). Most participants (between 60.8%-98.6% depending on the activity) reported no changes in participation in online activities, but there was a significant increase in weekly internet use (between 25 and 336 min). However, increased internet use was not accompanied by a corresponding increase in problematic use, except for problematic TV series watching and video gaming. Psychological risk factors considered in the study (affect, impulsivity traits) were largely minor or non-significant predictors. Thus, increased internet use during the lockdown in Spain was not related to a proportional growth in problematic usage, suggesting that these behavioral changes may constitute adaptive coping strategies in the context of the pandemic.

The National Blood Shortage-An Impetus for Change.

The Covid-19 pandemic that has been going on in Indonesia for more than a year has had a major impact on the Indonesian economy. This condition makes consumers make various savings, namely strategies to save money. Consumer behavior related to savings is interesting to study because it is influenced by customer confidence, product involvement and social factors. The approach in this study is quantitative by analyzing the phenomena that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic. Non-probability sampling will be used in this study with 305 respondents, but valid data to be processed amounted to 291 respondents. The questionnaire was distributed online using a google form. The data is processed using SEM via Amos. The results showed that consumer trust, product involvement influence social factors. While social factors affect the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, customer confidence does not affect economizing behavior. We conclude that consumer trust and product involvement of young people (generation Z and millennials) tend to be influenced by peers, family, and people around them (social factors), including economizing behavior. Meanwhile, during the COVID-19 pandemic, this does not reduce economizing behavior among the younger generation (generation Z and millennials) in Indonesia.

BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES117 Of importance is the fact that the growing population after 1814 in Norway constituted a continual pressure on the resources. All in all, the distribution of property and wealth had become more skewed during the half century after this year, especially in the good agricultural districts of eastern Norway and Trondelag. Later, during the period of mass emigration (1865-1915), the changes in the social economic pattern gradually resulted in a reduction in the need for manpower. On die other side of the Atlantic, though, hands were in demand. The author comes to the conclusion that the demographic factor is a decisively significant component in the mass emigration. Ingrid Semmingsen covers several aspects: Did ship-owners and skippers, by offering transportation, stimulate emigration? Or was it the other way around? Trials and triumphs in the emigrant's everyday life, glimpses from the settler's life in the land of freedom and opportunity are vividly described. In further chapters, among other fascinating items, we find such headings as "Encountering Americans," "Norway in America," "Politics and Organizations," and "The Immigrants Become Americans." After having read die book, one is left with a sense of having been in the living company of the people referred to in the text. The present publication supplies facts about the emigration. These facts certainly \vill enlarge our knowledge about the forces behind the mass movement, "Norway to America." Reference notes, as well as an interesting selected bibliography are provided . The bibliography contains mainly English titles, and there is an index. Twelve pages of illustrations (maps and old photographs) make an interesting addition to the text. When reading periods of Quaker history, one might realize the want of supplementary background information. Here the present publication will be very useful, even though Friends did not constitute a large contingency among the total number of emigrants. How many were the Norwegian Friends that left for America? This question will be rather difficult to answer, if at all possible. Compared to the total number of Quakers in Norway, it seems that a fairly high percentage found new homes on the other side of the ocean. This book is a valuable addition to other works covering our subject. It is recommended as an excellent introduction for anyone interested in the topic. It is hoped, also, that the younger generation with a Norwegian ancestry will find its study worthwhile. Oslo, NorwayBernt Heid Quaker Experiences in International Conciliation. By C. H. Mike Yarrow. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. 308 pages. $10.00. "Geschichte" is the German word indicating "history," "story," or "concern ." "Geschichte" describes this book very nicely. It is good history; it is a story well told. It is clearly rooted in the Quakerly concerns of the author and the story's principal actors. What distinguishes this study from earlier accounts of Quaker experiences in international conciliation found in the journals and the general and specialized histories is the dimension of analysis. Mike Yarrow is a trained political scientist as well as a long-time participant in Quaker service activities , formally concluding that career in 1972 as Secretary of the Inter- 118QUAKER HISTORY national Affairs Division of the American Friends Service Committee. His story concerns British, American and sometimes Canadian and Australian Friends' service organizations in their conciliation efforts in Germany from 1962 to 1973, in India and Pakistan in 1965 and in Nigeria from 1967 to 1970. While not a direct participant in these sometimes dramatic experiences (though he was directly involved in similar efforts in Northern Ireland after his retirement), the letters, memoranda and reports of the participating personnel flowed across his desk in Philadelphia on a day-today basis. He, thus, was a trained observer-participant in these events, as well as in a position to make full use of the documentary sources in London and Philadelphia and to interview the participants themselves. One concern of Mike Yarrow's is to make a clear record of the three programs he studies here; another is to analyze the conciliation process into its various facets and to determine the circumstances under which the different types of effort are apt to be useful. He is clear that missions...