Social Media Attitudes Research Articles

Social media infrastructure of the Russians civic participation: the analysis of audience intersection graphs for socio-political communities on Runet

The article presents the results of the analysis of the digital infrastructure of civil and political participation of Russians, it shows the connections between the audiences of online network communities, reflecting markers of the attitude of Russian social media users to the current government and indicators of the involvement of Russian citizens in the implementation of social initiatives. To construct graphs, we used a tool for unloading information and modeling the infrastructure of social connections of graphs, created on the basis of the programming language R. Additionally, the vkR packages were used to unload information from the VKontakte social network, as well as the igraph and ggraph packages for working with graphs and arcdiagram for visualisation. To interpret the empirical data, the principles of the network approach and the methodology of smart search for digital markers of socio-political processes were applied. As a result of the study, indicators of the density of communications between digital groups of political and civil participation were revealed, and the intersection of their audiences was established. Segments of the infrastructure of connections are shown both for all socio-media communities (research cases) and for each block of communities classified on two grounds: orientation (loyal or critically oriented towards the authorities) and type of group (political or civil). The intersection of audiences of loyalist and oppositional online communities was revealed and reflected in the graphs. The disunity and distance between loyalist, conventional audiences of groups carrying out political communication from civil groups, who are also constructively disposed towards the authorities, are shown. Revealed and graphically interpreted the techniques of capturing the user audience in the activities of opposition online leaders. Risks of a low density of connections between audiences of loyal social media communities have been substantiated. A relatively high density of connections has been established between opposition political online groups aimed at forming unconventional, deconsolidating attitudes of Russian social media users. Basic measures have been formulated to overcome the danger of consolidating supporters of opposition digital groups and the risks of increasing the influence of critical online leaders among the loyalist audience.

The Analysis of Adolescents Attitude to Social Media and their Loneliness Level*

The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the attitudes towards social media and loneliness levels of high school students who is studying in high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Another aim of the study is to investigate whether there are significant differences between students' attitudes and loneliness levels towards Social Media in terms of various socio-demographic variables. The students participating in the study consisted of a total of 195 people, 59% of who were women and 41% were men. The data of the research were used Social Media Attitude Scale developed by Argin (2013) and UCLA Loneliness Scale, which was validated in Turkish by Demir (1989). The data of the study were analysed using One-way analysis of variance ANOVA, t-test and Bivariate Correlation analysis programs. No significant difference was found between the attitudes towards the use of social media according to gender. Significant differences were found between the family's moderate or high economic level, having any social media accounts, and their level of loneliness. As a result of the study, it was found that female students have higher levels of loneliness than male students.

Awareness, knowledge, attitude and use of social media among librarians and in libraries of medical colleges of punjab: A study

Introduction: Social media is becoming an essential part of today’s life. Even, it is hard to imagine a daily routine without social media. Libraries are the main source of creating; gathering and sharing knowledge and librarians are the information managers, and an important link creator in between a user and library resources. Social media is so powerful tool that it can disseminate a piece of information to any number of users in more secure and reliable way, thus social media can be used for delivery of library services. The present study is an attempt to know the present status awareness, knowledge and attitude of medical librarians about social media and its usage in delivery of library services. Objectives: The main aim of the study is to know the level of awareness, knowledge and use of social media applications among librarians and in libraries of medical colleges of Punjab. Method: A self-structured questionnaire was designed for the librarians to collect the relevant data from the medical colleges’ libraries of Punjab under study. The investigator personally visited all the medical colleges under study for data collection. Results: The results of study revealed that 75% of the librarians are aware of various applications of social media to be used for providing library services. 87.5% of the respondents i.e. librarians admitted that they are or will use social media applications for communication with users, followed by reference services with 75% responses. A majority of the respondents from libraries of medical colleges are not satisfied with the present infrastructure available for access of social media with 75% responses. 50% of the librarians indicated poor infrastructure as one of the major reason for dissatisfaction, followed by lack of training/ skills with 37.5% responses. Keywords: Social media, Medical librarians, Case study, Medical colleges, Punjab, Awareness, Attitude, Knowledge.

