Abuse Of Media Research Articles

Faktor Yang Berhubungan dengan Perilaku Seksual Pranikah pada Remaja SMAN 1 Kelam Permai Kabupaten Sintan Provinsi Kalimantan Barat

Premarital sexual behavior, especially in adolescents, is very worrying about the impact of venereal disease, HIV/AIDS and pregnancy out of wedlock. This study aims to determine the factors associated with Premarital Sexual Behavior in Adolescent Senior High School 1 Kelam Permai, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan Province. The design of this study used quantitative analytic with cross-sectional sectional method completed qualitatively with respondents were class X students, and XI from SMAN 1 Kelam Permai a total of 170 respondents. Data analysis used uni variate analysis and bivariate analysis. The results showed a significant relationship between premarital sexual behavior with knowledge p-value: 0.001 and OR value of 3.085, p-value attitude: 0.001 and OR value of 5.797, religious observance of p-value: 0,000 and OR value of 8.036, self-control p-value : 0.002 and an OR value of 6.077 and access to pornographic media p-value: 0.001 and an OR value of 7.635. Research Indicated by informers includes the lack of knowledge of premarital sexual behavor, supportive neighborhoods and local habits, the abuse of media by students to obtain pornographic content. Then approaches such as counseling and seminars on the dangers of sex and sexual violence need to be done.

Can substance abuse media literacy increase prediction of drug use in students?

ObjectiveThe present study aimed to determine the predictors of drug use among students based on the Extended Prototype willingness model (EPWM).MethodsThis cross-sectional study was performed at Hamadan universities. The participants were selected via multi-stage sampling. Finally, out of 721 students participated. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: (a) socio-demographic characteristics, (b) Questionnaire about the prototype willingness model constructs, (c) Questionnaire about the status of drug use behavior, (d) Substance Abuse Media Literacy (SAML) scale. Data were analyzed using a structural equations partial least squares confirmatory composite approach and SPSS-23.ResultsThe mean age of students was of 23.47 ± 4.14 years. Based on results, behavioral willingness (β = 0.420, t-value = 9.010, p < 0.001) and behavioral intention (β = 0.291, t-value = 6.957, p < 0.001) significantly predicted drug use. The presented results of analysis, 66% of the variance of the drug use, 62% of the variable of the behavioral willingness, and 56% of the behavioral intention could be explained by the EPWM.ConclusionThe present study demonstrated that EPWM could predict drug use in students. Therefore, designing and implementing educational and promotional intervention programs to reduce behavioral willingness and increase students’ skills in substance abuse media literacy is necessary to prevent drug use behavior.

Determinants of Internet Media Abuse in the workplace using Theory of Planned Behavior

The usage of internet media is becoming important, and many people worldwide use the internet media as a communication tool. Internet is a medium of information, and communication technologies are highly used to provide a variety of unlimited resources and activities by individual users and organizations. This study is written to determine the effect of internet media abuse in the organization using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The design of this study is a quantitative approach through a survey questionnaire to 127 employees in the Majlis Daerah Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia. The result indicated that internet addiction and perceived need policy significantly correlated with a hobby. Besides that, job satisfaction and productivity have a significant negative effect on hobbies. Also, internet addiction and subjective norms have a significant positive relationship with information. The internet addiction and perceived need policy have a significant positive relationship with transactions. Then, this study also found that job satisfaction has a significant negative effect on transactions among employees in the Majlis Daerah Marang, Terengganu. In conclusion, this study has successfully identified the determinants of internet media abuse in the workplace using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). This study contributes to internet media abuse and recommendation for organization administration to combat internet media abuse among the employees.

The Modulation Mechanism of Social Media Abuse on Depression Symptoms

During the past few decades, mental health problem is causing an increasingly attention among different groups of people. Since mental health problems is frequently influencing peoples regular life, it is important to study the underlying reasons of causing them. This paper aims to review the relationship between social media abuse and depression among youth. In the paper, three most important reasons: negative social comparison, social isolation and low sleep quality were discussed to explain the core mechanism between social media and depression. It is important that knowing more about the underlying reasons of depression helps to develop more possible future treatments about this disease.

