Integration Of Social Media Research Articles

Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Procedures, Social Media, and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery: Use of Trends for the Modern Practice

The integration of social media into global communities has influenced human activity and the methods used to seek the latest information regarding diet, fashion, and beauty. Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are developing into essential modes of growth for cosmetic treatment. Reviews and testimonials shared on social media by influencers and celebrities are a new word-of-mouth. Users are eagerly pursuing cosmetic procedures that provide opportunities to adopt an esthetic seen on their timelines and newsfeeds.

Nursing students' engagement with social media as an extracurricular activity: An integrative review.

To explore primary research evidence reporting the reason for undergraduate nursing students' engagement with social media as an extracurricular activity. The formal integration of social media into nursing education has been discussed extensively in previous research. The influence of social media on nursing students' learning and class engagement has also been explored. However, despite the growing volume of literature examining the formal use of social media by undergraduate nursing students, a broader perspective on how and why nursing students engage with social media as an extracurricular activity has not yet been explored. An integrative review. A systematic search was performed to find articles published between 2007-2019 using Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Ovid Emcare and CINAHL Plus databases and the Google Scholar search engine. The review process is reported according to PRISMA. Twelve papers met the inclusion criteria, revealing that undergraduate nursing students engaged with social media for many reasons external to their formal curricula. They engaged with social media to keep in touch with others and to entertain themselves, promote learning, find social support, develop a professional nursing identity, share their experiences as nursing students and locate job opportunities. Undergraduate nursing students engaged with social media for numerous reasons. It supported students in their academic and personal lives by keeping them in touch with people around them. The students used social media to identify with the nursing profession; however, its influence on their professional identity development is yet to be fully explored. Nursing schools should consider the myriad of reasons students engage with social media in order to optimise their professional development. Understanding how nursing students' professional identity develops via social media may be used to help sustain nursing students and support their transition into practice.

Editorial and Critical Reflections on the future of identity moments and social media in China and beyond

This Special Issue of Global Media and China responds in part to Stuart Hall’s famous 1996 invocation, ‘Who needs identity?’ – to study ‘specific enunciative strategies’ utilized within ‘specific modalities of power’ so as to consider identity discourses of the present and of the future. This issue draws upon empirical observations presented and debated at the 2019 Chinese Internet Research Conference held in Singapore in May 2019, as well as theoretical contributions in identity politics and social media, the chosen site or ‘modality of power’. This editorial and critical essay reflects upon, complemented and supported by the papers in this issue, the critical and conceptual frameworks that are emerging to critique the global and local complexities, diversity and dynamics resulting from the deeper integration of social media into the everyday lives of Chinese Internet users. It presents an overview of the 2019 Chinese Internet Research Conference proceedings in terms of how social media is used to wrap personal politics into a widening range of identity groupings around gender, class, citizens, pop culture and religion in ways that signal the future of newer forms of identity politics among Internet users in China. Since social media posts and exchanges, while geographically sourced and situated, often transcend their boundaries, the arguments presented here goes beyond China and are global. The shareability of identity mediated by individual, state and public discourses on social and ‘anti-social’ media during the COVID-19 pandemic within China, Singapore and Australia leads to novel ways of understanding identity politics in globalizing China and strategic uses of Chinese identity.

E-recruitment: A Social Media Perspective

Electronic recruitment (E-recruitment) has become a common phenomenon due to the increasing utilization of information technology by the human resource departments in many organizations around the world. However, recently, we can also observe the integration of social media as a part of e-recruitment although the practice is limited. This review paper aims at discussing the role of social media on e-recruitment process based on existing literature. Most of the previous studies indicate that social media is not being used as the main source of e-recruitment, rather as one of the secondary sources. Further, it has been revealed that such utilization of social media as complementary source is getting popular due to the inexpensive availability of information. The paper is expected to be beneficial for the scholars as a substantial literature evidence for reference as well as for human resource professionals for some practical guidelines (based on recommendations provided) regarding the utilization of social media information for e-recruitment.

Transforming Service Delivery in Government through Integration of Web 3.0 and Social Media Technologies: A Case for Developing Countries

This study focuses on how to integrate Social Media and Web 3.0 features within government portals for personalised service delivery within government portals. The study was based on the Kenya government national portal (eCitizen) and sought the views of 94 experts responsible for managing social media and portal service on the eCitizen portal. The study employed Factor Analysis to analyse the experts' responses. Through factor analysis, the study identified six core factors that make up a Personalised Integrated Service Delivery (PISD) framework. These factors were services, web 3.0 features, social media management, security, one-stop-shop for government services and external factors. The study also described a Personalised Integrated System Architecture based on the PISD framework. The PISD framework and proposed system architecture can be used to guide the integration of social media and web 3.0 features within government portals for Personalised Integrated Service Delivery to citizens especially for developing countries like Kenya.

