Integration Of Social Media Research Articles

“It Must Go Beyond Dieting”: A Qualitative Study on Designing mHealth Weight Management Programs for African American Women

List key components in designing a mHealth weight management program for African American women The high rate of obesity, ownership of smartphones, online search for nutrition/dieting information among African American women (AAW) provide a unique opportunity to develop cost-effective, accessible, and acceptable mHealth weight management programs for them. Furthermore, they should participate in the development and evaluation of these programs. To explore ideal components of a culturally relevant mHealth weight management program for AAW, and to examine how these components may vary by age group. Methods. Twelve focus group triads (FGT) were conducted with AAW (n=36) in north-central Florida. Participants were smartphone owners who expressed a desire to lose weight. The framework method was used to manage, organize, synthesize, and analyze data themes by gender and age group—18-29 (young), 30-50 (middle-age), and 51+ (older). Based on BMI, young women were overweight (26.23±6.7), middle-aged women were obese (30.72±8.31), and older women were obese (31.03±5.67). Most (70%) searched online for dieting information within the past 12 months. Five overarching themes for designing mHealth weight management programs were identified: 1) holistic program that goes beyond dieting; 2) social media integration for support and sense of community; 3) self-monitoring app; 4) programs of varying lengths and meaningful incentives, and 5) two-way text messaging. AAW were receptive to mHealth weight management programs, which may be appealing during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Holistic programs of four to six weeks that addressed stress eating, had a social media component, and a few educational texts per week may be appealing to AAW.

A Systematic Review of Social Media Integration to Teach Speaking

The ubiquitous nature of social media (SM) makes it a very essential tool to use in the world of education, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic which has led to a paradigm shift in the approaches used in the teaching and learning of English language skills. This review focuses on the use of social media as a medium of instruction to aid the acquisition of speaking skills, which many learners find extremely challenging and inhibiting. Thus, this systematic review investigates the integration of social media in the teaching and learning of speaking skills. To ensure the systematic analysis of the selected articles, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines were utilized. A total of 36 peer-reviewed journal articles from the year 2016 to 2021 were accessed from two databases: ERIC and Google Scholar. Prior to the start of the review, an inclusion and exclusion criteria selection process was conducted to ensure the focus of the review. Overall, the articles reviewed presented the claim that the integration of social media is seen as a positive inclusion for the teaching of speaking skills using various social media applications. Findings reveal that there are improvements in speaking skills, as well as confidence to speak and a decline in speaking anxiety. Teachers and educators can now make use of the various social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and others to provide learners with more practice that is not only restricted to the classroom but has moved beyond it.

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Mobile channel as a strategic distribution channel in times of crisis: a self-determination theory perspective

ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted the worldwide economy, particularly the restaurant sector. To face these challenges, the multi- and omni-channel approaches have been embraced by several firms, especially with the integration of mobile channels and social media. However, no research is conducted to investigate how this integration can be successful in times of crisis, such as pandemic. Therefore, drawing upon the self-determination theory, the present study aims at addressing this research gap by exploring, from both the restaurant owners’ and customers’ perspectives, how an anti-food waste mobile app called Too Good To Go (TGTG) – the largest social case in Europe, is perceived as a strategic distribution channel in the time of pandemic. Based on 18 in-depth interviews with restaurant owners and 22 with customers in Paris, findings highlight the success factors for restaurants to achieve their digital strategies. Theoretical and practical implications, and future research perspectives are presented.

Public Behavior as an Output of E-Government Service: The Role of New Technology Integrated in E-Government and Antecedent of Relationship Quality

Electronic government has played an essential role in citizen policy strategy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of citizen and government interaction, companies can utilize electronic government facilities to establish direct communication and maintain service quality by integrating new technologies and facilities in electronic government which can provide service via online, embedded with social media integration, implemented with mobile service, using personalized user accounts, e-participation service integration, in combination with ongoing citizen information. Therefore, electronic government facilities must adapt and choose the right content to promote strong citizen relations, leading to citizen behavior to make long-term use of electronic government facilities. This study considered and integrated the latest technology from electronic government and associated it with connection quality. Sustainable motives and faithfulness were used to quantify the quality of citizen relations to electronic government facilities, which can influence the results of citizen behavior. The SmartPLS 2 software was used to quantify and estimate 425 online questionnaire surveys. The results showed that of the 12 hypotheses, eight hypotheses were declared to have a significant effect, consisting of H1, H2, H6–H8, and H10–H12, while the other four hypotheses were stated to have no significant effect, namely H3–H5, and H9. This study was used to guide the government as a provider of electronic government facilities to adapt and provide content following the dimensions of the latest technology to achieve goals and produce sustainable implementation.