“좋아요”가 없을 때 : 소셜미디어 태도형성에 있어 지각-감정 관계 조절을 통한 자기모순 해결 방안

“좋아요”가 없을 때 : 소셜미디어 태도형성에 있어 지각-감정 관계 조절을 통한 자기모순 해결 방안

The Attitudes of the Young towards Social Media

This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of young individuals towards social media. The study sample consisted of 391 university students studying at different faculties (172 males and 219 females) and with an age average of 22.47±2.29. The participants were selected using the appropriate sampling method, which is one of the non-random sampling methods. The data collection tools involved a personal information form and the “Social Media Attitude Scale” developed by Otrar and Argın (2015). Descriptive statistics were applied to determine the distribution of personal information (e.g., frequency, arithmetic mean, standard deviation) and the Shapiro Wilks normality test to check whether the data had a normal distribution. Since the data were appropriate for parametric tests, an independent t-test and ANOVA were applied to find the differences in social media use by specific demographic characteristics. According to the study findings, there was a significant difference in social media use by gender and faculty (p < 0.05), but no significant difference was found by age (p > 0.05). It was concluded that the participants' attitudes towards social media varied by only gender and faculty.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Novel Corona virus (COVID-19): A Cross-Sectional Study among Social Media Users in Nepal

Background and Objectives: Public adherence to preventive measures like social distancing, lockdown, improved hygiene is influenced by their knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19. The effectiveness of those mitigation measures is highly dependent on the cooperation and compliance of all residents of the country. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of social media users with respect to six variables of socio-demographic parameters regarding the corona virus disease .
 Material and methods: The cross-sectional study design was employed through an online survey. The data were collected from 218 respondents from April 15 to June 7, 2020 through Google Form. Frequency, percentage, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis H Test were used to analyze the data.
 Results: A high level of sensible knowledge regarding the overall knowledge (Mean=0.73, SD=0.11) about COVID-19 was observed. Participants have shown good sense of knowledge towards awareness (Mean=0.73, SD=0.14) and prevention (Mean=0.88, SD=0.15) based knowledge as compared to the symptom (Mean=0.49, SD=0.19) based knowledge. In response to attitude and practice, seven out of ten participants (70.6%) believed that the country will succeed in controlling the virus. A good number of participants were wearing face masks (94.5%), improving hygiene (92.7%) and using sanitizer/soap (94%). Around 91.7% of them were maintaining social distancing whereas 73.9%of participants think that the ongoing lockdown should be extended to control the transmission of virus. More dangerously, 42.7 % of participants believed anti-malarial drugs are useful for treating the patients with COVID-19.
 Conclusion: The present study revealed a good knowledge, optimistic attitude and appropriate practice among social media users towards COVID-19. The findings of this study might serve as the baseline for planning awareness campaigns to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice in some critical aspects to control the virus in public level, and implementing government efforts and plan for better containment of COVID-19.

The relationship between Facebook behaviour and e-professionalism: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study among Greek dental students.

The social media attitude of health science students might affect patients' opinion about the health profession and have negative impact on e-professionalism. The aim of this study is to investigate the behaviour of Greek dental students on Facebook, focusing on potentially unprofessional posts and the online student-patient relationship. Five hundred and twelve dental students in Greece answered an anonymous, 23-item questionnaire including multiple-choice questions about various topics, including Facebook profile settings and content shared by dental students, student-patient relationship via Facebook; and students' perception about the impact of their online behaviour. 93.2% of responders had a Facebook profile and 80.5% admitted that their online attitude might affect patients' opinion about dental profession. However, 71.7% posted pictures from holidays, 41.5% from nightclubs, and 26.2% photographs wearing swimwear/underwear, while 12.8% expressed online political party predilection. One quarter of students in clinical years were Facebook friends with patients and 58% and 30% of them had online discussion about topics related or not to dentistry, respectively, while 6.8% of dental students had posted defamatory comments about the dental school, faculty members or academic staff on Facebook. In accordance with studies in other countries, most Greek dental students had a Facebook profile and, although the majority realised the impact of Facebook behaviour on e-professionalism, a considerable percentage posted unprofessional content. Dental students might fall into pitfalls when it comes to e-professionalism. As social media are becoming an integral part of life, there is need to include e-professionalism in dental education curriculum.