The Development of a Measuring Instrument for Substance Abuse Media Literacy Scale in Students

Objective: Substance Abuse Media Literacy (SAML) is a scale for assessing substance abuse media literacy among students. This tool can examine the effect of media exposure on substance abuse in youth. Presently, no validated, comprehensive instrument exists to measure media literacy for substance abuse. The current study aimed at assessing the psychometric features of the SAML scale in students. Methods: In this cross-sectional validation work, 436 students from Hamadan, Iran, were sampled via the stratified random sampling procedure, and their media literacy regarding substance abuse was investigated. Reliability was assessed by the intraclass correlation coefficient and internal consistency. Moreover, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to examine the construct validity. Content Validity Index and Content Validity Ratio were used to examine the content validity. Results: Based on the results of factor analysis, the SAML included 13 items that measure 4 components, explaining 63.99% of the usual variance. The means scores for the Content Validity Index and Content Validity Ratio were 0.93 and 0.82, respectively. Further analyses revealed the acceptability of the results for internal consistency reliability values with a Cronbach α of 0.80. Conclusion: Based on factor analysis results, the SAML included 13 items is a valid and reliable tool and is now suitable and acceptable for present and future studies.

The Development of a Measuring Instrument for Substance Abuse Media Literacy Scale in Students: Erratum

The Development of a Measuring Instrument for Substance Abuse Media Literacy Scale in Students: Erratum

New Media Abuse and Hoax in Ma'nai Harfi and Ma'nai Ismi Perspective: A Study of Badi'uzzaman Sa'id Nursi Thought

This article aims to examine the use of the ma'na-yi harfi ‎(Indicative Meaning) and ma'na-yi ismi ‎(Nominal Meaning)‎ concept of ‎Badiuzzaman Said Nursi in preventing hoaxes caused by new media abuse. The approach offered ‎by Nursi is important because it can be considered as the basis of Islamic media communication ‎in which moral values in media are prioritized over only material aspects. New media ‎characterized by openness and freedom, in a certain condition, enable the hoax to spread. Hoax ‎often occurs because the media does not prioritize morality values but leads to materially self and ‎group fulfillment. Using the qualitative method with library data in the form of Said Nursi's ‎ Risale-i N û r , we explore Nursi's views related to ma'na-yi ismi and ma'na-yi harfi in the media ‎field. We then use his view as a basis for analyzing media hoaxes. The result is that the ma’na-yi ‎ ismi perspective tends to be a worldly material orientation in which communication phenomena, ‎such as events, news, and information themselves, are understood based on the visible social ‎contexts where media practitioners are working and oriented to fulfill self-desires. Meanwhile, in ‎the ma'na-yi harfi perspective, the communication phenomenon is interpreted, constructed, and ‎displayed with self-consideration (individual or collective self), but it is built in the full ‎awareness that phenomena belong to the absolute Ruler (God), and humans as the giver of ‎meaning to those phenomena must translate the greatness of God in them. The phenomenon of ‎communication is considered a part of the greatness of God in the universe so the hoaxes and ‎negative messages can be avoided. The ma’na-yi harfi perspective can be considered as a solution ‎to solve the social problems of hoaxes.

Image of Western Media Abuse of Islam and Muslims in the Middle East 'A Study of Western Unethical Media Practices'

Image of Western Media Abuse of Islam and Muslims in the Middle East 'A Study of Western Unethical Media Practices'

Where do women birth during a pandemic? Changing perspectives on Safe Motherhood during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health systems all over the world are either stressed to their maximum capacity or anticipating becoming overwhelmed. The population is advised not to attend hospital unless strictly necessary, yet this advice seems to apply to all but healthy women during childbirth. Specialized hospital care during childbirth can be lifesaving in case of obstetric complications or for COVID-19 symptomatic women, while strong evidence suggests the appropriateness of midwifery units that are integrated into the healthcare system for eligible women. We must ask ourselves whether obstetric units are the appropriate birthing facilities for healthy women during the pandemic. We have learned from previous crises that the needs of women and children are often badly served during disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic raises concerns over escalation of mistreatment and abuse media are already reporting on restrictions to the rights of birthing women in Europe and the US. In addition, concerns have emerged over increased risk of infection to COVID-19 among birthing women and familied by concentrating all women in obstetric units and lack of optimal care due to pressure on staff and resources. Women's rights in childbirth are being threatened by lack of care during labor, restrictions on accompaniment, unnecessary interventions including inductions, separation of mother and baby and prohibition on breastfeeding. An effective response to the crisis depends on strong and coordinated health care systems where mothers can birth safely, and the needs of the newborn babies are met. The interpretation of what constitute safe care is a stimulus for a strong debate between those who argue for strengthening community and primary care services and those who recommend for centralization of all births in hospitals. This debate is particularly salient during this pandemic and in preparation of future pandemics. We propose a strategic response in the face of the pandemic by expanding the use of midwifery units both alongside the obstetric unit and freestanding (in the community). Where midwifery units are absent pop-up units can be created quickly following the example of the Netherlands. This strategy in high income countries is evidence-based and also serves as a response to the surge in requests of safe childbirths pathways away from the obstetric unit by concerned women at unprecedented rates. We urge policy makers to consider replicating this model in low- and middle-income countries where hospital conditions are more precarious. A strong collaboration between midwives, nurses, obstetricians and neonatologists and the integration of primary care and acute services could ensure safety while maximizing the rational use of resources. Immediate strategic action would ensure that women are able to access appropriate care at the appropriate time, while hospitals continue to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and obstetric units are kept for women needing specialist care.