INTEGRATING SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL MEDIA AS NEW ELEMENTS OF INTEGRATED MARKETING COMMUNICATION FOR CREATING BRAND EQUITY

Communication with target prospects results in a cost to the company. In this highly competitive environment, all marketers work on cutting cost. They try to allocate their marketing budget very carefully to create brand equity and achieve their marketing objective within the given budget. The selection of integrated marketing communication tools has become a problematic task for marketers. This paper provides how the integration of digital and social media within integrated marketing communication helps to create brand equity of the hospitality and tourism industry in India. This paper also examines the effectiveness of each IMC tool to create brand equity. The nonprobability convenience sampling technique was used to gather opinions from 512 tourists of Himachal Pradesh state of India. The findings reveal that both social media and digital media are more effective than traditional IMC tools. The study also found that the efficiency of Modern IMC tools is better than traditional IMC tools. Smart PLS-SEM 3.0 software has been used to scrutinise data and validate the conceptual framework.

InstaHisto: Utilizing Instagram as a Medium for Disseminating Visual Educational Resources.

Applying active recall during studying vexes medical students. The integration of social media into medical education is rapidly expanding; however, there is minimal use of Instagram in medical education. Histology is a visually dominant subject and pairs well with Instagram. We sought to create a standardized process for medical educators to establish Instagram as a study tool for histology. An Instagram account accessible to MS1s was created. Histology images in the course syllabus along with questions and explanations for each image were organized and posted to Instagram in a question and answer format. Instagram analytics on student engagement were gathered along with student survey responses. Seventy-four percent (141/190) of the class followed the account. Images had an average of 442 total views. Images had an average of 3.5 views per user (VPUs), ranging from 2.6 to 4.3 VPUs, suggesting that students are viewing images multiple times. Ninety-eight percent of survey responders found the account easy to use. Ninety-five percent said studying the account increased their confidence when answering histology questions on exams, and 75% said the account led to decreased stress when studying histology. Instagram is a platform that the majority of our medical students are already using daily. There was strong evidence of student engagement via Instagram analytics. Once a database of images with questions and answers is established, content can readily be posted to Instagram for students to study. Once established, this process can be applied to other visual content, such as anatomy, radiology, pathology, and microbiology.

Psychological contract-based Consumer Repurchase behavior On Social commerce platform: An Empirical study

Social commerce, integration of social media and e-commerce, provides potential opportunities for consumers to talk about their ideas and exchange product-related information on online shopping platforms. Given the substantial prospects related to business opportunities and consumers’ perceptions, this study explores the factors driving fulfillment of the psychological contract in social commerce platforms. This research proposes, examines, and proves a theoretical model for the post-purchase behavior of the consumers, through an empirical investigation of online questionnaire-based data, gathered from 367 consumers in a cross-sectional setting. Results show that the fulfillment of psychological contract, consumer loyalty, and affective commitment fully mediate the impact of consumer trust on platform and repurchase intention. The level of commitment toward the consumer by the platform is strongly related to the degree of consumer trust, which is reciprocated through re-purchase intentions. This study offers essential theoretical implications with regards to the social exchange theory, attribution theory, and an moderating effect of the platform empathy on consumers’ trust-psychological contract fulfillment relationship. Likewise, this research has significant implications for practitioners and managers.

Educational affordances of mobile social media for language teaching and learning: a chinese teacher’s perspective

The educational potential of mobile and social media technologies in combination is becoming increasingly salient with the advance of modern technology. However, there is a dearth in the research on educational use of mobile social media for language learning. This study adopted a qualitative single case study approach to investigate a language teacher’s integration of mobile social media in the context of higher education in mainland China, with the aim of exploring educational affordances of mobile social media for language teaching and learning and understanding the relationship between the teacher’s technology use and her private theories about technology integration. Data were collected from observation, interviews, as well as documents and artifacts provided by the teacher. Qualitative content analysis was conducted to analyze the data. Five educational affordances of mobile social media emerged from the results, including a motivating environment, resources accessing and sharing, evaluation and feedback offering, administration for learning, and content generation. Results also showed that the teacher’s private theories about technology integration changed with her adoption of these affordances. However, such changes did not lead to student-centered technology-based learning designs. Implications for teachers as well as teacher educators are provided. Directions for future research are suggested.

