Social Media Spaces Research Articles

Выделение триггеров усиления сетей социального недовольства в субъектах РФ

The article presents the results of an applied study of triggers for strengthening social discontent networks in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Based on the event analysis, the authors identify triggers characteristic of the activation of discontent in various clusters of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, such as social protection, housing and communal services, urban infrastructure, and the activities of authorities at various levels. Various types of digital channels are used to spread triggers of increasing social discontent, including neutral and opposition media, foreign media. The dissatisfaction aggregated in the social media space characterizes by a diffuse nature and cannot be used as a trigger for the primary protest mobilization of residents of the regions.

Lurking with intent: Teacher purposeful learning using facebook

Teachers commonly lurk in online spaces used for professional learning. While ubiquitous social media spaces present opportunities for easily accessible, informal teacher learning engagement, questions persist around the learning experienced by lurking users. A small-scale, qualitative study investigating use of Facebook by Australian teachers of English for professional learning, revealed knowledge about teacher agentic learning action and experiences using this platform. New understandings emerged from this study about teachers innovatively using lurking for managing perceived vulnerabilities in daily Facebook interactions, enabling personally and professionally low-cost learning experiences. The study findings warrant reconsideration of acceptable professional learning participation for contemporary teachers.

Cripping Sex Work: Disabled Sex Workers and Racialized Disgender in the Online Sex Industry

This paper explores how disabled online sex workers experience “racialized disgendering” in social media spaces and content platforms and introduces a new framework for “cripping sex work.” After discussing how disabled sex workers experience crip time and their bodyminds while navigating labor demands in the online industry, this paper argues for a shift away from the neoliberal “empowerment” discourse in much research and activism related to sex work. And demonstrates how white and otherwise privileged sex workers benefit from and uphold systems of power that financially benefit them through sexual gentrification, while multiply marginalized sex workers experience cyberviolence and microaggressions at the hands of other sex workers. My analysis uncovers specific ways that racialized disgendering impacts sex workers with disabilities and argues for the importance of mutual aid and paying sex workers for their labor, culminating in a list of tangible action steps for privileged sex workers.

Translingual online identities in the global South: The construction of local ‘gang cultures’ in the social media spaces of Balkan and South Korean artists

• Translingual practice bridges the online-offline nexus. • Artists in the Global South freely relocalize linguistic and semiotic resources. • Identities and communities emerge and are shared through translingual practice. • Translingual identities in Southern artists’ social media produce the ‘gang culture’ • Indiscriminate relocalization raises questions of authenticity and ownership online.

Investigating the effect of Infodemic on the Perception and Willingness to Take the COVID – 19 Vaccine in Delta State, Nigeria

Introduction: The rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by infodemic. This study ascertained the influence of infodemic on individuals’ willingness to be vaccinated for increased vaccine coverage in Delta State.
 Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 2500 respondents across the twenty five Local Government Areas in Delta State, with age of at least 15 years were selected using stratified random sampling to provide an appropriate demographic representation. A researcher – made questionnaire including demographic characteristics and questions related to participants' knowledge and attitude regarding COVID-19 vaccine was used. Descriptive Statistics of Frequency (Percentage) was used for data analysis using Microsoft Excel software version 2016.
 Results: Demography of respondents showed that secondary education was highest (43%), while 50% of the respondents were urban dwellers. 80.44% of the respondents admitted to the existence of the virus, while 45.84% admitted to its existence in Delta State. 27.68% of the respondents were willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine; while 58.08% declined. 63% of respondents had access to social media; and majority of them (52%) admitted to not verifying health information seen on social media with medical experts. Majority of the respondents willing to take the vaccine were aged 45 to 60 years (42.37%); reside in urban areas, have tertiary education, access to social media; and often verified health information with medical experts. Infodemic about the COVID-19 vaccine and lack of trust in the government were identified as the major debilitating factors to the public acceptance of the vaccine.
 Conclusion: Improving COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Delta State requires a holistic approach of combating misinformation about the vaccine,, regulation of health information shared on the social media space, and criminalizing the act of infodemic.

Towards the Conceptualization of Media Inclusion: managerial aspect

The article suggests the author’s approach to the conceptualization of the concept of “media inclusion” in the managerial aspect, which is dictated, firstly, by the absence of this term as a whole and separately of the concept of “inclusion” in domestic media studies, and, secondly, by the presence of a large body of work on the inclusion of certain types of media in the social space, which requires its own understanding. The author (1) reveals the sources of the emergence and specificity of new media in the framework of managerial discourse; (2) notes the features of the use of the concept of inclusion in the scientific lexicon; (3) shows the the specifics of considering inclusion in the media and the effectiveness of media in domestic and foreign science; and (4) conceptualizes the media inclusion from managerial the point. The methodological basis of the research is the work of F.I. Sharkov and V.V. Silkin on the genesis of the sociology of media space, which presents sociological tools for the study of the inclusion of media in social space and media space as a set of fields that unite individuals in the social information space. The author’s concept of media inclusion is based on a comprehensive study of media inclusion as a paradigm in already existing social processes at the management level.

