Perceptions Of Social Networks Research Articles

A Hybrid Approach to Analyse the Public Sentiment on Covid-19 Tweets

Objectives: The objective of this study is to introduce a hybrid model for analyzing the people sentiment on covid-19 tweets. Methods: We used a total no. of 27,500 datasets, 70% of the data sets for training and reserved the other 30% for testing. Due to this separation 19,250 samples are used for training, the remaining 8,250 were used to evaluate the accuracy of the test. This paper proposes a technique for sentiment analysis that integrates deep learning, genetic algorithms (GA), and social media sentiment. For more accuracy and performance, we here suggested a hybrid genetic algorithm-based model. A hybrid model is created by assembling the LSTM model and providing it to the genetic algorithm architecture. Findings: LSTM with a genetic model better than LSTM without genetic model. The accuracy of our suggested model is 96.40%. Novelty : The accuracy of the LSTM model for sentiment analysis is 91%. The accuracy of the proposed model is 96.40%. The proposed model is more accurate for sentiment prediction. Keywords: Social network perception, Crossover, Mutation, LSTM, NLP, GA

Effect of negative emotions in consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study from Peru.

The research examines the negative consumer emotions generated by the perception of social networks or traditional media with consumer behavior during the covid_19 pandemic. The study was developed in Peru with a sample of 220 consumers; the design is quantitative and structural equations were used for data processing. The results indicate that social networks and traditional media are not related to negative emotions, but are related to the change in consumer behavior in the purchase of more products and new products. The research has theoretical implications since it provides evidence to the literature that the negative emotions generated during the covid_19 pandemic are related to changes in consumer behavior, which affect the purchase of more products and new products. The practical implications of the research is for businessmen on the causes of changes in consumer behavior generated during crises. like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese students’ perceptions of social networks and their academic engagement in technology-enhanced classrooms

Using social networks as one of the new instruments of information and communication technologies in recent years has gained popularity. Social networks are used in various political, social, cultural, and educational fields. In education, students increasingly use social networks to create and maintain social relationships and support informal learning methods. The current study investigated the relationship between the use of social networks and academic engagement in Chinese EFL language learners. Using a convenience sampling method, the researcher invited 591 EFL students from Guangdong Province, China to participate in the study. The participants consisted of 307 male learners and 284 female learners, of whom 345 (58.38 %) were B.A., 234 (39.59 %) were M.D. and 2.03 % were Ph.D. To obtain the necessary data, the researcher employed two questionnaires. The researcher distributed the questionnaires that were Social Network Usage Questionnaire and Academic Engagement Questionnaire to the participants. Employing the multivariate regression method and Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS and Amos, the researcher analyzed the collected data. The results show that there is a significant and positive association between learners' social network usage, their ethnographic factor (age), and their academic engagement. However, other ethnographic factors such as gender and educational level do not affect learners' social networks usage. Also, there is a significant and positive association between the amount of use of social networks for entertainment and components of academic engagement which are cognitive, emotional, and socio-behavioral factors. The use of technology, especially the use of social networks, enhances learners’ academic engagement and increases their motivation, energy, and mastering abilities. They provide the ability to easy access for all learners and provide personalized/individual course materials.

Економічно-інформаційна та безпекова роль соціальних медіа під час пандемії КОВІД-19

The article defines the main directions of influence of social media during the crisis, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the largest global crises, which affected almost all countries in the world. The study is based on a survey of social media users, as well as on statistical materials and a comparative analysis of the works of leading foreign scientists. The study indicates four main groups of factors of social media impact on society, such as economic and informational (lockdown factor due to the COVID-19 pandemic), security, perception of social networks in society and the formation of trust in social media. It was found that fake and mis- or disinformation leads to the deterioration of the economic, security and psycho-emotional life not only of individual consumers, but also of the whole country. It has been found that the provision of reliable information, elimination of fake news, concern for privacy and application of data security play the biggest role in the perception and trust of social media for both individuals and businesses.