Physician Social Media Abuse: What Would You Do?

Over the past decade, physician social media use has been made popular and evolved from simple Facebook pages to rapid, instant media sharing. New social media applications, such as Snapchat and Instagram, are finding welcome homes in personal cell phones of physicians. The purpose of this article is to determine patients' views of not only physician use of these apps but also how they would react if their physician abused this technology. As outlined in the article below, physician abuse of social media is growing-and not strictly confined to one demographic group of physicians. The results of this study show patient concern over physician use of social media and the potential for patient to take legal action against physicians over social media abuse. Future policy directions should aim to increase transparency of physician social media use with the goal of eliminating social media abuse.

Effect of Electronic Media Abuse on Health Among University Students

Effect of Electronic Media Abuse on Health Among University Students

Performance analysis of a keyword search system

Data mining is the process of discovering patterns in a data set by keyword. Keyword search is the most effective way to discover information in documents. But somewhere, sometimes just searching for a keyword is not enough; with research restricting that keyword has become a necessity. Like in social media abuse of word is increasing. Many systems worked on only detecting an inappropriate word; not on restriction of that word. So here in this paper keyword search method is proposed for social media which not only finds the inappropriate words, but also restrict that word from publishing on the media.

College Students' Responses to Emotional Anti-Alcohol Abuse Media Messages: Should We Scare or Amuse Them?

This study examined college students' responses to emotional anti-alcohol abuse media messages (i.e., fear vs. humor appeal) aimed at discouraging heavy/binge drinking. An experiment was conducted with 94 college students. As expected, college students generally expressed higher levels of interest in anti-alcohol abuse media messages when watching fear appeal than those watching humor appeal. However, college binge drinkers who watched the fear appeal reported lower levels of readiness to change their drinking behavior than those who watched the humor appeal. This pattern was the opposite among college nonbinge drinkers, in that college nonbinge drinkers were more likely to say they would change their drinking behaviors when exposed to fear appeal than those who were exposed to humor appeal or those who did not watch any media messages. Conventional fear appeal to scare college binge drinkers seems ineffective and even counterproductive while humor appeal, if well designed, could offer alternative ways to communicate with college binge drinkers.

ICOP: Live forensics to reveal previously unknown criminal media on P2P networks

The increasing levels of criminal media being shared in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks pose a significant challenge to law enforcement agencies. One of the main priorities for P2P investigators is to identify cases where a user is actively engaged in the production of child sexual abuse (CSA) media – they can be indicators of recent or on-going child abuse. Although a number of P2P monitoring tools exist to detect paedophile activity in such networks, they typically rely on hash value databases of known CSA media. As a result, these tools are not able to adequately triage the thousands of results they retrieve, nor can they identify new child abuse media that are being released on to a network. In this paper, we present a new intelligent forensics approach that incorporates the advantages of artificial intelligence and machine learning theory to automatically flag new/previously unseen CSA media to investigators. Additionally, the research was extensively discussed with law enforcement cybercrime specialists from different European countries and Interpol. The approach has been implemented into the iCOP toolkit, a software package that is designed to perform live forensic analysis on a P2P network environment. In addition, the system offers secondary features, such as showing on-line sharers of known CSA files and the ability to see other files shared by the same GUID or other IP addresses used by the same P2P client. Finally, our evaluation on real CSA case data shows high degrees of accuracy, while hands-on trials with law enforcement officers demonstrate the toolkit's complementarity to extant investigative workflows.

