Social Networking Sites Research Articles

Dual Graph Neural Networks for Dynamic Users’ Behavior Prediction on Social Networking Services

Dual Graph Neural Networks for Dynamic Users’ Behavior Prediction on Social Networking Services

Usefulness and accessibility of information on the treatment of children with congenital clubfoot: results of a survey of parents

BACKGROUND: Treatment of congenital clubfoot remains controversial from both specialists and parents regarding the details of its practical application, individual effectiveness, and follow-up, rehabilitation treatment, prevention, and treatment of relapses. The assessment of parental attitudes using an online survey optimizes doctor–patient interaction. Information available to parents regarding the diagnosis and treatment of children with congenital clubfoot is lacking. AIM: This study aimed to assess the usefulness and accessibility of information for parents about the treatment of children with congenital clubfoot. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To assess the usefulness and accessibility of information about the treatment of congenital clubfoot, a survey of the patients’ parents was conducted using an electronic fillable form proposed for anonymous completion in a thematic group dedicated to the treatment of congenital clubfoot on the social network “VKontakte”; the study included 5500 participants at the time of the survey (2 weeks), with 328 responses received. RESULTS: Most parents noted a lack of information regarding clubfoot treatment before it actually began. The preferred source of information was Internet resources (i.e., websites of medical institutions and social networks). Achilles tenotomy and wearing braces raised the most questions, requiring additional information from both doctors and alternative sources. The possibility of errors and complications in wearing braces caused the greatest concern among parents, as well as possible relapses and the correctness of prescriptions during the rehabilitation treatment. Online parent communities and physician blogs are considered significant information sources. Most parents prefer to expand information about congenital clubfoot on the Internet, including social networks and popular resources. CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of the results of an anonymous survey of parents of children with congenital clubfoot showed a significant demand for high-quality, accessible information regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of children with congenital clubfoot. Significant interest in the information provided by social media and other Internet resources determines the need for competent representatives of the professional community to participate in this process.

The mediating role of intentional self-regulation in the constructive and pathological compensation processes of problematic social networking use

Perceived social isolation is a key predictor of college students’ problematic social networking site use (PSNSU). According to the Fear-Driven/Compensation-Seeking Hypothesis, reducing the fear of social isolation and compensating for social deficits serve as negative reinforcement motivations for SNS use, which may potentially result in PSNSU. This study investigated the association between perceived social isolation and PSNSU through the mediating roles of intentional self-regulation and parasocial relationships from a compensatory perspective. Additionally, gender differences in the mediating model were examined. Findings from an online survey of 893 college students in China revealed a positive relationship between perceived social isolation and PSNSU. The serial mediation model showed that intentional self-regulation and parasocial relationships both had positive individual mediating effects, as well as a negative serial mediating effect. Moreover, these mediating effects were only significant among women. The findings suggest that in the association between perceived social isolation and PSNSU, the mediating role of intentional self-regulation forms a constructive compensatory process, while its serial mediating role through parasocial relationships forms a pathological compensatory process. Interventions for PSNSU should take the mediating role of intentional self-regulation in constructive compensation process and the gender difference into consideration.

Testing the effectiveness of a virtual sustained tobacco treatment: Initial reporting of findings from the EAQ171CD randomized clinical trial conducted by ECOG-ACRIN within the NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP).