Social media usage among pre-service secondary mathematics teachers in Zambia

Social media technologies have reshaped our lives today and Zambian teachers do a massive use of smart phones, tablets, and other portable tools. In addition, they are continually searching for forefront innovations. Frequently, the utilization of these gadgets is not in manners foreseen by innovation advocates. This study focuses on exploring the use of social media platforms and the impact of such social networking services in the teaching and learning of mathematics by pre-service teachers. To explore pre-service teachers’ use of social media in their teaching and learning experiences, the authors administered an adapted and validated research instrument via a quantitative survey system to a sample of 102 pre-service teachers from the Copperbelt University. Analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis were used to test the interplay of relationships between pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards the use of social media based on year of study and gender, social media use and classroom integration, social media use, and mathematics pedagogy. Further, a statistical test was run to show whether positive correlations existed or not. Results disclosed that respondents showed an average use of social media tools in mathematics and provide a prediction model for pre-service teachers’ future integration of social media in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Practical and Ethical Considerations for Schools Using Social Media to Promote Physical Literacy in Youth.

The rapid development of social media has led to its increased use by children and adolescents for health and well-being purposes. Accordingly, social interactions resulting from social media use can be further integrated into physical and health education pedagogy. Given the relationship between increased physical literacy and positive health outcomes, best practices and lessons learned from social media use in the healthcare industry should be adopted by health and physical educators practicing in schools. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to comment on several practical and ethical challenges and opportunities associated with using social media to improve physical literacy among youth. Specifically, two of the most prominent issues are discussed in depth: (1) integration of social media in physical education settings that educate children and adolescents about the biopsychosocial effects of physical activity, and (2) use of wearable technologies among youth to accrue experiences that enhance physical literacy competencies. In our opinion, health and physical educators who utilize the ALL-ENGAGE Playbook described in this commentary will successfully reach, engage, and impact students with popular social media that adequately promotes physical literacy, including through experiential use of wearable technologies.

Impact of Social Media Integration in Teaching Methods on Exam Outcomes.

ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the impact of social media integration in teaching methods on exam outcomes.MethodsThis study was conducted at Poonch Medical College, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan from November 2018 to January 2019. All 125 students of 4th year MBBS were included in the study. The mean age of all respondents was 22.96 ± 3.25 years. One unit of special pathology was taught using traditional teaching methods and a second unit was taught using traditional teaching methods supplemented by social media. One exam was taken before the integration of social media and a second exam after its integration. Written informed consent was secured from all the participants before starting the project.ResultsThe mean difference in examination score after social media integration was 8.97 ± 5.23 which was statistically significant (95% CI −7.954–9.988, p <0.001). However, classroom attendance was significantly higher before social media integration (95% CI 0.668–0.197, p <0.001). Social media integration provided better examination outcomes for the students and gave voice or space to those who never previously asked questions or participated in the class.ConclusionSocial media broke down the barriers and students communicated with confidence. Educationists may work together to create a guideline on how social media can be efficiently incorporated in the education system.

Making sense of teachers' (dis)belief in the educational value of social media: a case of two language teachers in Rwanda

This study reports on the beliefs of two cases of EFL teachers regarding the integration of social media in the teaching of English in Rwanda. Using semi-structured interviews, the study found that the teachers believed social media had the potential to improve their students' learning of English but could also change their teacher positions within the institution. While both teachers viewed social media positively, their social media practices were more informed by the potential impact of the technology on their status as teachers than its potential pedagogical contribution to students' learning of English. These findings highlight the importance of understanding teacher's self-positioning before, during and after technology integration processes to ensure that the proposed technology integration aligns with their image of the self in specific contexts.

Making sense of teachers' (dis)belief in the educational value of social media: a case of two language teachers in Rwanda

This study reports on the beliefs of two cases of EFL teachers regarding the integration of social media in the teaching of English in Rwanda. Using semi-structured interviews, the study found that the teachers believed social media had the potential to improve their students' learning of English but could also change their teacher positions within the institution. While both teachers viewed social media positively, their social media practices were more informed by the potential impact of the technology on their status as teachers than its potential pedagogical contribution to students' learning of English. These findings highlight the importance of understanding teacher's self-positioning before, during and after technology integration processes to ensure that the proposed technology integration aligns with their image of the self in specific contexts.

New business models for Cultural and Creative Institutions

Total integration of social media and internet into daily life of the young people is the most distinct demographic characteristics of the Generation Z (born between 1995 and 2015). For Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions in order to engage with this audience efficiently, their business models have to consider social media and more participative approach. The paper addresses the challenges and opportunities that face cultural institutions by analysing and assessing the business models related to new internet solutions. The paper provides a fresh review of the business models in which the author examines the new business model concepts through CCII subject-matter lenses. Discussed case-studies show generally successful result in activating Generation Z audience participation in cultural activities. While trying to understand limitations of the cultural institutions position and motivation towards social media and generally mobile internet, the paper raises critical implications of the pervasive internet in the CCII area.