The Potential Impact of Internet and Mobile Use on Headache and Other Somatic Symptoms in Adolescence. A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether migraine or tension-type headaches are associated with abuse of the internet and/or mobile phones and to explore whether headache and the abuse of the two technologies are associated with sleep disturbances and other self-reported somatic symptoms. In the last several years, estimates indicate the increasing pervasiveness of the internet and other technologies in the lives of young people, highlighting the impact on well-being. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted between February 2013 and June 2014. The initial sample was composed of 1004 Italian students (aged 10-16 years) recruited within public middle schools not randomly selected in central Italy. The final convenience sample consisted of 841 students (Males = 51.1%; Females = 48.9%) who were included in the analysis. Data were collected using self-reported measures. Headache was reported by 28.0% of the total sample. A significant relationship was determined with gender (χ(2) (1) = 7.78, P < .01), with female students being overrepresented in the headache group. Approximately 39.6% of subjects were non-abusers of both technologies, internet and mobile. Mobile only abusers were approximately 26.0% of the study population; internet only abusers were approximately 14.9%; and abusers of both media were 19.5%. No significant relationship was found between students with and without headache with respect to the abuse of internet and mobile phone categories (headache was, respectively, the 26% in no abusers, the 30% in internet abusers, the 29% in mobile abusers, and the 29% in internet and mobile abusers, P = .86). Additionally, also by excluding the no headache group, the relationship between the two groups of headache (migraine and tension type headache) and the abuse of media (tension type headache was the 31% in no abusers, the 43% in internet abusers, the 49% in mobile abusers, and the 29% in internet and mobile abusers) is not statistically significant (P = .06). No significant relationship emerged between headache and the internet and mobile phone addiction groups (headache was the 28% in no addiction group, the 35% in mobile addiction group, the 25% of internet addiction group, and the 28% in mobile and internet addiction group, P = .57) as well as no significant relationship was found when only the different headache types were considered (tension type headache was the 39% in no addiction group, the 40% in mobile addiction group, the 32% in internet addiction group, and the 31% in mobile and internet addiction group, P = .71). Daily internet users reported higher median scores for somatic symptoms than the occasional internet users in the no-headache group (Kruskal-Wallis χ(2) (1) = 5.44, P = .02) and in the migraine group (Kruskal-Wallis χ(2) (1) = 6.54, P = .01). Results highlighted the potential impact of excessive internet and mobile use, which ranges from different types of headache to other somatic symptoms. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to determine if there is a need for promoting preventive health interventions, especially in school setting.

Child Sexual Abuse and the Media: A Literature Review

The media play an important role in practice, policy, and public perception of child sexual abuse, in part by the way in which news stories are framed. Child sexual abuse media coverage over the past 50 years can be divided into five time periods based on the types of stories that garnered news coverage and the ways in which public policy was changed. This systematic literature review of research on child sexual abuse media coverage across disciplines and geographic boundaries examines 16 studies published in the English language from 1995 to 2012. A seminal work is identified, citation network analysis is applied, and a framework model is developed.

Fifty Years of the Media’s Struggle for Democracy in Ghana: Legacies and Encumbrances