Understanding the Use of Social Media to Foster Student Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract Social media have been increasingly used by youth to communicate with peers, access information, share creations, and express themselves. As a result, educators and researchers have recognized the potential for using social media to enhance teaching and learning experiences. Some scholars have also identified a relationship between social media integration and promoting student creativity. However, as with any educational technology, using a tool, such as social media, does not automatically increase creativity. In other words, the specific methods used to integrate social media as part of a learning experience affect the tool’s influence on the learning process. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to review literature considering the use of social media in formal learning environments and examine their relationship with enhancing student creativity. We conducted a search to locate empirical studies (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method) published between 2010 and 2020 from the Academic Search Premier, Education Full Text, Education Source, ERIC, and PsychINFO databases. In the results, we describe how social media were used for instructional purposes in the selected studies and discuss the social media affordances that lead to fostering students’ creativity. Additionally, we provide recommendations for educators interested in integrating social media into their teaching practice, specifically to boost student creativity, and we offer suggestions for future research.

Application of Revenue Management Practices in Star-Rated Hotels In Kenya

The study aimed to find the extent of applying revenue management (RM) practices in star-rated hotels in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to determine RM policies and implementation, application of RM techniques, and the use of RM systems. The study used a quantitative approach and adopted a cross-sectional survey research design. The study targeted 225 revenue managers from all-star-rated hotels in Kenya. The findings revealed that RM is a practice in star-rated hotels, even though not in all hotels. Hotels reported having RM policy and implementation taking place. There was an adoption of RM techniques. A dynamic RM team and the presence of social media integration with RM were identified. The findings revealed that by large, star-rated hotels interact with RM systems and sub-systems on the use of RM systems. Some hotels use either one or a combination of two systems. Furthermost, hotels were found to have automated their revenue collection. It was also revealed that they have adopted integrated RM soft-wares. The hotels were found to have meaningful RM data and information, RM pricing devices, and non-pricing devices. In comparison, information reveals a slightly above average presence of RM application in hotels in Kenya. The empirical evidence presented in this paper reveals that some hotels have not entrenched RM applications in terms of policies and implementation, RM tools and techniques, and their RM systems are lacking. The paper proposes that for full realization and maximization benefits associated with RM practices like predicting the growth of hotels, reducing operational costs, improving yields, and generating revenue, the industry should fully embrace RM applications.

Integration of social media into HRM practices: a bibliometric overview

Purpose This paper aims to critically discuss the mounting role of social media (SM) or social networking sites (SNSs) on various human resource management (HRM) practices. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on 87 published papers collected from the Web of Science Database particularly from 2010 to 2020 (up to June) using VOSviewer software. After reviewing those paper contents, the author briefly highlighted the findings. Findings According to most of the previous studies, the utilization of SM information for various HRM practices is rising although such utilization is mostly limited to talent search and recruitment & selection at present. Further, it was found that Facebook and LinkedIn are the two most accepted sites among the hiring professionals where the first one mostly provides behavioral information and the second one provides job-related information. Finally, it was revealed that organizations can develop a strong corporate branding through the presence in SM. Research limitations/implications This review paper is expected to motivate further research initiatives regarding the role of social media into different HRM practices. Practical implications The author expects that based on the findings, the organizational policymakers can get some practical guidelines regarding the efficient utilization of such a platform. Originality/value Social media is a powerful platform for flourishing business entities, promoting products, branding, talent search and so many more purposes. An organization can well promote its existence through this popular platform. In particular, the media can be a well-established platform for searching competent employees and creating employer branding. Therefore, more and more research studies should be carried out focusing on this recent issue. This review paper can be a base for the upcoming researchers as it has accumulated the previous literature and their findings.