ERGENLERİN SOSYAL MEDYAYA İLİŞKİN TUTUMLARI İLE NARSİSİZM ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN İNCELENMESİ

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between adolescents' attitudes towards social media and narcissism. The research was carried out with 885 high school students (474 girls and 411 boys) in the academic year of 2016-2017 in Antalya/Kepez. “Social Media Attitude Scale“, “Narcissism Scale” and “Personal Information Form” were used to collect data. The sub-dimensions of Social Media Attitude Scale are “Social competence”, “Need of sharing”, “Social isolation” and “Relationship with teachers”. The sub-dimensions of Narcissism Scale are “Power” and “Exhibitionism”. The data were analyzed by using SPSS21 program. In the analysis of the data obtained, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey’s test and multiple regression analysis were used. The findings show that social competence and need of sharing, a sub-dimension of adolescents’ attitudes towards social media, predicted exhibitionism, a sub-dimension of narcissism. In addition, it is concluded that need of sharing was a predictor of power, a sub-dimension of narcissism.

Evaluating Students Attitude and their Academic Performance on Social Media: A Cross-Sectional Study

Information and Communication technology has played a vital role in various aspects of our life. In our present study, we focus on the impact of ICT in communication, education and learning. ICT ushers with both negative and positive impacts on the life of humans. It influences students’ knowledge, attitude and skill. ICT promotes a learning environment, among teachers and students, by providing virtual space and experience, mediated through technology. Smart classroom induces interest, elicits students’ attention, elevates their understanding capacity, grasping skills and memory, with the help of multimedia teaching aids. It brings focus to the topic. In this fast-moving technology mediated world, usage of mobile phones and social media has become inexorable. The global phenomenon—anytime, anywhere learning—is made possible because of the ubiquity of smartphones. With traditional classroom learning on one side, social media platforms, on the other side, are providing virtual spaces for unconventional and collaborative learning. Students choose such technologies as supportive alternatives for their academic-intended communication with teachers and peers. Through this study, the researchers aim to measure the attitude of college students towards social media and the related influence on their academic performance, with reference to Coimbatore region. A survey was conducted among 507 college students from Coimbatore, chosen through a multistage stratified random sampling technique. The demographic variables—including age, gender and educational qualification and the dependent variables—included Academic performance, Time spent on social media per day, Time spent on social media during weekdays, Time spent on social media during weekends. Further result states that there is sizeable relationship between the employed social media attitude variables and the academic performance of the students, and no relationship with the time spent on social media. However, it was found that among social media attitudes, addictiveness and communication are the best predictors of academic performance.

“Human behavior and the social media environment”: group differences in social media attitudes and knowledge among U.S. social work students

ABSTRACT Social media has ethical implications for social work practice, and accordingly, for professional identity and social work education. In Spring 2019, we administered a 57-item survey to undergraduate and graduate social work students (N = 42) in order to ascertain attitudes about and knowledge of social media at a public university in the Southeastern United States. The purpose of the present study is to explore group differences between social work students who were enrolled in the course, Human Behavior and the Social Media Environment (HBSME), and those who were not, on social media attitudes and knowledge, and to make recommendations for social work education and research accordingly. Key differences were observed between students who were enrolled in HBSME and those who were not. In the Discussion section, we examine these differences against the backdrop of professional social work ethics. Accordingly, we make recommendations for social work education and research.

Influence of Social Media Attitude in Cross Screen Conversation

Abstract We carry out our study on interactions via second screens by analyzing more than 3M, 800K and 50K Super Bowl related posts from Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr respectively to measure the influence of second screen based interaction on social media attitude. We took commercials, musicals and game as the categories of interest into consideration for temporal analysis in Pre, During, and Post Super Bowl phases. Research results show that the change in attitude is significant among categories in phases. Posts containing URLs and posts that contain only texts with no URLs, retweets or response show a positive association with viewers’ second screen attitude in Pre and Post phases. This research is important in identifying the interplay that technology has on the use of social interactions for sharing feelings and information via cross screens across disparate social platforms at different phases of an in real life event.