ДИЛЕМА ДВОЗНАЧНОСТІ У РОЗУМІННІ ПЕРСОНАЛЬНОГО БРЕНДУ

Informatization of all areas of modern human activity and the rapid development of new information and communication technologies create favorable conditions for the implementation of programs of operational access to remote material and intellectual resources distributed throughout the globe. Over the past decade, social media has changed the way people, communities, and organizations create, share, and consume information from each other and businesses. However, today people have become more careful about their presence on the Internet, especially on social networks. It is becoming increasingly clear that social media poses enormous risks to individuals, communities, companies, and even society as a whole. Examples of such risks in social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch-hunts, fake news, and privacy violations. The credibility of our study was enhanced by detailed data collection aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of the phenomena of personal perception of social networks based on primary data obtained from interviews with social network experts and secondary data from the analysis of a large amount of secondary data (industry reports, press releases, eSports columns, and blogs). Using a reverse approach with primary and secondary data, we were able to ensure that all information based on the secondary data set was consistent with the expert interviews, and this was the basis for our interviewee research. As part of this process, we asked our interviewees to describe the motivational factors behind their involvement in social networks. The main goal of this study was based on the multidimensionality and duality of individual perceptions of social networks. Applying a qualitative methodological approach, the article investigates the individual attitude of consumers toward behavior in social networks (SNS). Through the prism of personal brand development, it is understood that people strive to create a satisfactory presentation of the desired self. At the same time, an important criterion of individual behavior in social networks is the preservation of public perception of one's identity. The fear of being unclear is associated with conflicting opinions in front of the target audience. In addition to promotion, the research helps to understand how personal brand interests influence social perception. The obtained results help to gain more knowledge about consumers from the point of view of their involvement in marketing communication.

ДИЛЕМА РОЗВИТКУ ПЕРСОНАЛЬНОГО БРЕНДУ: БУТИ ЧИ НЕ БУТИ

Informatization of all areas of modern human activity and the rapid development of new information and communication technologies create favorable conditions for the implementation of programs of operational access to remote material and intellectual resources distributed throughout the globe. Over the past decade, social media has changed the way people, communities, and organizations create, share, and consume information from each other and businesses. However, today people have become more careful about their presence on the Internet, especially on social networks. It is becoming increasingly clear that social media poses enormous risks to individuals, communities, companies, and even society as a whole. Examples of such risks in social media include cyberbullying, addictive use, trolling, online witch-hunts, fake news, and privacy violations. The credibility of our study was enhanced by detailed data collection aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of the phenomena of personal perception of social networks based on primary data obtained from interviews with social network experts and secondary data from the analysis of a large amount of secondary data (industry reports, press releases, eSports columns, and blogs). Using a reverse approach with primary and secondary data, we were able to ensure that all information based on the secondary data set was consistent with the expert interviews, and this was the basis for our interviewee research. As part of this process, we asked our interviewees to describe the motivational factors behind their involvement in social networks. The main goal of this study was based on the multidimensionality and duality of individual perceptions of social networks. Applying a qualitative methodological approach, the article investigates the individual attitude of consumers toward behavior in social networks (SNS). Through the prism of personal brand development, it is understood that people strive to create a satisfactory presentation of the desired self. At the same time, an important criterion of individual behavior in social networks is the preservation of public perception of one's identity. The fear of being unclear is associated with conflicting opinions in front of the target audience. In addition to promotion, the research helps to understand how personal brand interests influence social perception. The obtained results help to gain more knowledge about consumers from the point of view of their involvement in marketing communication.

Personal brand development problems through the social culture perception prism

Introduction. The article considers the problem of the individual personal brand development through the prism of the social culture of perception. We also identified approaches to understanding social culture, analyzed the results of research on the impact of social culture on personal brand development, and considered the structure of social culture. The article defines the types of socialization in which the individual brand values is particularly important, namely: volunteer work, professional expertise in various fields, and individual self-sufficiency as a role model. Goal. The purpose of this study was to determine the dependence of factors of socio-cultural influence on the ability of self-realization and self-actualization through the creation of an individual personal brand. Method. Confidence in our research was increased by detailed data collection aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of personal perception of social networks based on primary information obtained by the method of experimental questionnaires of social network experts. Using the analysis of the results of the survey in the control and experimental groups of respondents, we were able to make sure that the motivational factors that encourage individual involvement in social networks have a social basis. The results. We considered social culture as a set of actions to create optimal internal conditions for the development and self-change of the individual, education of the subject of activity, capable of acting, harmonizing his activity with the natural, social, spiritual-moral (value-meaning) basis of interaction with the surrounding world and himself. In the research process, ascertaining and control stages, we evaluated the level of self-actualization of persons with a developed personal brand (PB) of the control and experimental groups using the self-actualization test (TSA). The ecopsychological approach is the basis of the construction of the technology for the implementation of the social culture development program of certain types of socialization (experts). The reliability of test results and differences in mean values were assessed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The formative program shows the effective influence of the development of social culture on the self-actualization of the individual and the ability to form his PB.

