Influence Of Social Networking Sites Research Articles

Impact of Social Networking Sites on Interpersonal Relationship among Teenager: A Sociological Analysis in the District of Bagerhat

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) are clearly becoming an authentic and chosen form of Communication. At present, utilize of SNSs amongst teenage students has enlarged, and utilize of SNS has extensive influence on these students in various ways, especially on their interpersonal relationships. The current study is placed in this context to determine the influence of SNS on interpersonal relationships of the teenager, and also find out the impetus of utilize, interest, as well as danger associated with SNS among the college student. In this study students finished a questionnaire that utilizes of SNSs from Khalilur Rahman Degree College, Shahed Hemayet Uddin Girl’s High School, and Wajed Memorial Secondary School at Mollahat Upazila for creating primary data; It was established that the utilize of SNS has a result on interpersonal relationships of a teenager, particularly with their members of family, and friends. We were also found that how much average time they take up on SNSs, what kind of alter has occurred in their face to face relationship. The study also tries to reveal the benefit and dangers associated with SNSs among teenagers. The study found that, although the SNSs have supported improve relationships among teenagers as friends, they have also created some negative effects such as losing their time, increase crime, and immoral activities, and increase their monthly expenditure. It provides an outlook for exploring the technological implications of a society in the domain of sociology.

Effectiveness of Social Media Recruitment on Employer Branding -A Study

Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in accomplishment and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents associate wildcat investigation on the role of social networking sites in accomplishment. Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in achievement and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents Associate in nursing searching investigation on the role of social networking sites in achievement. Particularly Evolution of technology and the disruptive nature of social media in the twenty first century workplace is a central concern of this paper. The framework of exploring the perception that the use of social media for recruitment is devoid of any recruiter bias. The use of social media and its propensity to create a permanent digital record also raises interesting questions connected with the level at which individual’s experience a world in which constant digital surveillance has become the norm. This paper is focused on the usage of social networking sites. For human resources departments in the process of hiring new employees. It also maps the development and influence of social networking sites on recruiter’s behaviour and customs. The main aim is to find out, whether SNS will replace traditional online job boards in the current scenario.
 Our findings confirm the rising importance of social networking sites usage as a new recruiting technology. However, as a major player in the field of recruitment, job boards are still important. Social networking sites today can be seen as the most utilized services within Web 2.0, in which Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace have attracted hundreds of millions of users which integrated these sites into their daily practices. Because of the large number of individuals active on SNS, it is also frequently used as a tool for promoting purposes within businesses. So has social networking sites already have proven to be an effective tool for the branding of products and services (Constantinides, 2010). Even more recently SNS is increasingly used as a tool for promoting the employer brand, referring to the image of desirability and uniqueness as an employer. Employer Branding messages including story telling for inspiring people. Employer branding content that fits the special interests of the focus group. Employer branding advertisements for reaching new people. The findings suggest that participants perceive social networking sites as important tools for communicating the employer brand. This study contributes to research project by providing new insights into the usages of social media as a communication tool for leader stigmatization.

Effectiveness of Social Media Recruitment on Employer Branding -A Study

Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in accomplishment and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents associate wildcat investigation on the role of social networking sites in accomplishment. Social media is becoming increasingly more important in today’s world. It brings along offer and demand in achievement and choice. In addition to this it also gives employers the possibility to verify potential employers. This article presents Associate in nursing searching investigation on the role of social networking sites in achievement. Particularly Evolution of technology and the disruptive nature of social media in the twenty first century workplace is a central concern of this paper. The framework of exploring the perception that the use of social media for recruitment is devoid of any recruiter bias. The use of social media and its propensity to create a permanent digital record also raises interesting questions connected with the level at which individual’s experience a world in which constant digital surveillance has become the norm. This paper is focused on the usage of social networking sites. For human resources departments in the process of hiring new employees. It also maps the development and influence of social networking sites on recruiter’s behaviour and customs. The main aim is to find out, whether SNS will replace traditional online job boards in the current scenario.
 Our findings confirm the rising importance of social networking sites usage as a new recruiting technology. However, as a major player in the field of recruitment, job boards are still important. Social networking sites today can be seen as the most utilized services within Web 2.0, in which Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace have attracted hundreds of millions of users which integrated these sites into their daily practices. Because of the large number of individuals active on SNS, it is also frequently used as a tool for promoting purposes within businesses. So has social networking sites already have proven to be an effective tool for the branding of products and services (Constantinides, 2010). Even more recently SNS is increasingly used as a tool for promoting the employer brand, referring to the image of desirability and uniqueness as an employer. Employer Branding messages including story telling for inspiring people. Employer branding content that fits the special interests of the focus group. Employer branding advertisements for reaching new people. The findings suggest that participants perceive social networking sites as important tools for communicating the employer brand. This study contributes to research project by providing new insights into the usages of social media as a communication tool for leader stigmatization.