Social Media Usage and Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study in Pakistan

Excessive social media usage can be harmful to the mental health of individuals. The core objective of the study was to inspect the effects of social media usage on mental health. Secondly, to find out the mean differences of gender, social media and mental health. A cross-sectional research design was utilized to fulfil the study objectives. n=1067 students from six different universities in Punjab, Pakistan, were selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. Data was collected through an adapted questionnaire comprised of three distinct parts, i.e. socio-demographic profile, social media integration scale by Maree (2017) and Goldberg depression scale (1993), to check the social media effects on mental health among youth. Attained replies were analyzed by using SPSS analysis software version 21. Furthermore, to check the direction and consistency of the relationship among these variables, Pearson correlation was applied, which demonstrated a negative relationship between social media usage and mental health problems at p<.000. This study concluded a negative influence of excessive social media usage on mental health among youth in public universities of Punjab, Pakistan.

Using social media to navigate changing rural markets: the case of small community retail and service businesses

To help small firms navigate changing rural markets, this study investigated how small businesses use social media to expand their customer and stakeholder networks to sustain their businesses. Focus group interviews with owners of small retail and service businesses were conducted in three selected rural Iowa communities. Our findings indicate that social media is an innovative marketing tool to promote interactive, collaborative, and personalized interactions with customers and stakeholders. These interactions enabled small businesses to attract new customers and foster commitment to the business. In addition, reciprocal relationships with stakeholders leveraged social media content creation and fostered social capital formation. However, social media integration poses challenges for many small businesses, due to operational, economic, infrastructural, legal and regulatory, and psychological factors. Our findings highlight education, legal and regulatory guidelines and policies, tools to measure the effectiveness of social media on marketing, and business assistance and support for small businesses to utilize social media to build customer and other business support networks. Implications support the potential for social media to enhance online interactions for these small firms, leading to the development of social capital, a valuable source of competitive advantage and business sustainability in rural markets.

Effects of information quality on information adoption on social media review platforms: moderating role of perceived risk

With the integration of social media and e-commerce, social media review platforms provide consumers with a place to share information and create electronic word of mouth (e-WOM). Information from e-WOM plays an important role in consumers’ decision-making process. However, the information adoption process of users of social media review platforms remains unclear. Thus, this study builds a model to investigate how information quality affects individual information adoption on e-commerce platforms and explores the moderating effects of perceived risk on information quality, perceived diagnosticity, and information credibility. Structural equation modeling and regression analysis are used to test the proposed model. Results show that information quality consists of content quality, expression quality, and utility quality, all of which effectively affect the information adoption on socialized e-commerce platforms through perceived diagnosticity and information credibility. Findings also suggest that perceived risk positively moderates the effects of information quality on perceived diagnosticity.

Identifying Challenges and Improvement Approaches for More Efficient Procurement Coordination in Relief Supply Chains

Coordinating humanitarian organizations in the procurement of urgently needed relief items is complex and characterized by decentralization and isolated decision-making. The decentralized coordination of associated tasks often results in the duplication of efforts and redundant/incorrect relief items supplies into single disaster regions, having negative impacts on the most vulnerable ones. This paper devotes attention to the challenges that exist in the coordination of procurement activities in relief supply chains and asks for improvement approaches to facilitate more efficient demand satisfaction in disaster situations. Therefore, the authors apply multiple case study research including expert interviews with procurement agents and heads of logistics from international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), humanitarian start-ups and military logistics centers. Results indicate that a lack of incentives to cooperate, poor communication, unclear division of competences and noncompliance to standards and regulations constitute substantial challenges in procurement coordination. Moreover, expert interview results show that social media integration, procurement flexibility, cluster and collaborative coordination have potential to support improving the coordination of NGOs’ procurement activities. By presenting several theoretical propositions, this paper complements already existing literature and provides a reference point for future research. Practitioners can benefit from findings as they are provided with a guide that allows redesigning certain processes in procurement coordination.