376 Background: Persistent smoking among patients diagnosed with cancer is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, yet clinical guidelines for tobacco use interventions have not been integrated into community oncology settings. We conducted a trial of a virtual sustained tobacco treatment intervention across community oncology settings nationally. Methods: This randomized clinical trial, conducted through ECOG-ACRIN, compared the effectiveness of sustained telehealth counseling plus medication (Virtual Sustained Treatment; VST) to referral to the NCI quitline (Enhanced Usual Care; EUC) in assisting recently diagnosed cancer patients to quit smoking. The VST group received up to 11 synchronous telehealth sessions (4 weekly, 4 biweekly, 3 monthly) of motivational counseling and up to 12-weeks of free NRT patch and/or lozenge. Eligibility criteria included adults within 4 months of a new cancer diagnosis, cigarette use in the past 30 days, English/Spanish speaking, and access to an internet-enabled device. The primary outcome is 6-month self-reported 7-day point prevalence abstinence. Results: From 08/2019 to 12/2022, 306 patients were randomized from 30 NCORP Community Sites and 7 Minority/Underserved NCORP sites. Participants were 70.9% female; 86.3% White; 8.8% Black; and 2.9% Hispanic; median age 57 years; 25.5% completed a college degree; 50.3% stages 0-2; 46.4% had non-smoking-related tumors. Median cigarettes per day was 12.0; 72.2% (n = 221/306) smoked within 30 minutes of waking; 49.0% (n = 150/306) were in precontemplation/contemplation stage of readiness to quit. 73.8% (222/301) and 72.2% (210/291) completed the 3 and 6-month outcome assessments. Classifying missing smoking status as smokers, 6-month abstinence rates were 28.4% (42/148) in the VST group vs. 14.7% (21/143) in the EUC group (p<.005). For secondary outcomes, there were no significant differences when adjusted for multiple comparisons (α = 0.0025); abstinence at 3-months was 24.7% (38/154) in the VST group vs. 15.0% (22/147) in the EUC group (p=.035); continuous abstinence at 6 months was 18.9% (28/148) in the VST vs 9.1% (13/143) in the EUC (p=.016). 80.8% (126/156) of individuals randomized to VST participated in counseling; of those, 59.5% (75/126) completed at least 6 sessions, 46.0% (58/126) completed at least one monthly booster session, and 85.7% (108/126) were dispensed 4 weeks of NRT. Conclusions: Among recently diagnosed cancer patients, sustained remotely delivered telehealth counseling and free NRT produced a significantly higher 6-month quit rate than a quitline referral. Findings support adopting a policy of widespread sustained tobacco treatment and implementation of tobacco treatment into community oncology care settings nationwide. Clinical trial information: NCT03808818 .

Managing Anxiety and Uncertainty Through Social Networking Sites, How Effectively Can Youth Communicate Online?

This study examines the usage patterns of social networking sites among Malaysian youths and their Anxiety/Uncertainty Management levels. According to the anxiety and uncertainty management theory, members of a group should be cooperative, trustworthy, tolerant of diversity, and happy in order to affect their membership attitude and behavior. These days, youth choose to spend their time on social networking sites since they provide an effective virtual community platform for communication. Malaysian youths exhibit a nuanced understanding of personal and social identity, motivation to interact, reactions to others, social categorizations, situational processes, connection to others, ethical interactions, and overall communication effectiveness. This study surveyed 600 respondents, the findings highlight a deep-rooted integration of digital communication into the daily lives of Malaysian youths, with a significant majority having extensive experience of 11 to 20 years on SNS platforms. SNS platforms significantly reduced communication uncertainty, fostering positive relationships and smoother communication through active, passive, and interactive strategies. Locality plays a crucial role in anxiety and uncertainty management, with rural youths demonstrating better management compared to their urban counterparts, attributed to stronger social cohesion, tighter networks, and communal lifestyles. The study suggests that addressing anxiety and uncertainty can improve communication quality in virtual settings, particularly in rural areas. Social media can promote cultural integration and acceptance among diverse groups. A balanced approach to communication, emphasizing ethical interactions, can maximize its benefits. The findings can be used to design targeted interventions and promote positive digital engagement practices among Malaysian youths. Keywords: Virtual community, social networking sites, anxiety and uncertainty management, effective communication, digital communication.

OUTREACH: phase 2 study of lisocabtagene maraleucel as outpatient or inpatient treatment at community sites for R/R LBCL

AbstractLisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) is an autologous, CD19-directed, 4-1BB chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product approved for relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). We present the OUTREACH primary analysis, evaluating the safety and efficacy of outpatient monitoring after liso-cel treatment at community sites in the United States. Adults with R/R LBCL after ≥2 prior lines of therapy received liso-cel. Outpatient vs inpatient monitoring was per investigator discretion. The primary end points were incidence of grade ≥3 cytokine release syndrome (CRS), neurological events (NEs), prolonged cytopenia, and infections. Efficacy was a secondary end point. Eighty-two patients received liso-cel (outpatient monitored, 70%; inpatient monitored, 30%). The median follow-up was 10.6 months (range, 1.0-24.5). In outpatients and inpatients, grade ≥3 CRS occurred in 0% and 0%, NEs in 12% and 4%, infections in 12% and 8%, and prolonged cytopenia in 33% and 32%, respectively. Among outpatients, 25% were never hospitalized after infusion, and 32% were hospitalized ≤72 hours after the day of infusion; the median time to hospitalization was 5.0 days (range, 2-310). The median initial hospitalization duration after liso-cel was 6.0 days (range, 1-28) for outpatients and 15.0 days (range, 3-31) for inpatients. Objective response rate was 80%, complete response rate was 54%, and the median duration of response was 14.75 months (95% confidence interval, 5.0 to not reached). OUTREACH is, to our knowledge, the first and largest study to prospectively assess CAR T-cell therapy with outpatient monitoring in community-based medical centers. Liso-cel demonstrated meaningful efficacy with favorable safety in patients with R/R LBCL. Data support the feasibility of liso-cel administration at community sites with outpatient monitoring. This trial was registered at www.ClinicalTrials.gov as #NCT03744676.