Contextual variables explaining the influence of social networking sites for information communication among library users: Cross-cultural study between China and Pakistan using Structure Equation Modeling

The purpose of the study is to identify the core mechanism of how social networking sites use happens in the perspective of contextual factors and then examine the cultural difference in the motives for using social networking sites between China and Pakistan university students. An instrument was designed to calculate the various aspect factors and social networking use intention by using the technology acceptance model (TAM) and the information success model (ISSM). A survey was administered among university students of China and Pakistan. The purposed model was empirically tested by PLS-SEM to examine the influential factors on the use of social networking sites. To the best of our knowledge, there is no cross-cultural published study associated with contextual factors effecting use of social networking sites between China and Pakistan. Our findings show that there are indeed important learning and network factors that lead to social networking sites. This paper examines how cultural perspectives shape the use of communication technology by examining the patterns of using social network sites among university students in China and Pakistan. The results of the study show that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, perceived interaction and system use have positive and direct effect on the intention to use social networking sites for information communication. More interestingly, the use of such social networking factors varies sharply across countries with different market-based institutions.

Influence of social network sites in healthy behavior related to vigorous recreational physical activity

…from the perspective of the eHealth Literacy, SNS could be considered as a media that could provide important information to promote healthy behavior regarding the vigorous physical activity.

Social Media Use and Well-Being in People with Physical Disabilities: Influence of SNS and Online Community Uses on Social Support, Depression, and Psychological Disposition

ABSTRACTThis study examined the relationships across social media use, social support, depression, and general psychological disposition among people with movement or mobility disabilities in Korea. First, with survey data (n = 91) collected from users of social network sites (SNSs) and online communities, hypotheses regarding positive associations between intensity of an individual’s engagement in social media and four different types of social support—emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal support—were tested as well as hypotheses regarding mediation effects of the social support variables in the association between social media use and depression. Second, through focus group interviews (n = 15), influences of social media use on social support were more thoroughly explored as well as their influences on general psychological disposition. Results from hierarchical regression analyses confirmed that both intensity of SNS use and online community use significantly predicted instrumental, informational, and appraisal support, while they did not predict emotional support. Further regression and Sobel tests showed that higher levels of intensity of SNS use and of online community use both led to lower levels of depression through the mediation of instrumental and informational support. Analysis of the interviews further revealed the positive roles of social media use in building social support and healthy psychological dispositions. However, analysis also revealed some negative consequences of and limitations to social media use for those with physical disabilities. These findings expand our knowledge of the context and implications of engaging in online social activities for people with physical disabilities.

Perceptions of Health-Related Information on Facebook: Cross-Sectional Study Among Vietnamese Youths.

BackgroundWhile health information websites may have previously been the core source of information about health-related conditions on the Internet, social networking sites are increasingly replacing those websites as a source of health-related information. The increasingly popularity of social networking sites among the general population has consequential impact on health policies as well as health-related interventions. To date, there remains a paucity of research conducted in developing countries like Vietnam looking at the influence of social networking sites.ObjectiveOur goal is to establish the baseline use of Facebook among Vietnamese youths and establish their perception of the reliability and usefulness of health-related information that they previously encountered while using the social networking site.MethodsAn online cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2015 to October 2015. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) technique was used in the recruitment of participants. Sociodemographic, health status, behaviors, Facebook use and belief of information on Facebook, and interpersonal influence of social network sites were collected via an online structured questionnaire.ResultsAmong 1080 participants, 72.87% (787/1080) reported being interested in health information on Facebook, and 50.74% (548/1080) and 17.50% (189/1080) perceived the information to be reliable and useful, respectively. A total of 10.93% (118/1080) of the participants also reported that they would follow the health advice they obtained from Facebook. Of significance, 7.13% (77/1080) of the participants also reported peer influences on their behavior. Factors that mediate Vietnamese perceptions of the information online include gender, level of perceived stress, age, educational level, and interpersonal influences from Facebook.ConclusionsOur study is perhaps one of the first conducted in Vietnam that looks at the relationship between health information on Facebook and factors that might influence young Vietnamese perceptions of the information and the consequential use of that information.