Fifty Years of the Media’s Struggle for Democracy in Ghana: Legacies and Encumbrances Audrey Gadzekpo (bio) Audrey Gadzekpo Audrey Gadzekpo Acting Director and Senior Lecturer, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Footnotes 1. By 1992 a number of selected radio stations outside of the state apparatus were granted permission to operate, among them the University of Ghana station, Voice of Legon (VOL). However, the airwaves were officially liberalized in 1996 when the Frequency Registration Board began receiving applications and granting licenses from mostly private commercial entities. References Ainslie, R. 1966. The press in Africa: Communications past and present. New York: Walker. Google Scholar Ansu-Kyeremeh, K., & Karikari, K. 1998. Media Ghana: Ghanaian media overview, practitioners and institutions. School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana. Google Scholar Asante, C. 1996. The Press in Ghana. University Press of America. Google Scholar Fair, J.E. 2008. Ghana: Soft Control of the Press. Dissent. Vol. 55, No. 2, 39–42. Google Scholar Frohardt, M., & Temin, J. 2003. Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies. Special Report 110: United States Institute of Peace. Google Scholar Gadzekpo, A. 2001. Women’s engagement with Gold Coast Print Culture from 1857 to 1957. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Birmingham. Hasty, J. 2005. The press and political culture in Ghana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Google Scholar Jones-Quartey, K.A.B. 1968. The Gold Coast Press, 1822–1930 and the Anglo African Press, 1825–1930. Research Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 1994. State of the media. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 1995. Overview of the media since Sunyani. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 2007. African media since Ghana’s independence. In E. Barratt & G. Berger (eds.), 50 Years of Journalism: Africa media since Ghana’s independence. Grahamstown: Highaway Africa. Google Scholar Kumado, K. 1995. Introductory Remarks. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Temin, J., & Smith, D. 2002. Media matters: Evaluating the role of the media in Ghana’s 2000 elections. African Affairs, Vol. 101, 585–605. Google Scholar Thompson, N. M. 2008. Whither Ghanaian Journalism? [online] Available at http://news.myjoyonline.com/education/200810/22080.asp. Yankah, K. 2004. Language, and mass media and democracy in Ghana. Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Annual Lecture in the Humanities. Copyright © 2007 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

The Impact of Contextual Ambiguity on the Interpretation and Recall of Child Sexual Abuse Media Reports

Previous research indicates that approximately 40% of child sexual abuse media reports areambiguous in the sense that information relating to the nature of abuse, the identity of the perpetrator,and/or the location of abuse is not specified. This research examined the impact of suchcontextual ambiguity on the recall and interpretation of child sexual abuse media reports. The189 respondents were recruited through media appeals and presented with one of three versionsof a child sexual abuse press report (stereotype congruent, stereotype incongruent, or contextuallyambiguous). Respondents were asked to provide written descriptions of their thoughts andfeelings about abuse incidents, which were analyzed for attributional content. Recall wasassessed after a 2-week interval. Results indicate that stereotypes affect the recall and interpretationof child sexual abuse media reports in the presence of contextually ambiguous individuatinginformation but not in the presence of nonstereotypic information that is conte...

The Impact of Contextual Ambiguity on the Interpretation and Recall of Child Sexual Abuse Media Reports

Previous research indicates that approximately 40% of child sexual abuse media reports areambiguous in the sense that information relating to the nature of abuse, the identity of the perpetrator,and/or the location of abuse is not specified. This research examined the impact of suchcontextual ambiguity on the recall and interpretation of child sexual abuse media reports. The189 respondents were recruited through media appeals and presented with one of three versionsof a child sexual abuse press report (stereotype congruent, stereotype incongruent, or contextuallyambiguous). Respondents were asked to provide written descriptions of their thoughts andfeelings about abuse incidents, which were analyzed for attributional content. Recall wasassessed after a 2-week interval. Results indicate that stereotypes affect the recall and interpretationof child sexual abuse media reports in the presence of contextually ambiguous individuatinginformation but not in the presence of nonstereotypic information that is contextuallyunambiguous.

Unsolicited interpretation of child sexual abuse media reports

Objective: The purpose of the study was to investigate the extent and nature of spontaneous attributional activity elicited by a newspaper report of child sexual abuse. Method: One hundred and seventy-six respondents, who were recruited through appeals placed in the letters column of a local newspaper, were presented with a newspaper report that described either a stereotype-congruent (rape by stranger in a public place) or a stereotype-incongruent (indecent assault by father at home) abuse incident. Respondents were asked to provide written descriptions of their thoughts and feeling about the abuse incident, which were analysed for attributional content. Results: Ninety-three percent of respondents provided one or more attributional statement, with attributional statements comprising 27% of all statements. Statements implying offender culpability were the most frequently employed attributional category (78% of all attributional judgments) while statements implying victim culpability comprised less than 2% of attributional judgments. Respondents who read the stereotype-incongruent description made more unsolicited causal and moral attributions than did respondents who read the stereotype-congruent description. Conclusions: The results suggest that newspaper reports of child sexual abuse do elicit spontaneous attributional activity, that statements implying offender culpability are the most frequently employed attributional category, and that attributional activity is inhibited by stereotype congruent depictions of abuse. Implications for research and for prevention are discussed.