The Potential of Integrating Social Media in Saudi EFL Context

Language learning is going through a new dimension with advancement of new technologies. Social media integration with language learning has added a new insight in this field. The main objective of this study is to determine the position of social media in Saudi Arabia and then verify the probability of its use in language learning. This study is based on quantitative method using a questionnaire to collect data from 50 randomly chosen female students and 10 teachers of King Khalid University. Two different structured questionnaires consisted of eight questions based on different satisfactory level of Likert scale was used among the learners and teachers to know their opinion. Primarily it was assumed that most of the students would not agree to use social media for language learning due to their highly conservative socio –cultural background. However, later on it was found that majority of the students showed their interest to engage social media with language learning for the betterment of their learning skills. They also agreed that social media application would increase their practical knowledge related to real life situations communication. Still a few of them showed disinterest to these intermingling initiatives and thus disagreed with this endeavor. This study suggests a careful implication of suitable language learning features of social media with the EFL students and thus encourage them to be involved actively in language learning procedure.

Integration of social media for smart pedagogy: initial perceptions of senior high school students in Ghana

Social media have become part of students’ life as a result of their features and the predominant mobile smart medium of usage. In the advanced world, the social platforms have provided affordances for integration in education providing smart learning environments. However, within the Sub-Saharan African region, especially in Ghana, this phenomenon is emerging and warrants an investigation into the initial perceptions of students on integrating mobile phones and social media in the Ghanaian educational system. It is against this background that this study seeks to investigate senior high school students’ perception of the use of social media for pedagogical purposes. Bandura’s social learning theory and Vygotsky’s social constructivism theory formed the theoretical foundation of the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study with data collected through a questionnaire. In all, 200 students were selected from a senior high school using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Statistical tools such as means, standard deviation, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression were employed for analysis. The study found that most of the students had positive perceptions towards the integration of social media and its effects on teaching and learning. There were no statistical differences in perception based on the mean scores of ages of students, year of study and programme of study in terms of social media integration in education and effects on teaching and learning. Furthermore, the perception on social media integration in education predicted the effects on integrating social media in teaching and learning. Consequently, both the perceptions of social media integration in education and its effects on teaching and learning predicted actual usage for learning. Based on the results recommendations were provided on policy and practice of social media use for academic purposes in secondary schools in Ghana.

CRM to Support International Relationships in a Global Society

Research background: Competitive pressure and high customer expectations lead to the use of new innovations for communication with customers. In many cases, this communication is based on CRM systems. CRM systems have great capabilities, but the current problem is evident in the difficulty of choosing the optimal CRM for small businesses due to doubts about unexpected needs (such as human sources, necessary hardware and software, finances and time). Purpose of the article: The aim of this paper is to support optimal customer contact through better CRM (Customer Relationship Management) implementation in a global society. The purpose of this article is to determine the necessary metrics (not just tough financial issues) to know the preferences for CRM with their weights. This information shows the possibilities of choosing the optimal CRM systems for business support to be improved in terms of automation and social media integration. Methods: The method solution is based on a review of the literature, specification of suitable metrics such as automation, cloud, free access, mobile access, segmentation, social media integration, and templates. The following data collection is the basis for a discussion on the possibilities of CRM implementation. Findings & Value added: The findings are based on the results of multidimensional decision making, which uses a comparison of selected criteria (such as the Fuller’s triangle). The value added is visible in the recommendation on how to choose a CRM system for small business to share the necessary information between marketers and customers through social networks to build a brand.

The Challenges of Learning English Skills and the Integration of Social Media and Video Conferencing Tools to Help ESL Learners Coping with the Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Literature Review

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the abrupt closures of all learning institutions have caused English as second language (ESL) learners to have significant difficulties learning the English language especially for speaking skills. Speaking is one of the most important skills to learn because it is the primary mode of communication around the world. However, the majority of ESL learners are still trying to improve their English speaking abilities. Since the implementation of the COVID-19 lockdowns, e-learning has been a well-known solution all over the world. Learners and educators need more time to adjust to online teaching and learning because most of them are exploring new technical innovations and strategies to be used in the classroom. As a result, this study includes a literature review on the challenges ESL learners encounter in learning speaking skills, as well as the use of social media and video conferencing tools to teach speaking skills. Lack of motivation and self-confidence, fear, hesitation, and limited vocabulary are some of the challenges faced by ESL learners. Hence, it is vital to determine the technology intervention used in teaching and developing speaking skills among these learners based on previous study. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the interventions in teaching speaking skills included utilizing social media and video conferencing applications like Facebook, WhatsApp, and others for online teaching and learning. Educators of English as a Second Language (ESL) might then pick the ones that would work best in their particular classroom.