Assessing Institutional Performance Using Machine Learning Algorithms

In Middle Eastern nations, social media has grown in importance in influencing political and governmental choices. In Iraq, Facebook is regarded as one of the most widely used social networking sites. The underutilization of this tool for evaluating institutional performance persists. Thus, using sentiment analysis on Facebook, this study suggests a methodology that aids organizations like the Ministry of Justice in Iraq in assessing their own performance. The model makes use of a variety of machine learning methods, including Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression, and Support Vector Machine. TF-IDF (Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency) was used to convert the textual data into numerical features, which is essential for effective text analysis. Additionally, features were carefully managed by utilizing both unigram and bigram models. Using datasets from (Facebook pages belonging to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice), a thorough experimental investigation was conducted. The results of our experiments showed that the SVM algorithm produced the best accuracy, at 98.311%. following the suggested model's retention of a few stop words, which was shown to significantly improve the algorithm's performance and guarantee accurate categorization of comments while maintaining the content of the phrase.

대학생의 온라인 대인관계 발달과정과 경험에 관한 내용분석 연구

This study intends to suggest a way to help college students build healthy interpersonal relationships in online space by looking at the online interpersonal development process and what they experience in the process. To this end, in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 college students who have been in a relationship for more than six months online and analyzed using a qualitative content analysis method. As a result, the participants of this study began to establish relationships through games and social networking services (SNS), and began to communicate naturally by adding friends or sharing the same interests in the game. Participants gradually formed an inner intimacy by self-opening with those they met online but shared more daily life by sharing personal contact information or favorite activities together. As the number of times met while feeling inner intimacy increased, they became close and special to each other. Participants gained confidence through online relationships and expanded their relationships by meeting various people non-face-to-face. Because it was non-face-to-face, I was able to treat the other relationships more comfortably, by listening to each other, asking for advice, and experiencing growth and development together. This study suggests that being online is a place for active relationship formation for college students.

인스타그램 웹툰 이용 동기와 상호작용성이 이용 만족에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

In recent times, there has been a notable surge in interest surrounding social networking service (SNS) webtoons, with Instagram webtoons emerging as a particularly popular phenomenon. The popularity of Instagram webtoons can be attributed to three key factors: ease of accessibility, a concise format, and storylines that resonate with users on an everyday level. This study aims to identify the motivations of Instagram webtoon users and to empirically analyze the impact of these motivations and the interactivity factor, as a characteristic of social networking service (SNS) webtoons, on their satisfaction with Instagram webtoons. To this end, a survey was conducted among 216 individuals between the ages of 10 and 30 who have experience using Instagram webtoons. The findings revealed that there are multiple dimensions of motivation (information and trend seeking, convenience, social connection, emotional relaxation, content loyalty, and efficiency) underlying the use of Instagram webtoons. Additionally, the results indicated that interactivity factors have a notable impact on user satisfaction. This study aims to provide theoretical and practical implications by empirically examining the factors that influence satisfaction with Instagram webtoons. The findings can be utilized as a basis for the continued growth of Instagram webtoons and the improvement of the user experience.

Value of institutional repositories and their role in ethical scholarly communication

An institutional repository (IR) serves as an open access digital repository to showcase the academic output of that institute’s faculty members, staff, and students. The IR is important for scientifically peripheral countries whose research output is poorly represented on major bibliographic databases. IRs may function on a voluntary basis, in which academics are encouraged – rather than mandated – to self-archive copies of their work, either published papers, theses, conference proceedings, or other scholarly output. IRs can thus serve as a proxy metric to highlight institutes’ productivity. However, absent a mandatory archival requirement, content in IRs may be skewed, and absent motivational objectives, only conscientious academics will practice self-archival. Conversely, mandatory archival might be met with resistance, especially if free, viable and sustainable alternatives exist, such as academic social networking sites (e.g., ResearchGate) or preprint servers. Thus, investment in the creation of an IR will need to offer greater value and benefit than these alternative platforms. Not all output by an institute’s academics may be scholarly, such as publications in predatory venues, or publication of pseudoscience, fake science or fraudulent science. IR managers, including librarians, will thus also need to faithfully represent retracted and grey literature. These latter challenges might discourage institutions from establishing an IR, or might demotivate the maintenance of existing IRs because ethical scholarly communication ultimately requires the recognition and archival of both scholarly and unscholarly output.