Credibility aspects’ perceptions of social networks, a survey

Credibility aspects’ perceptions of social networks, a survey

Individual difference in perceptions of social structure: Social standing predicts accuracy in social network perception

AbstractThis study examined the extent to which social standing based on reputation (i.e., popularity), affective regard (i.e., peer acceptance and peer rejection), and affiliation‐network centrality (i.e., degree, betweenness, and closeness centrality), in addition to gender and grade in school, predicted children's accuracy in detecting affiliation patterns within peer networks. Third through fifth‐grade students (n = 400) were from three semi‐rural elementary schools and clustered in eight grade‐level units. The relationship between a child's perception of the affiliation (i.e., “hanging‐out”) network and the collective perception of the affiliation network served as the indicator of network perception accuracy. In general, girls, older children, and more popular and well‐connected children had more accurate perceptions of the social environment. In particular, girls, popular children, children with high degrees centrality, and fifth graders, were more likely to report ties that existed in the collectively perceived network (made fewer false‐negative reports). Fifth graders’ specific patterns of accuracy/inaccuracy suggested a more developed cognitive model of social network structures. Children experiencing peer rejection made more false negative errors (failed to report existing ties). Interestingly, net of the other network variables in the model, closeness centrality was related to a decrease in falsely reporting ties (improving accuracy) but an increase in failing to report ties that existed (worsening accuracy). These relationships between children's social standing and grade level on their accuracy of network perception has conceptual and methodological implications for studies of children's social functioning within their school‐based peer networks.

Sharing and asking for help: Social support networks from the perspective of 4–6 year olds in three different eco-social milieus

In view of increasing diversity regarding the cultural background of children in pre-schools and the like, it is important to know how they differ in their perception of social networks. This study investigated the perception of social support networks in young children from three different eco-social milieus. Participants ( N = 138, 4–6 year olds) were recruited from German urban nuclear families and two groups of rural extended families in Central America. The support networks were analyzed by means of two game scenarios for “Sharing” and “Asking for Help” with a family collage in addition. Results show significant differences between groups in regard to the size, structure, and relationship patterns of support networks. Networks of urban German children included mainly friends, parents, and siblings, whereas those from Central American children also included other members of the extended family. The perceived importance of father, mother, and siblings differed between groups. Children’s willingness to share correlated with parental socio-cultural orientation. Practical implications for early childhood education are discussed in view of children’s socio-cultural background.

Social networks, health and identity: exploring culturally embedded masculinity with the Pakistani community, West Midlands, UK

BackgroundMigrants from South Asia living in developed countries have an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), with limited research into underlying social causes.MethodsWe used social capital as an interpretive lens to undertake analysis of exploratory qualitative interviews with three generations of at-risk migrant Pakistani men from the West Midlands, UK. Perceptions of social networks, trust, and cultural norms associated with access to healthcare (support and information) were the primary area of exploration.ResultsFindings highlighted the role of social networks within religious or community spaces embedded as part of ethnic enclaves. Local Mosques and gyms remained key social spaces, where culturally specific gender differences played out within the context of a diaspora community, defined ways in which individuals navigated their social spheres and influenced members of their family and community on health and social behaviours.ConclusionsThere are generational and age-based differences in how members use locations to access and develop social support for particular lifestyle choices. The pursuit of a healthier lifestyle varies across the diverse migrant community, determined by social hierarchies and socio-cultural factors. Living close to similar others can limit exposure to novel lifestyle choices and efforts need to be made to promote wider integration between communities and variety of locations catering to health and lifestyle.

Leveraging Social Networks for Authentic Learning in Distance Learning Teacher Education

This research examined how leveraging social networks in distance learning facilitated authentic learning in a 4-week teacher-education course. The pilot study aimed to examine the course design, and learner perceptions of social networks in distance learning. The course design was structured around nine principles of the authentic learning framework (Herrington, Reeves, & Oliver, 2010) for sustained dialogue, reflective thinking, and relevance. The intent was to facilitate authentic learning contexts, participatory activities, access to experts, collaboration, multiple perspectives, reflection, articulation, scaffolding, and authentic assessment. Synchronous and asynchronous communication was used to deliver content. Data sources included the design of learning tasks with social networks, semi-structured interviews (N = 7) with a convenient sample of graduate students, and a survey questionnaire to evaluate students’ perception (N = 8) of authentic learning and social presence in the course. Data analysis involved analyzing the course design, and participants’ perception of authentic learning and social presence in distance learning. Semi-structured interviews were transcribed, and analyzed for students’ perception of social networks in distance learning. A participant member-checked the themes for validity. The findings indicated that the course design facilitated authentic learning with meaningful social interaction and engagement. Participant perceptions indicated that the social networks facilitated authentic communication, connections, community, student agency, self-regulation, peer and instructor feedback, and personalized learning in distance learning. Perceived challenges were related to access, navigation, sustained interest, initial reluctance, and managing the simultaneous use of various social media. Implications may inform teacher educators about leveraging social networks for authentic learning across various disciplines.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AS A TOOL FOR EMPLOYER BRANDING FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF SLOVAK CONSUMERS

