Digital Social Networks Research Articles

Validación y adaptación del “Cuestionario de involucramiento en redes sociales digitales (SMEQ)” en población colombiana

Introduction: In recent years and globally, digital social networks have become one of the main means of communication. This has led to the genesis of a new field of analysis and study regarding the behaviors associated with them. However, many effects related to the use of social networks have been little investigated in the Colombian population. Adjusting research instruments that evaluate the influence of social networks on people is beneficial for understanding associated phenomena. Objective: The purpose of this article is to validate the "Involvement with Digital Social Networks Questionnaire (SMEQ)" in the Colombian population. This instrument is an efficient tool to measure the time people spend on social networks. Method: For the validation, there was a sample of 289 people (71.6% female and 28.4% male), aged between 18 and 62 years (M= 28 years; SD= 10.46), mainly from the city of Medellín (Colombia) and surrounding areas. Results: The findings showed a good model fit (CFI= .99; SRMR= 0.038) and adequate internal consistency (α= .85; ω = .90). Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the SMEQ questionnaire showed adequate values, which would allow its administration in the Colombian context.

SENTIMENT ANALYSIS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING METHODS ON TWITTER DATA USING oneAPI

With the gradual development of technology, the use of digital social networks has becomewidespread. As a result of this increased use, the information sharing process has accelerated and increased.This has created an enormous amount of data on digital social networks. With the increasing amount ofdata, it has made it possible to make inferences about people, products, companies and many other areas.Various fields of study have emerged to process and analyze the data. One of these fields of study issentiment analysis. Sentiment analysis is the analysis of data from different sources such as text, sound orimage by classifying the attitude towards a subject as positive, negative or neutral. In this study, sentimentanalysis was performed using Sentiment140 dataset created through Twitter application, one of the digitalsocial network platforms. After preprocessing on the dataset containing English Tweet messages, BernoulliNaive Bayes, Linear Support Vector Machine, Logistic Regression and artificial neural network algorithmsLSTM and CNN methods were used in a hybrid way. Classification results were evaluated with f1 score.Accuracy rates of 0.80%, 0.82%, 83%, 85% were achieved for Bernoulli Naive Bayes, Linear SupportVector Machine, Logistic Regression, LSTM and CNN classifications respectively.

Social and Ubiquitous Networks in Educational Processes: Actor-Network Theory

In this article, we intend to present the connections between Educommunication and the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) that make it possible to reflect on the possibilities of creating learning networks via ubiquitous media. In this way, this search expands the conceptions of digital social networks and how they can overcome the patterns of connections which are expressed in cyberspace, opening up fields of discussion in the educational process. Thus, some concepts are analyzed, such as the Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2012), Social Networks (Recuero, 2014) and Ubiquitous Networks (Schöninger, 2017), aiming to present a kaleidoscope, that is, as a lens that allows us new perspectives for the investigation of the social network and its developments in digital culture. It is important to problematize the context of integration of ubiquitous media in pedagogical mediation and verify how ubiquitous media can contribute to the construction of learning networks. The methodology selected for this study was of a theoretical-reflective nature and this research allowed us to show a network as an Actor-Network report in which it is possible to develop some important actions in which each actor can be recognized as an active mediator, which causes changes and not only observes what happens in their context.

Contemporaneidad, presencias y futuros étnicos: el caso de la población ñuu sav

ence, and contemporaneity of the Mixtec ethnicity. To do so, we frame our understanding under the shelter of two concepts currently discussed in anthropology: futures and contemporaneity. We contrast these ideas with the information obtained from recording different fields where the presence of men and women who recognize themselves as Mixtecs is manifested: digital social networks, the panorama of contemporary artists and creators, as well as the streets and squares of Mexico City and its Metropolitan Zone. We maintain that this present of Mixtec ethnicity configures a scope of possibilities that orient it towards its future. A future made possible by the construction of the local from new digital resources and by the presence of the Mixtec being in the scenarios opened by globalization, which allows them to maintain their ethnicity in force.