Non-Singular Convoluted Matrix Collaborative with Filtering and Sampling Techniques

Due to the comprehensive and accessible knowledge they provide, social media platforms are developed as prominent technologies. The community strategy remains as a repository of millions of individuals for numerous application, include evaluations concerning health, services preferences investigation, and numerous others. And use this information, social media network personalized recommendation algorithms allow the user to interactively choose their alternatives via inter networks. It makes reasonable because content - based recommendation model should indeed be adequately arranged to work out the enormous quantity of information that users of social media has contributed in recent decades. In order to examine huge quantities of information (i.e., big data) efficiently, the findings suggest a beginning for something like a scientific and adaptable classification algorithm. The Fried and Function f Matrix Collaboration Recommend (F-FMCR) approach, which would be founded on a distribution personalized recommendation system that employs inter technologies for social networking sites, provides recommendations to those who use the network about some of the other individuals who have their objectives. An entity paradigm has evolved that is appropriate for assessing different concepts. Using sampling methods and Non - singular Matrix Collaborative Filtering methods, this architecture contains three elements (i.e., agencies) entitled tweeting collections agent, information retrieval agent, and networked recommendation systems agent. Here on Sentiment 140 collection, significant experiments were carried out, as well as the findings are evaluated with the present prediction models. Findings from experiments indicate demonstrated, when compared to current methodologies, the developed F-FMCR approach is superior in terms of recommended effectiveness, recommendation time, and average absolute inaccuracy.

Comparative analysis of the availability of popular social networking sites

In the era of growing number of Internet users and the importance of social media, ensuring the accessibility of these platforms for all audiences has become a crucial aspect of digital inclusion. This article presents a study on the accessibility of Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok using Google Lighthouse and eye tracking. Two hypotheses were analyzed: H1, assuming a relationship between accessibility scores and the time to the first eye fixation on key elements of social networks, and H2, suggesting a relationship between accessibility and performance. Eye tracking research on a sample of 15 people showed that high accessibility does not always translate to ease of use, and no significant correlation between accessibility and platform performance was found.

A Study on How Social Media FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) Impacts the Gen Z Audience

Generation Z, or Gen Z, refers to people born between 1995 and 2010, often known as "zoomers," the first generation to fully embrace the internet. This paper focuses on the impact of socialmedia-induced Fear ofMissing Out (FOMO) on Generation Z, blending with the characteristics of digital nativity and extensive engagement with social media platforms. Fear of Missing Out, or FOMO, was uniquely introduced in 2004 with the rise of social networking sites. It centers on anxiety and how, for Gen Z, this plays a pivotal role in making one feel absent from rewarding experiences. This study delves into the effects on mental health, psychological well-being, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. It explores social media analytics regarding usage, compulsive checking, behavioural consequences, following trends, and real-life social interactions. The findings highlight the need for strategies to mitigate FOMO's adverse effects, promoting healthier social media habits and fostering a more balanced approach to digital consumption.

Relationship Between Social Networking Service Addiction and Occupational Dysfunction in Young Adults.

Social networking services (SNSs) are useful tools; however, problematic use leads to mental health problems. This study aimed to examine whether SNS addiction is associated with occupational dysfunction while considering the effects of depression. This cross-sectional study included 268 undergraduates who responded to the questionnaire on the frequency and time of SNS use, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), SNS-X scale, and the Classification and Assessment of Occupational Dysfunction (CAOD). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed effect of the SNS-X score for Instagram was significant (β = 0.174, p = .001) adjusted by the CES-D total score. However, the effect of frequency and time of SNS use were not significant. This suggests that SNS addiction, and not SNS use, is a factor associated with occupational dysfunction that should be emphasized and depression.

Food insecurity, subjective well-being and the use of social networking services in Brazil between 2014 and 2018

The great Brazilian recession was the most marked drop in economic activity in Brazil between the end of the Second World War and the Covid-19 pandemics. This economic crisis may have long lasting and non-anticipated negative consequences on Food Insecurity (FI) and on Subjective Well-Being (SWB). In addition, SWB is increasing linked to the use of Social Networking Services (SNS). The paper used data from World Value Survey (WVS) and logistic and ordered logistic models to empirically test a few hypotheses. The empirical results showed that: FI is negatively correlated with life satisfaction, but not with happiness; FI is unrelated to SNS use as still few people use them and the population groups that suffer from FI insecurity poorly overlap with the one that use SNS daily; SWB had positive relationships with SNS when the use was not very widespread; Associations between SWB and SNS use became negative as SNS use became more widespread.