Academic Influence of Social Network Sites on the Collegiate Performance of Technical College Students

Academic Influence of Social Network Sites on the Collegiate Performance of Technical College Students

Influence of social networking sites on scholarly communication: A study using literature in Artificial Intelligence

With the advent of Web 2.0 tools and especially social media, researchers are increasingly active on the Web. This has resulted in a transformation in the scholarly communication process through which researchers share and bookmark research works in online platforms. In the present study, the influence of social networking sites on the field of Artificial Intelligence research was studied. The study analysed the influence of social networking sites on both conference papers and journal articles, as in a field like Artificial Intelligence both channels of research dissemination play important roles. The top 100 cited journal articles and conference papers in Artificial Intelligence published in 2009 and 2013 were analysed for their presence on social networking sites and online reference managers. It was found that amongst social networking sites, Mendeley had the greatest influence on research in Artificial Intelligence. Mendeley played the most remarkable role in transforming scholarly communication with the highest coverage of both journal articles and conference papers for both the years 2009 and 2013. It was found that the influence of social networking sites was greater for journal articles than conference papers, the latter still having a lower average Mendeley readership. The highest correlation between citation counts and Mendeley readership was found for journal articles published in 2009, followed by journal articles published in 2013, conference papers published in 2009 and conference papers published in 2013. The average Mendeley readership was also higher for journal articles than for conference papers. Mendeley readership was also found to be higher for journal articles and conference papers published earlier in time, indicating that research works published earlier in time were more popular in social networking sites and online reference managers.

The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Political Behavior: Modeling Political Involvement via Online and Offline Activity

Since the Democrats were successful in using social networking sites (SNSs) to mobilize support among voters in the 2008 Presidential election (e.g., Charles, 2012), social networking sites emerged...

A study on the perspectives of pharmacy students and faculties on social networking sites

Context: People tend to use social networking sites (SNSs) often as a means of communication. Aim: This study was designed to find out the view, trend, and influence of SNSs among students and faculties of a Pharmacy School in India. Subjects and Methods: One hundred and eighty pharmacy students and 45 faculties received the questionnaire, out of which 132 students and 20 faculties provided their response. The questionnaire was framed using SurveyMonkey, an online paid survey tool to gather information from the responders. The questionnaire was sent as a link via E-mail to all the students and faculties with formal periodical reminders. Results: The response rate was 95.56% and 44.44% from the students and faculties, respectively. About 80.9% had regular access to SNS. Facebook was the most widely used SNS. All the student responders claimed that their study time as well as academic performance was not influenced by their involvement in social networking; in fact 72.73% of the students reported to have improved their academic performances even while using SNSs. Neither the students nor the faculties had any health-related concerns because of the use of social networking. Conclusions: The use of SNSs did not bring any changes in one's personal behavior or led to any health-related issues to worry. Instead it was helpful for learning purposes, professional activities, and to improve educational acquaintance.