Appropriation of Information and Communication Technology by Kinese Internet Users: The Paradox of Uses of Digital Social Networks

Appropriation of Information and Communication Technology by Kinese Internet Users: The Paradox of Uses of Digital Social Networks

السياسات العسكرية في دمج وسائل الإعلام في نموذج الحروب الجديدة: القوات المسلحة البريطانية نموذجاً

Objectives: This study investigated the evolving relationship between the military and media in modern warfare and its implications on military media management policies. It aimed to answer the research question: How does the British armed forces integrate war correspondents into the country's war effort in accordance with the new wars paradigm? Method: Employing Grounded Theory, the study meticulously scrutinized current protocols used to integrate media into the British Armed Forces' war campaign. It involved unstructured interviews with British army officials and seasoned war correspondents from reputable British media establishments such as the BBC, The Guardian, and The Herald, between 2016 and 2018. Further, military documents related to media organization in warring situations were thoroughly scrutinized. Results: The study's findings revealed that the military and media hold specific interests and agendas related to armed conflicts, which may impact the power of media in educating people about war's reality. Conclusion: This study concludes that the rise of new wars and digital social networks have disrupted the military-media relationship and that coordination and collective work are necessary in the new form of war. An integration system can bring the military and media together in a respectful relationship.

The Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Perceived Threat and Healthism on Vaccine Hesitancy

The ideology of healthism and low perceptions of the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases may explain the positive link between socioeconomic status (SES) and vaccine hesitancy in high-income countries. The present study aimed to examine the effect of three measures of SES (education, income and family economic status), the perceived threat of infectious diseases and two dimensions of healthism (personal responsibility for own health and distrust in healthcare institutions) on vaccine hesitancy, adjusting for sociodemographic variables. A cross-sectional quantitative study was performed in 2019. Non-probability sampling was employed by sending invitations to respondents over the age of 18 to participate in the study. The snowball technique was used, employing e-mails and digital social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). Data from 661 respondents were collected via 1 ka.si, an online survey tool. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that vaccine hesitancy was significantly more likely to be expressed by women (β = 0.09; p < 0.001), high-income respondents (β = 0.09; p < 0.01), those who have lower perceptions of the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases (β = 0.39; p < 0.001) and those scoring high on two healthism measures (expressing high perceived control of their own health (β = 0.18; p < 0.001) and high distrust in the Slovenian healthcare system and institutions (β = 0.37; p < 0.001)). The findings indicate that among the examined predictors, low perceived threat of vaccine-preventable diseases and low trust in the healthcare system are among the strongest predictors of vaccine hesitancy among the Slovenian public. Policymakers, physicians and other healthcare workers should be especially attentive to the public’s and patients’ perceptions of the risk of infectious diseases and distrust in medical institutions, including during doctor–patient communication and through public health campaigns and policies.

Factors affecting social network use by students in Tunisia

BACKGROUND: Several theories have developed instruments for assessing the acceptance of using technologies. This work is a continuation of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) research for the review of the factors affecting the acceptance of digital social networks (DSN) among Tunisian students. OBJECTIVE: We aim to bring a better understanding of technology use in the educational context. More specifically, we investigate the determinants of digital social network (DSN) acceptance by Tunisian students and the effects of this acceptance on students’outcomes in the presence of social isolation as a mediating variable and fear of COVID-19 to ensure the continuity of university pedagogy. METHOD: We used the survey method, sampling stutents (N = 100) during the COVID-19 pandemic to test this model. For the data analysis, this study employed structural equation modeling through the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and condition process modeling. RESULTS: The research found that Social Influence (SI); Effort Expectancy (EE), Facilitating Conditions (FC), and Performance Expectancy (PE) have a significant and affirmative effect on the behavioral intention (BI) and influence of behavioral intention on digital social network (DSN) user behavior in learning (UBL). Furthermore, Social Isolation (SIS) as a mediating variable and fear of COVID-19 (FOC) has a significant effect between dimensions of adjusted unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model and behavioural intention of learning by digital social network (DSN) applications. CONCLUSION: The new adjusted conceptual model is a significant contribution to the current knowledge, which will enhance the dimensions of the actual unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model. Moreover, the findings have significant implications for educators and decision-makers involved in designing learning through digital social network (DSN) applications for implementation in universities.

From transidentity to transidentification quick triggering of gender dysphoria in adolescents confronting the malaise of puberty