Effects of social networking sites on strengthening self-protective behaviors after COVID-19 recovery among the working-aged population

This study aimed to investigate the effects of social networking sites (SNS) on strengthening self-protective behaviors after COVID-19 to prevent post-COVID-19 conditions in the working-age population in Thailand. Data were collected through a cross-sectional online survey of 400 working-aged Thais. Multiple regression analysis (MRA) was employed to analyze the data at a 0.05 significance level. The findings revealed that YouTube (beta = .275) and Facebook (beta = .182) positively impact self-protective behaviors while Twitter (beta = .237), Facebook (beta = .198) and Tiktok (beta = .119) influence attitudes towards these behaviors. Additionally, Twitter (beta = .206) and LINE (beta = .145) affect subjective norms. YouTube (beta = .288) and LINE (beta = .165) significantly enhance self-efficacy. This study contributes to the broader understanding of how social networking sites can reinforce self-protective behaviors against long COVID-19 among the working-age population. This study contributes valuable insights into the role of social networking sites in promoting health behaviors after COVID-19. The findings offer practical implications for health communication planning by expanding knowledge on the effectiveness of these platforms. Policymakers, social marketers and health organizations can leverage these insights to design targeted interventions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks at both national and international levels.

The Impacts of Social Network Sites:

Connectivity is considered as one of the most desired preconditions of development in a world of technologies developed so far. Communicating using technology is important here. Social Network Sites (SNSs) enhance communication widely as they allow people to stay connected altogether. SNSs are something that create networks and bind societies together by bringing parts of a society together and bridging them. That is what these networks are supposedly doing. As ‘human cannot not communicate’ and ‘man cannot live alone’, this is why these sites are attracting people, and getting more and more popular day by day. Studies conducted worldwide indicate that people not ‘plugged into’ a social network feel ‘out of the loop’. But there are incidents out there that question the ‘all good’ ideas about these sites. Are social networks really making people ‘more social’? Are these sites all good? – These are the questions now experts are raising and examining throughout the world. There arises the question: what measures should be taken to settle that problem most effectively? – These are the concerns of this essay.

Critical Analysis of the Ethical Challenges related to Data Privacy and Social Media Analytics: A Literature Review

The aim of this study is to find out the ethical challenges to social media data privacy because social media plays an information and dissemination role in our society while on the other side, it is also facing data privacy problems. The study analyzed 38 articles related to Facebook and Twitter to explore the viewpoint of the scholars regarding ethical challenges to data privacy linked to social media. The study revealed that social media users are facing data privacy problems and ethical challenges. Both have their own status and requirements regulations, rights, and laws to protect each other from any mishap in society. It is recommended that social media users read and learn all the rules & regulations and conditions whenever logging into a particular Social Network Site, the SNS providers need to clearly define their rules & regulations, and conditions to use to overcome ethical challenges.

Pengaruh Media Sosial Lemon8 Terhadap Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Informasi Mengenai Korean Fashion Style

Social media plays a vital role as a primary source of information, bringing the ability to spread information and introduce new things to its environment. This has an impact on the creation of more open and clear communication. The effect is a widening of the public's viewpoint, even beyond the borders of the country. One of the most popular cultural trends, especially among younger generations, is Korean Wave-inspired fashion. With the growing demand for information about Korean fashion, many people turn to search for it through social media. One platform that meets this need is Lemon8, a social media app that focuses on sharing and exploring lifestyle information, Korean Fashion Wave. The study aims to measure how much social media influence Lemon8 has on meeting Korean style information needs. The research method used was quantitative, with sampling through simple random samplings and involving 400 respondents. According to the hypothesis test, the influence of Lemon8 was significant with t counting far larger than the table. The study showed that Lemon 8 contributed to meeting the information needs of Korean fashion style, while the remaining were likely to be influenced by other variables not studied in this study.

Impact of Social Media on the Mind Sets of Students of Higher Secondary Schools

Social Networking sites provide a platform for discussion on burning issues that has been over-looked in today’s scenario. This research is conducted to check the impact of social networking sites in the changing mind-set of the students of higher secondary schools. It is survey type research and data was collected through the questionnaire. A sample of 100 students was taken from the Kathua district from different schools. The main objectives were to evaluate the influence of social media on students life, to assess the beneficial and preferred form of social media for students and suggestions to incorporate certain aspects to improve the impact of social media. Collected data was analyzed in terms of frequency. Findings show that the majority of the respondents show the agreements with the influences of social media. Respondents opine Instagram as their favourite social media form, and then they like Snapchat as second popular form of social media. The study reveals that the students face main problem during use of social media is unwanted messages, wastage of time. Social media is beneficial for students in the field of education, Social media deteriorating social norms, social media is affecting negatively the study of students. Use of social media is deteriorating the relationship among the individuals.