The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Student Educational Performance (A study on Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur)

The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Student Educational Performance (A study on Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur)

A study on the Impact of Social Networking Sites among Higher Secondary Students

The Influence of Social Net Working Sites (SNS) is being so widely discussed around the world and range of studies conducted with the usage of SNS among higher secondary students is negligible in India. The purpose of the study was to determine the Influence of Social Networking Sites on the study habit of higher secondary students. The researcher is followed descriptive research design for this study. A semi structured research questionnaire was designed to determine the factors of social networking sites that have influenced on higher secondary students. Objectives were to study about socio demographic profile of the children and understand the positive and negative influence of SNS with respect to study habits, identify the study habit among the respondents. The investigator used random sampling method and the total sample size was 40 students. The target population of this study was defined as the students belonging to the higher secondary students in Mammalashery govt. higher secondary school Piravom, Ernakulam. Findings of the study indicated that SNS had been greatly influenced among adolescents. The extend usage of media, usage pattern of SNS, the level of and study habit have been dealt scientifically in this paper. The study was also undertaken to determine how much time students actively use social media and if there has been an increase or decrease in usage over time and its impact on their study and academics.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-4: 339-342

The Influence of Social Networking Sites on Recruiting Human Resources in the Czech Republic

Abstract Background: This paper is focused on the usage of social networking sites (SNS) for human resources departments in the process of hiring new employees. It also maps the development and influence of SNS on recruiter's behavior and customs. The main aim is to find out, whether SNS could/will replace traditional online job boards in the Czech Republic. The motivation for the research is to determine whether SNS can be used for serious and practical business purposes. Methods: The paper presents authors’ empirical research with two interconnected instruments used for data collection: (1) Questionnaire with 15 questions devoted to usability, evaluation and comparison of SNS with job portals (N=286 HR specialists) and (2) Comparison of 3 online job advertising methods – job portals, SNS and business website. Results: HR specialists regularly use publicly available information on candidates’ Facebook profiles. Similar results have been observed using both instruments. SNS's in the Czech Republic are not yet used by recruiters as the main tool for recruitment, however, are often used as a support tool for decision making in the final stage of recruitment. Use of SNS's by recruiters is universal; we have not found any significant differences in terms of demographics (men, women, old, young HR professionals). The rate of utilization of SNS's by recruiters in the Czech Republic is gradually increasing, but does not reach the US level. Conclusion: Our findings confirm the rising importance of social networking sites (SNS) usage as a new recruiting technology. However, as a major player in the field of recruitment, job boards (eg. Jobs.cz) are still important. However, the expectation is that in the near future, this will change and SNS‘s may replace the job boards.

Travel Buying Behavior in Social Network Site Users: to Buy Online vs. Offline

The purpose of this research is to examine the variables that influence buying behavior for a sample of social network sites users who are offline buyers of hospitality services. Subsequently, we do the same of social network sites users who are online buyers in the same sector. Finally, we compare both types of clients and discuss their different purchasing behavior. Logistic regression is used to model the dichotomous outcome variables. The dependent variable was to buy or not to buy a tourist service and the independent variables were: the social network sites use, social identity, altruism, telepresence, and Word-of-Mouth. The data set was collected in Chile and Spain from a sample of on-line questionnaires. The main result of this study is the clear difference in consumer behavior between people who buy online tourist services and those who buy these services in travel agents or other traditional channels. The main contribution of this paper deals with the influence of social network sites on offline and online shopping in the hospitality sector.

Does Popularity in Social Networks Influence Purchasing and Lifestyle Decisions? The Meaning Of Online Friendship

Nowadays, millions of people use social network sites (SNSs) to communicate with each other, but little is known about the real effects that online popularity (i.e., the number of friends on a SNS) has on users’ behaviors. This paper explores the social influence of SNSs and demonstrates that the number of online friends on an SNS does not influence its users’ purchasing and lifestyle choices. This study also reveals that so-called low-popular users (i.e., users with few friends on a SNS) are influenced by the intensity of their perceived friendships (i.e., how strong they perceive their relations with their online friends). On the contrary, high-popular users (i.e., users with many friends on a SNS) are influenced by their online friends’ perceived coolness (i.e., how “cool” they consider their online friends), and, in particular, their influence on purchasing decisions increases with the value of the products that they intend to buy. Results shed light on a new meaning of the term “friendship” on a SNS, which is substantially different from what is common in offline contexts: this new construct, which we call “Friendoolness”, can be intended as a mix of friendship and coolness (i.e., social attractiveness, likeability and desirability) and it is mainly based on taking actions to demonstrate that a person has a large number of “cool” friends.