ObjectivesThis article discusses the new phenomenon of a significant increase in requests for social and even medical transition, mainly from adolescents who identify as trans and often feel uncomfortable in their bodies. In France, as in all industrialized countries, this exponential increase is linked to the use of digital social networks. This phenomenon of transidentification, which we distinguish from gender dysphoria, contrasts with the previous descriptions affecting mainly adult men (who have transitioned in adulthood). We will try to understand this important increase in requests and we will try to understand the meaning of the trans identification of these adolescents. MethodFirst, in order to understand the emergence and the context of appearance of gender dysphoria in the psychological organization of young people, we will rely on studies that have highlighted the psychopathological comorbidities of transidentification. Then, we will present an analysis of certain invariants identified in our clinical practice, based on a group of 26 adolescents, around psychological history, psychic structure, and family functioning. ResultsThese elements will allow us to discuss “transidentification,” which is more a process of identification with the signifier “trans” than a fixed identity and which seems to be a solution to pubertal malaise. We will conclude on the types of psychotherapeutic treatments that seem relevant to these adolescents. DiscussionWhat psychotherapeutic care should be given to these young people? How can we listen to the request for a sex change in a hyper-connected society where images flow in a present time disconnected from history? ConclusionTransidentification is a concept that seems to us to be heuristic to think about the significant and recent increase of adolescents who present a dysphoria that seems more linked to puberty itself than to gender.

Fake news and partisan blame attribution: Exploring the mediating role of self-enhancing perceptual bias among young adults

ABSTRACT The politicized public discourse on online ‘fake news’ today has contributed to the rise in scholarly interest on blame attribution for this fake news problem, particularly when the attribution is directed at an outgroup. A study comprising of 284 young adults (selected for their heavy reliance on digital social networks for their news consumption) sought to ascertain the impact of partisan strength on this outgroup blame attribution effect, as well as identify potential cognitive factors that explain this effect. A path analysis confirmed the relationship between partisan strength and outgroup blame attribution, and suggests that perceived self vs. outgroup differences in the ability to spot fake news acts as a small but significant partial mediator in this relationship. Self-enhancing bias, or the need to protect self-esteem, is suggested as a motivator for this mediating relationship.

De la transidentité à la transidentification. Déclenchement rapide de la « dysphorie de genre » chez des adolescents confrontés au malaise pubertaire

ObjectivesThis article discusses the new phenomenon of a significant increase in requests for social and even medical transition, mainly from adolescents who identify as trans and often feel uncomfortable in their bodies. In France, as in all industrialized countries, this exponential increase is linked to the use of digital social networks. This phenomenon of transidentification, which we distinguish from gender dysphoria, contrasts with the previous descriptions affecting mainly adult men (who have transitioned in adulthood). We will try to understand this important increase in requests and we will try to understand the meaning of the trans identification of these adolescents. MethodFirst, in order to understand the emergence and the context of appearance of gender dysphoria in the psychological organization of young people, we will rely on studies that have highlighted the psychopathological comorbidities of transidentification. Then, we will present an analysis of certain invariants identified in our clinical practice, based on a group of 26 adolescents, around psychological history, psychic structure, and family functioning. ResultsThese elements will allow us to discuss “transidentification,” which is more a process of identification with the signifier “trans” than a fixed identity and which seems to be a solution to pubertal malaise. We will conclude on the types of psychotherapeutic treatments that seem relevant to these adolescents. DiscussionWhat psychotherapeutic care should be given to these young people? How can we listen to the request for a sex change in a hyper-connected society where images flow in a present time disconnected from history? ConclusionTransidentification is a concept that seems to us to be heuristic to think about the significant and recent increase of adolescents who present a dysphoria that seems more linked to puberty itself than to gender.

THERMOLOGICAL PLURALISM AND INFORMATION DISORDER

The research points out the conditions that motivated the changes in the processes of dissemination of science, presenting the environment of digital social networks as unified spaces of scientific communication and dissemination. From this context, it seeks to show how these spaces are vulnerable to information disorder. To this end, the main factors related to disorder in the digital space were raised, especially in these processes, and some precautions that need to be considered to avoid or minimize this problem were indicated. This is a bibliographic research of a qualitative nature, which sought, from a literature review, inferences and interpretations, to connect the information disorder to the careless with the terminologies used in scientific communication and dissemination. It is considered that, so that the promotion of science mediated by social networks is not permeated by disorders, it is necessary for producers and disseminators of scientific content to consider that this space has peculiarities that combine a heterogeneous audience and a particular form of communication and dissemination.