Social networks are a phenomenon that has become a regular part of life for the majority of consumers and they spend much of free time there. With the increasing popularity of social networks, the possibilities of their use are also expanding. Recently, the trend of social networks has also penetrated into the personnel marketing. Due to the current situation on the labour market, in addition to traditional techniques, companies have begun to use the tools of the social networks to recruit employees and build their employer brands. The aim of this article is to define the theoretical basis of social networks and their usage in employer branding from the viewpoint of domestic (Slovak) and foreign authors. This includes an analysis of the practical usage of social networks in employer branding. The secondary data for the analysis were obtained from annual companies reports, statistical tables and published professional publications. In order to determine the perception of social networks as a tool for employer branding, a questionnaire survey was conducted among Slovak people. General scientific methods were applied for the processing of the data, as well as mathematical methods to evaluate the data, collated from the results of the questionnaire survey. Based on this, benefits of social networks and their usage in employer branding are highlighted.

Are college students' perceptions of social network drinking accurate?: Examining the validity of the Important People Instrument.

A growing body of research has examined self-reported measures of social network alcohol use, such as the Important People Instrument (IPI), among college students. However, it remains unknown whether IPI judgments of friends' alcohol use are accurate. We hypothesized that judgments of friends' drinking status (e.g., heavy drinker) and maximum drinks per day would primarily reflect friends' self-report (accuracy), rather than projection of participants' self-report (assumed similarity) or a systematic tendency to under- or overestimate behavior (directional bias). We also expected that accuracy would be stronger when participants were women, had more contact with friends, or drank less each week or when friends drank less each week. In all, 654 randomly selected, 1st-year students indicated their 5 closest friends in their class, yielding 111 friendship dyads. Participants judged each friend's drinking status and maximum drinks per day and rated these items for themselves. Gender, frequency of contact, and typical drinks per week were assessed. Results indicated that judgments of drinking status and maximum drinks per day were highly accurate. Accuracy effects were consistently stronger than was assumed similarity; directional bias was nonsignificant. Accuracy did not depend on gender or participants' weekly consumption but was stronger for both outcomes when contact was more frequent and, for maximum drinks per day, when friends' weekly consumption was relatively low. Results support validity of the IPI for assessing social network alcohol use among students. Given that perceptions are accurate, research is needed on intervention strategies that facilitate management of risky peers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

The Integration of People and Networks

Social networks involve ties (and their absence) between people in social settings such as organizations. Yet much social network research, given its roots in sociology, ignores the individuality of people in emphasizing the constraints of the structural positions that people occupy. A recent movement to bring people back into social network research draws on the rich history of social psychological research to show that ( a) personality (i.e., self-monitoring) is key to understanding individuals’ occupation of social network positions, ( b) individuals’ perceptions of social networks relate to important outcomes, and ( c) relational energy is transmitted through social network connections. Research at different levels of analysis includes the network around the individual (the ego network), dyadic ties, triadic structures, and whole networks of interacting individuals. We call for future research concerning personality and structure, social network change, perceptions of networks, and cross-cultural differences in how social network connections are understood.

Global Aspects of Social Media Perception by Y Generation in Gender Context

Influencers, You tubers, opinion leaders, social network, social media, message, hashtag, share. These words are around us. We have become international, now we are a global country that cannot influence many aspects. The present generation cannot imagine life without social networks. The research focus on intergenerational comparison of the perception of social networks. We aim our attention at gender factor in Y generation. Generation Y, is the demographic group following Generation X. This generation as known as internet generation (iGen), Net generation or Generation 9/11. Generations Y are mostly baby boomers, children born in post-war years. It is generation who have used Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) since childhood. The aim of submitted paper is found out answers to two questions and confirm or reject the hypotheses. Two questions are how long have respondents spent time on the Internet? And what they use social networks? We have set a null hypothesis and its alternative. Null hypothesis is gender factor affects the perception of social networks. Alternative hypothesis is Gender factor does not affect the perception of social networks. We used to confirm or reject the hypothesis Chi – Square test via MS Excel. We expect gender factor affects the social networks.