Information and computer technologies in distance teaching of foreign languages using social networks (for Tunisian audience)

The topic of the article concerns the application of information and computer technologies in teaching foreign languages, especially their adaptation to the conditions of distance learning. The author considers various approaches to the use of computer technologies in the current educational space and, in particular, the ways of working with some Internet tools in a Tunisian humanitarian higher education institution. The paper presents features of the Web 2.0 website as one of the possibilities to increase the volume of speech communication in a foreign language in distance learning as well as different types of Internet resources most popular among the students studying Russian in Tunisia. Hence, the author identifies and summarizes the specifics of introducing social networks as an additional platform for distance learning into the process of developing students' communicative competence. The objectives for describing the external factors that influence the improvement in methodological approaches to language teaching were the identification of the main ways for the engagement of the social networking services and integration of them into the structure of online lessons, i.e., selection of the country study material and development of methodological recommendations to bring it closer to the program topics, information exchange, and testing. There was applied the analytical method for researching the problems that students and teachers face in organizing the learning process based on digital assistance. It allowed classifying difficulties that hinder the successful integration of social media into learning. As a result, it was possible to identify the work rules for students and teachers, as well as the potential of Internet services which due to the development of databases and Internet infrastructure have facilitated the tasks for their users including teachers, as it is no longer necessary to acquire special knowledge and skills to create distant courses.

Requirements Engineering in The Integration of Social Media Based Interactive Learning

Due to the pandemic Covid-19, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Diponegoro started requiring online learning for each subject using the Microsoft platform Teams. These changes caused several obstacles faced by students. The Microsoft Teams app requires stable connectivity and high quota usage because online learning takes place in real-time. For this reason, it is necessary to increase better facilities by meeting the needs of students in online learning. This study aims to map user needs in online learning into telegram-based social media features and WordPress-based websites. This study uses the Requirement Engineering method in designing its information system. The Computer Simulation course at the Department of Industrial Engineering focuses on designing this online learning application. The analysis of user requirements obtained will be implemented as the basis for making information systems. Lecturers can provide course material as learning content into Telegram groups or websites. The telegram bot feature is used to present learning material shortly, concisely, and clearly.

Text-based Depression Detection on Social Media Posts: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract Due to the huge increase of awareness of mental health well-being, the detection of mental illness itself is starting to become a huge concern. Many psychiatrists found difficulties in identifying the existence of mental illness in a patient because of the complicated nature of each mental disorder, thus making it hard to give the appropriate treatment to the patient before it’s too late. However, due to the integration of social media into people’s daily life, this create an environment that may provide additional information regarding the mental disorder a patient bear. This study has been undertaken as a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), which is defined as a process of identifying, assessing, and interpreting the available resources to provide answers for a set of research questions. Analysis is made to answer questions regarding text-based mental illness detection based on the social media activity of people with mental disorders, and reveals that it indeed is possible to do early detection of depression on social due to the existence of a particular characteristics in the way these subjects use their social media. This SLR found that from the small amount of research using text-based approach, most studies use deep learning models such as RNN on the early detection of depression cases due to the limitation of data availability. However, this study will look to find method that may prove to be more effective.

Dimensions of student-to-student knowledge sharing in universities

ABSTRACT As quintessential knowledge organisations, universities need to constantly foster knowledge sharing between their students to enable their academic success and employability. This paper draws on a range of relevant literature to proposes the categorisation of the diverse knowledge-sharing activities undertaken by students in university environments along three dimensions: relatedness to curriculum, distance between students and degree of formality. Broader factors that feed into these dimensions such as the advent of online learning, the widespread integration of social media into learning, the effects of national culture and individual student characteristics on knowledge sharing and the move towards the formalisation of peer learning among students are explored in relation to each of these dimensions. Through the use of several practical examples, the paper demonstrates how these dimensions can act as a planning tool that can help university staff develop, revise and compare student-to-student knowledge-sharing activities.