Digital Trauma Load: from Online Videogaming to the new forms of digital social networking

AbstractThe digital revolution is evolving at an unstoppable pace. The dissemination of interconnected networks, the growth and spread of new digital technology across all ages at different levels, has rapidly led to an increasing usage of the Internet, smartphones and digital social networking, particularly among young people. Smartphones, social networking and digital videogaming platforms are currently being used as primary means of online access, source of information and as preferred mode for social communication and peer interaction. However, despite digital world is progressively replacing the ‘physical world’ concerning socialization process and communication modalities, there is poor attention on the ‘digital trauma load’ experienced by individuals belonging to the Z and alpha generations in term of potential impact of digital instruments on mental health.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared

The Façade of Neutrality: Unearthing Hidden Histories in the Montias Database with Digital Methodologies

Technological innovations and the 2020 global pandemic have increased scholarly interactions with and reliance on digital resources, leading cultural heritage institutions to prioritize initiatives that digitize and organize their collections online, aiding in their accessibility to a wider global audience. Focusing on the Montias Database of 17th Century Art Inventories, this article turns a critical eye toward digitized art-historical data that is collected, preserved, and organized by cultural heritage institutions. Using the digital art history project “Beyond ‘Exceptional’: Reassessing Women’s Participation in the Cultural Sphere of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam with Digital Social Network Analysis,” I demonstrate the potential of computational methods for mediating the biases inherent to these collections.

Los retos de las nuevas emprendedoras de negocios por internet en un mundo pospandémico

The covid-19 pandemic pushed many women into microentrepreneurship supported by social networks, digital tools and information and communication technologies (ICT), which has generated economic benefits and greater empowerment. With data from the National Survey on Availability of Information Technologies in Households (ENDUTIH) for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and using descriptive statistics tools and correlation analysis, we study the evolution in the management of digital social networks and ICT of women entrepreneurs in Mexico, with special attention to the so-called "new internet business entrepreneurs" (nenis, in Spanish) in the environment of the beginning of the pandemic. The objective is to know if the dynamism observed in this commercial practice is guaranteed once the pandemic is under control or if the formula will require adjustments to maintain its validity. Among the results, it is found that the level of technological inclusion is significantly higher in the nenis in relation to the rest of the entrepreneurs, but it will be necessary a greater training and formality in their activities to achieve a technological advantage and the development of a differentiation strategy in accordance with consumers who will be more and more demanding.

Using Digital Health Technology to Prevent and Treat Diabetes.

Using Digital Health Technology to Prevent and Treat Diabetes.

A quarta onda feminista no Brasil

Abstract: The research approaches Fourth-Wave Feminism in Brazil using some strategies. First, its characteristics were highlighted according to authors who write on the subject. Subsequently, we analyzed some of these characteristics (the presence in the digital environment, the defense of more than one agenda and the way they are being organized) based on data collected on all the pages of feminist organizations (114) registered on a digital social network (Facebook). Based on the results, we argue that contemporary feminisms are part of a fourth wave characterized by mobilization via digital media, adoption of intersectionality and organization in the form of collectives. In addition to pointing out traits of contemporary feminisms, the study problematizes the novelty and homogeneity sometimes associated with the fourth wave and its characteristics.

Scores and opinions about car maintenance and repair shops as an example of word-of-mouth marketing in digital social networks

Scores and opinions about car maintenance and repair shops as an example of word-of-mouth marketing in digital social networks

Comunicação e pandemia: interlocuções criativas de populações vulnerabilizadas no Distrito Federal

Abstract The article aims to present results of a research that mapped communication technologies and arrangements designed and directed toward vulnerable populations in the territory of the Federal District (DF), Brazil, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research, which integrated a multicentric investigation, has a qualitative approach and was structured in five stages: virtual mapping of experiences; interviews with their leaders; individual and cross-sectional analysis of empirical material; collective validation of the results by virtual sessions and construction of a thematic map of the experiences. Fourteen initiatives on COVID-19 were mapped in the DF that had a communicational component and were aimed at the population of peripheral territories, with ten being selected for in-depth analysis.The respective leaders were interviewed, composing a thematic cartographic panorama of technologies and communication arrangements: life stories; “word of mouth”; network joints; in-person and organic communication; cards; advocacy; digital social networks; use of territorial equipment as communication tools; independent digital community newspaper; apps; solidarity network and community TV. The commitment of communication strategies and technologies regarding local realities, respecting the characteristics of communities, is highlighted, pointing to a crucial difference in relation to the predominant communication about the pandemic in public health institutions.

Towards a new relationship: The construction of the marital couple through Facebook groups and its energetic impact on the environment

Facebook groups constitute a new area dedicated to marriage, providing a new space for encounters and first contact, in addition to the existing ones. Our approach was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews and virtual ethnography through participatory observation of two Facebook groups. This research allowed us to identify the different ways in which people meet within a Facebook group, and to highlight a key aspect of these groups: the shared intimacy of a couple’s life. In addition, it has exposed the increased energy consumption associated with the use of digital social networks. The purpose of this paper is to explore how Facebook groups can be a marriage platform for young people today, at the expense of the high energy consumption associated with intensive use of the platform.