HIGHER COPING SELF-EFFICACY ASSOCIATED WITH LOW SELF-PERCEIVED LONELINESS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE

Loneliness is an emotional state involving social network perceptions and linked to worse health outcomes. Coping self-efficacy evaluates confidence in ability to manage problems effectively using problem-solving, emotional regulation and social coping. The purpose of this cross-sectional study (N=151 community dwelling adults ages ≥ 65) was to evaluate associations between loneliness and coping self-efficacy. All participants had at least one chronic condition and were cognitively intact. In this sample, 32.08% were lonely (score ≥ 5 on UCLA 3-item loneliness scale (range 3-9). Higher coping self-efficacy was significantly associated with low loneliness after adjustment for age, sex, race/ethnicity, social support, depressive symptoms, body mass index, and a chronic disease-function score (β= -0.03, p=0.014). Causality could not be assessed; higher loneliness may lead to lower self-efficacy or lower self-efficacy may lead to higher loneliness. Nonetheless, loneliness and self-efficacy are both modifiable with great potential for improvement, possibly bettering health outcomes.

Using Krackhardt Data Over Time to Assess Egonet Dynamics and Accuracy

There has been some debate over the extent to which egonets support accurate inferences regarding the actual structural features of social networks. The reliance of the egonet method on ego’s accurate perception of the local network naturally motivates the examination of differences between what ego perceives and what actually exists. Three decades ago, Krackhardt pioneered the assessment of ego’s perception of alters and ties with the contribution of cognitive social structures, henceforth referred to as Krackhardt data. I claim that what has been needed is further examination of Krackhardt data over time, where possible compared with measurement of the actual network structure. This could yield progress for the field in better understanding the stability of both social network perceptions and their accuracy with respect to the actual social landscape. The work presented in this session is an example of just such an effort. My longitudinal dataset consists of the two relations of friendship and advice measured over a six week period, collected as relationships formed among a group of college juniors working together in a class that included a Prisoner’s Dilemma exercise. Notably, this exercise held the potential of significantly affecting not only the group’s actual social networks but also the participants’ perceptions of each other’s’ social networks. Augmented by Krackhardt data also collected each week during the same time period, this dataset offers some advantages over the field’s most widely analyzed dataset due to Newcomb. Analytical results presented will include longitudinal results for ego distortion, local-global inference error, and feature inference error.

Loneliness and social isolation among young and late middle-age adults: Associations with personal networks and social participation

ABSTRACTObjective: Associations between social networks and loneliness or social isolation are well established among older adults. Yet, limited research examines personal networks and participation on perceived loneliness and social isolation as distinct experiences among younger adults. Accordingly, we explore relationships among objective and subjective measures of personal networks with loneliness and isolation, comparing a younger and older cohort.Methods: The UC Berkeley Social Networks Study offers unique cohort data on young (21–30 years old, n = 472) and late middle-age adults’ (50–70 years old, n = 637) personal network characteristics, social participation, network satisfaction, relationship status, and days lonely and isolated via online survey or in-person interview. Negative binomial regression models were used to examine associations between social network characteristics, loneliness, and isolation by age group.Results: Young adults reported twice as many days lonely and isolated than late middle-age adults, despite, paradoxically, having larger networks. For young adults, informal social participation and weekly religious attendance were associated with fewer days isolated. Among late middle-age adults, number of close kin and relationship status were associated with loneliness. Network satisfaction was associated with fewer days lonely or isolated among both age groups.Conclusion: Distinct network characteristics were associated with either loneliness or isolation for each cohort, suggesting network factors are independently associated with each outcome, and may fluctuate over time. Network satisfaction was associated with either loneliness or isolation among both cohorts, suggesting perceptions of social networks may be equally important as objective measures, and remain salient for loneliness and isolation throughout the life course.

Perceptions of Social Networks by Adults Who Are Deafblind.

Findings are presented from a descriptive qualitative study of 10 adults who were deafblind who were interviewed about their social lives. Additional data were collected from a discussion board and e-mails from the study participants. Three findings emerged from the data: (a) Navigating adaptations was a significant part of socialization. (b) Gaps existed in work, family, and formal support networks.