The Effects of Fear of Missing Out Developments on Social Media Attitudes

Bu çalışmada üniversite öğrencilerinin gelişmeleri kaçırma korkularının sosyal medyaya yönelik tutumları üzerindeki etkisi araştırılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini 2018-2019 eğitim-öğretim döneminde öğrenim gören Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencileri oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada, üniversite öğrencilerinin gelişmeleri kaçırma korkuları ile sosyal medya tutumları arasındaki ilişkinin anlamlı olduğu ve gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu ile sosyal medya tutumları arasında pozitif yönde ilişki olduğu bulgulanmıştır Sosyal medya tutum ölçeğinin alt boyutlarından olan paylaşım ihtiyacı, sosyal yetkinlik ve öğretim görevlileriyle iletişim ile gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu arasında pozitif yönde anlamlı ilişki, sosyal izolasyon ile gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusu arasında negatif ilişki bulgulanmıştır. Yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda da gelişmeleri kaçırma korkusunun paylaşım ihtiyacı, sosyal yetkinlik, öğretim görevlileriyle iletişim ve sosyal izolasyon boyutlarını anlamlı şekilde etkilediği bulgulanmıştır.

Analysis of the Interrelationships among Uses Motivation of Social Media, Social Presence, and Consumer Attitudes in Strategic Communications

Analysis of the Interrelationships among Uses Motivation of Social Media, Social Presence, and Consumer Attitudes in Strategic Communications

Social media attitudes among vocational school students

<span>The rapid developments in communication technologies in recent years, especially the introduction of the internet into our daily lives, have brought many changes in social, economic and cultural life.One of these changes; social media communication tools that enter our lives rapidly.Social media has become an indispensable part of our lives with the increasing number of users.Researches show that young people especially university students frequently use social media communication tools. In this study, social media attitudes of Vocational High School students were investigated and in this context, 502 students studying at Sakarya University and Kafkas University Vocational High Schools were studied.Social Media Attitude Scale developed by Otrar and Argınwas used to determine the social media attitudes of Vocational School students.The scale consists of 23 items. Relational screening method was used in the research. Necessary analyzes were performed with SPSS 24 program and mean and standard deviation values of the scale items were calculated.Two groups t test, one-way Anova test and Post-Hoc Scheffe test were used to correlate social media attitudes with demographic data.In conclusion, there was no significant difference between students' social media attitudes and gender, department, class, internet usage time demographic data; however, there was a positive and significant relationship between social media attitudes and internet connection year and social media usage hours.</span>

Museum leaders’ perspectives on social media

ABSTRACT In the context of the shift towards participatory practices within museums, museum engagement with social media represents a form of organizational change. This study approaches social media and the corresponding organizational change from a museum leader’s perspective, utilizing data from a broad cross-section of 82 museums in Norway. We address how the characteristics of a museum and its leader impact social media attitudes, behaviors and intention towards social media-based change. Combining factor analysis and clustering techniques, we identify four museum leader ‘types’ who are primarily defined by their (1) perception of museum benefits from social media, (2) perception of own and museum support in social media activities, (3) perception of conflicts that arise from social media usage, and (4) social media-related values. With museums being asked to more fully embrace the participatory potential of social media, this study points to significant differences in readiness to change across museum leaders.

ERGENLERDE SOSYAL GÜVENDE HİSSETME VE MEMNUNİYET İLE PROBLEMLİ İNTERNET KULLANIMI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİDE SOSYAL MEDYA TUTUMLARININ ARACILIK ROLÜ

The purposes of this study are to examine whether or not there is a mediator role of social media attitudes on the relationship with problematic internet use and social safeness and pleasure of adolescents and to lead new studies. 461 high school students who were educated (9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades) at high schools located in Erzurum, Turkey in the 2016 -2017 academic year were enrolled in this study. In order to analysing the data, frequency distribution, t Test, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Hierarchical Regression Analyses were used by using SPSS 21.0. In order to collect data from the participants “Problematic Internet Usage Scale – Adolescent”, “Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale”, “Social Media Attitudes Scale” and also to get demographical information “Demographical Information Form” were used. At the end of the study, the meaningful mediator role of social media attitudes (sub dimensions are social competence and need for sharing) on the relationship between problematic internet use and social safeness and pleasure on adolescents was seen. Also, there were positive relationships between social safeness and pleasure and social media attitudes; problematic internet use and social media attitudes. Beside there was a negative relationship between social safeness and pleasure and problematic internet use.

PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDE ON USING SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSIBLY: TOWARD SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY IN NURSING EDUCATION

Background: As future professionals, nursing students are expected to exhibit online professionalism and to be responsible users of social media. However, the rapid sharing of information on social media exposes nursing students to the risk and danger of spreading unprofessional behaviors like breaches of privacy and confidentiality.
 Objective: This study looked into the nursing students’ perceptions and attitude toward responsible use of social media.
 Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional research design was utilized and participated by 298 nursing students in a College of Nursing in Iloilo City, Philippines. The Responsible Use of Social Media Attitude Scale (RUSMAS) created by the researchers was used to collect the data.
 Results: Findings indicated that nursing students widely use social media and that nursing students had good perceptions and had positive attitude toward responsible use of social media. A significant difference was found in the attitude of nursing students when grouped according to year level.
 Conclusion: Social media continue to gain interest among nursing students and using it responsibly must be continuously upheld. Academic nursing institutions should develop approaches promoting social media literacy in nursing education.

Developing effective social media messages: Insights from an exploratory study of industry experts

AbstractAs consumers are increasingly utilizing the social network and media platforms for prepurchase information, managers are confronted with producing effective social media messages that can favorably influence buyers’ attitudes and behavioral intentions towards brands. A qualitative, in‐depth, elite interview investigation with social media marketing experts was undertaken to develop awareness of the factors influencing the effectiveness of social media marketing. Adopting a thematic analysis approach, this study establishes the three overriding themes of interactivity, credibility, and infotainment as being valuable in determining how social media marketing can enhance brand performance. Attitude theory and the hierarchy‐of‐effects model is utilized to support understanding and explain the decision making of social media users in this context. Overall, this study provides managers with a thorough explanation of the effects of the identified core themes on social media attitudes and intentions. Implications for social media marketing theory and practice are presented based upon the depth and breadth of knowledge attained from the analysis of the expert interview data.

Developing a Scale to Measure Students' Social Media Attitude and their Academic Performance

Information and Communication Technology has a clear impact on the students’ knowledge, attitude and skill sets. Apart from traditional classroom teaching, ICT provides a virtual learning experience as it would enable technology mediated learning among teachers and students. When multimedia teaching aids are used in classrooms, it elicits student’s attention, understanding capacity and memory. It helps them to understand the concept in depth and brings focus to the topic. Mobile phone and social media usage has become inevitable in today’s life. The ubiquity of smartphones made easy access of multimedia teaching aids as it user friendly and convenient (anytime, anywhere learning). The extensive popularity of social media like whatsapp, facebook, twitter, youtube, google+, linkedin, instagram and others among college students has brought a major shift in their academic performance. Apart from classroom learning, these social media provide a platform for innovative and collaborative learning experience. Students opt these technologies to assist their academic-oriented communication with their fellow learners and teachers. The aim of the present study is to develop and standardize a questionnaire to measure the college students’ attitude towards social media and their academic performance. List of 52 items were generated (with reference) from various studies and a survey was conducted among 119 respondents. Exploratory factorial analysis was performed and the result shows that there are four underlying factors—exposure, communication, addictiveness and accessibility in students’ attitude towards social media which influences their academic performance in college.

Factors affecting nursing and midwifery students' attitudes toward social media.

With the advancement of technology, social media use increases day by day, especially among university students. This descriptive and correlational research was conducted with the aim of investigating attitudes of nursing and midwifery students towards social media in terms of certain variables. The population of the research comprised students studying at the nursing and midwifery department of a health college (N = 336), and the sample of the research constituted students who were chosen using accidental sampling from the population (n = 254). A Student Information Form and the Social Media Attitude Scale were used for data collection. It was identified that 73% of the students studied nursing and 64.2% used social media for various reasons. The averages scores for total score, social competence, need for sharing, relationship with the teachers, and social isolation dimensions of Social Media Attitude Scale were found as 72.19 ± 10.92 (23-115), 14.17 ± 4.87 (6-30), 27.65 ± 6.08 (8-40), 7.50 ± 3.20 (3-15), and 13.14 ± 5.01 (6-30), respectively. It was observed that nursing and midwifery students had positive attitudes towards social media. Furthermore, although the personal characteristics of students do not affect their attitudes towards social media, the features of social media have a statistically significant effect on students attitudes towards social media.