Influence of Social Networks on Learning Outcomes of Undergraduates

The study investigated the influence of social network sites on learning outcomes of undergraduates in Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and College of Education, Ikere. The study adopted descriptive research design of the survey type. The population for the study consisted of all students in the faculty of education of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and all students in College of Education, Ikere Ekiti. In all, 350 respondents made up the sample. Stratified random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. An instrument tagged Comparative Influence of Social Network Sites on Learning Outcomes of Undergraduate Students was used to elicit relevant information from the respondents. Reliability coefficient of 0.83 was obtained for the instrument. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage scores and t-test statistic, Result showed that SNs were used for various purposes such as friendship and communication network, surf for useful information, used to having group discussion, reading news update, post inspirational links, blogging, sharing files, music, videos, pictures, software and getting solutions to most class work, projects and group works. The study also revealed that there is no significant difference between undergraduates using SNs in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti and College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti. There is no significant difference between male and female students’ learning outcomes.

The influence of social networking sites on health behavior change: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Our aim was to evaluate the use and effectiveness of interventions using social networking sites (SNSs) to change health behaviors. Five databases were scanned using a predefined search strategy. Studies were included if they focused on patients/consumers, involved an SNS intervention, had an outcome related to health behavior change, and were prospective. Studies were screened by independent investigators, and assessed using Cochrane's 'risk of bias' tool. Randomized controlled trials were pooled in a meta-analysis. The database search retrieved 4656 citations; 12 studies (7411 participants) met the inclusion criteria. Facebook was the most utilized SNS, followed by health-specific SNSs, and Twitter. Eight randomized controlled trials were combined in a meta-analysis. A positive effect of SNS interventions on health behavior outcomes was found (Hedges' g 0.24; 95% CI 0.04 to 0.43). There was considerable heterogeneity (I(2) = 84.0%; T(2) = 0.058) and no evidence of publication bias. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first meta-analysis evaluating the effectiveness of SNS interventions in changing health-related behaviors. Most studies evaluated multi-component interventions, posing problems in isolating the specific effect of the SNS. Health behavior change theories were seldom mentioned in the included articles, but two particularly innovative studies used 'network alteration', showing a positive effect. Overall, SNS interventions appeared to be effective in promoting changes in health-related behaviors, and further research regarding the application of these promising tools is warranted. Our study showed a positive effect of SNS interventions on health behavior-related outcomes, but there was considerable heterogeneity. Protocol registration The protocol for this systematic review is registered at http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO with the number CRD42013004140.

Systematically retrieving research in the digital age: Case study on the topic of social networking sites and young people’s mental health

Online information seeking has become normative practice among both academics and the general population. This study appraised the performance of eight databases to retrieve research pertaining to the influence of social networking sites on the mental health of young people. A total of 43 empirical studies on young people’s use of social networking sites and the mental health implications were retrieved. Scopus and SSCI had the highest sensitivity with PsycINFO having the highest precision. Effective searching requires large generic databases, supplemented by subject-specific catalogues. The methodology developed here may provide inexperienced searchers, such as undergraduate students, with a framework to define a realistic scale of searching to undertake for a particular literature review or similar project.

P2P-iSN: a peer-to-peer architecture for heterogeneous social networks

The unprecedented growth and influence of Social Network Sites (SNSs) have opened the opportunity for researchers to explore a large amount of social and behavioral data. The heterogeneity of SNSs further sparks research innovations to develop methods and applications that integrate resources and offer more seamless services across SNSs. Specifically, aiming at the integration of social relationship data, a much less studied subject, we propose a peer-to-peer architecture, namely P2P-iSN, to integrate the heterogeneous SNSs. The P2P-iSN allows users from heterogeneous SNSs to communicate without involving the SNS they have registered with. Under this architecture, we propose a Global Relationship Model (GRM) to capture the relationship strength between users and then develop a searching mechanism, namely i-Search, to find the optimal social path between any two users who are meaningfully connected in heterogeneous SNSs. We evaluate the performance of P2P-iSN and show that our P2P-iSN can effectively support many future applications such as improved trust/reputation metrics and integrated content- sharing. With the proposed P2P-iSN, SNS developers can design more effective user-centric SNS applications.