Social bureaucracy? The integration of social media into government communication

AbstractInspired by an institutional logics approach, this article analyzes the barriers to and drivers of the integration of social media in the communication practices in Norwegian ministries. Drawing on rich ethnographic data, the paper analyzes the process of integrating social media logic into government communication units that were largely organized through a news media regime. To understand the process, it emphasizes four dimensions: how the symbolic resources, material resources, formal rules and practices have defined the logics of government communication in the period studied (May 2015–May 2016). The analysis meets the call for more empirical investigation into the interplay between the traditional news logics and new digital logics.

Association of Social Media Use With Social Well-Being, Positive Mental Health, and Self-Rated Health: Disentangling Routine Use From Emotional Connection to Use.

Most studies addressing social media use as a normal social behavior with positive or negative effects on health-related outcomes have conceptualized and measured social media use and its effects in terms of dose-effect relations. These studies focus on measuring frequency and duration of use, and have seldom considered users' emotional connections to social media use and the effects associated with such connections. By using a scale with two dimensions capturing users' integration of social media use into their social routines and their emotional connection to the sites' use, the present study has brought preliminary evidence that may help map where social media use, as a normal social behavior, may be considered beneficial or harmful. Data from a nationally representative sample (n = 1,027) of American adults showed that while routine use is associated with positive health outcomes, emotional connection to social media use is associated with negative health outcomes. These associations have been consistent across three health-related outcomes: social well-being, positive mental health, and self-rated health. The data also showed that the strength of the positive and negative associations of routine use and emotional connection with the health outcomes varies across socioeconomic and racial/ethnic population subgroups. Our findings suggest that the link between social media use and health may not only be captured by and explained in terms of conventional dose-effect approaches but may also require a more sophisticated conceptualization and measurement of the social media use behavior.

Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries: Mapping Educational Science in the Discourse on Social Media

Social media has attracted considerable scholarly interest. Previous research has demonstrated the need for a more comprehensive overview of social media research across diverse disciplines. However, there is a lack of research that identifies the scope of social media integration across educational settings and how it relates to research in other academic disciplines. Harnessing the search terms of previous literature reviews, this study collected data on 80,267 articles from the Web of Science Core Collection database using search terms that were based on previous literature reviews. The data were analyzed using a combination of co-citation and bibliometric analyses via a mixed-methods approach. Our results show that there has been a constant increase in the number of publications concerned with social media, both as a transversal topic and within the educational sector. We are also able to show a range of topical domains in which the vast majority of research on social media is conducted. Our findings have practical implications for scholars and practitioners alike. Scholars can benefit from these types of analyses to identify authors and topic clusters that might otherwise have been unrecognized. Similarly, practitioners can benefit from this overview of the current “state-of-the-art” on social media.

Understanding User Social Commerce Usage Intention

The integration of social media and e-commerce leads to the emergence of social commerce. Although previous research has examined social commerce user behaviour from multiple perspectives, it has focused on the effect of instrumental beliefs, such as perceived value, and has seldom examined the effect of emotional factors, such as sense of community on user behaviour. The purpose of this research is to draw on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model to examine the effect of sense of community on users' social commerce usage intention. The results indicate that both social support and service quality (stimulus) affect the sense of community (organism), which in turn affects users' sharing and participation intention (response). The results imply that service providers need to develop the user's sense of community in order to facilitate his or her social commerce usage intention.

NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM OVER LINKED DATA

&#x0D; &#x0D; Linked Data project is aimed to give&#x0D; more details on any subject through the big knowledge bases defined on the web.&#x0D; In this context, knowledge bases offer endpoint service user interfaces to&#x0D; query their data. Because of the SPARQL query language limitation of these&#x0D; knowledge bases, a significant number of web users are unable to benefit from&#x0D; these services. In this paper, an English natural language question answering&#x0D; system over Linked Data is proposed in order to eliminate this limitation. The proposed&#x0D; system's main processes can be listed as follows: (1) Extracting Part-Of-Speech&#x0D; (POS) tags, (2) pattern extraction &amp;amp; preparing appropriate SPARQL queries,&#x0D; (3) executing user queries &amp;amp; displaying the results. The features which are&#x0D; not provided by the endpoint services of knowledge bases such as dynamic&#x0D; paging, voice search and answer vocalization which make the usage of the proposed system to be possible by the visually-impaired&#x0D; web users, question-answer caching, social media integration, and live spell&#x0D; checking are proposed. According to experimental results, the proposed system’s&#x0D; question answering performance is improved between 2 and 12 times through the&#x0D; type of natural language question thanks to the question-answer caching&#x0D; mechanism.