AKTUALISASI DIRI DAN MEDIA SOSIAL (DRAMATURGI KAUM MILENIAL DALAM MEDIA SOSIAL TIKTOK)

This study questions the dramaturgy of millennials in Mataram City in the Tiktok social media space. This research is designed in qualitative research with a phenomenological model. The purpose of this research is to conduct scientific studies to contribute ideas to the development of science, especially in the field of communication science. Data collection techniques applied in this study are observation, interviews, and documentation. The research data were analyzed by data reduction techniques, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. To simplify the analysis process, Erving Goffman's Dramaturgy theory is used. Based on the results of the study, it was found that it was important that the presence of TikTok as a popular social media platform among millennials in Mataram City became a means of self-actualization in building self-existence. Aware of self-assessment through social media, the account owners carry out management construction to display the image or picture in another version. This is done for specific goals and objectives to be achieved. TikTok social media allows users to show a picture of themselves as desired but react to the impression displayed by the public. On TikTok social media, the front stage, which is the actor's area in constructing impression management, and the backstage, the scope of ​​the actor who describes his actual situation, can be presented simultaneously.

Where conspiracy theories flourish: A study of YouTube comments and Bill Gates conspiracy theories

We studied YouTube comments posted to Covid-19 news videos featuring Bill Gates and found they were dominated by conspiracy theories. Our results suggest the platform’s comments feature operates as a relatively unmoderated social media space where conspiracy theories circulate unchecked. We outline steps that YouTube can take now to improve its approach to moderating misinformation.

Digital transformation and its role in spreading the Sunnah

The Sunnah is the inheritance of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.. and the practical application of what the Noble Qur’an brought, and its knowledge is the most honorable science after the Book of God. Faith and their relentless efforts to take it.. and their long journeys in its path.. and their great interest in applying it in their lives and working with it. Hence, this topic was extremely important for its direct relationship with the most honorable sciences after the Book of God, which is the noble hadith of learning and teaching.. and control and memorization.. and request and dissemination. ...and in word and deed, and publish it on the interactive space of social media

Sexualization and Dehumanization of Women by Social Media Users in Namibia

The advancements in current sources of information and technology have resulted in our ‘real lives’ becoming inundated with and entangled with new media and ‘virtual’ environments. Social media promotes freedom of expression, and remains a largely unregulated interactive space, despite the various monitoring mechanisms introduced by social platform hosts and owners to control hate speech and other forms of abuse. It is becoming increasingly evident that the protection of anonymity on social media platforms promotes the proliferation of new forms of misogyny and offensive language directed towards women and individuals belonging to marginalised groups. This proliferation of online misogynistic hate speech ultimately exhibits oppressing mechanisms that aim to disempower, dehumanise and perpetuate gender-based violence against women. This paper discusses the results of exploring the use of dehumanising and abusive language expressed online, that targets prominent Namibian women in politics and business. The feminist theory, especially sexualization and objectification framework was employed to conceptually analyse depictions of dehumanisation of women in Namibia. Narratives from social media, such as Facebook and Twitter of public figures of Namibian women, were presented to justify cases of insulting and derogatory language. They expose the implications of sexualisation and dehumanisation of women’s human rights and freedom to participate actively in both public and social media spaces, and its potential to perpetuate gender-based violence in Namibia. The paper argues that contemporary social media has failed to create a conducive environment for critical and meaningful participation, which is free from sexualization, genderisation and dehumanisation, providing recommendations for the Namibian environment.

Beyond ethnonationalism: Transnational mobilisation and framing in Kashmir's freedom movement

AbstractSince Indian Administered Kashmir's (IAK) ‘summer of unrest’ of 2010, greater attention towards the contemporary Kashmir azadi, or freedom, movement has led to more active transnational organising by Kashmiris studying abroad as well as other young people who sympathise with this movement. Indian political elites have predominately framed the azadi movement as a separatist movement. However, this perception had not been shared by many Kashmiris who argue the territory has never legally been a part of India. The perception of being a separatist movement from outside of Kashmir has also shifted with a growing body of literature documenting human rights abuses alongside raising awareness to an international community of activists, which has led to an evolution of the azadi movement into a movement for social justice and human rights. This has been facilitated by social media spaces and heterogeneous activist groups framing their movement as aligned with other social justice movements and anti‐discrimination campaigns. Framing the Kashmir self‐determination movement as a human rights issue appeals to a wider spectrum of non‐Kashmiri activists, especially those already involved in campaigns against the marginalisation of certain groups.

Assessment of the quality of accounting for payroll settlements with personnel in Gazprom Gas Distribution Elista JSC and reflection in social media spaces as a factor in corporate social responsibility

Assessment of the quality of accounting for payroll settlements with personnel in Gazprom Gas Distribution Elista JSC and reflection in social media spaces as a factor in corporate social responsibility

“F*cking politeness” and “staying sexy” while doing it: intimacy, interactivity and the feminist politics of true crime podcasts

ABSTRACT Podcasts possess the unique affordance of “hyper-intimacy” that allows listeners to tap into personal experiences and emotional connections. Intersecting with social media spaces, these connections provide for the formation of online communities that encourage listeners to engage in discursive politics and to view their own experiences as part of a feminist politics. Piggybacking on the “Serial Effect”, the true crime podcast, My Favorite Murder, became a cult sensation while connecting individual listeners to an online community of Facebook groups, twitter accounts and subreddits. In this paper I examine how, through a series of memes, jokes, stories and mantras, these MFM-focused online spaces have transformed an online podcast community into a subcultural space that advances discourses about challenging women’s fear of violence and victimization. Examining how the issue of violent crime against women is being understood and developed. I draw on the concept of discursive politics as well as the emerging literature on the potential of podcasting.

Detection of Cyberbullying in the Social Media Space using Maximum Entropy and Convolutional Neural Network

Social media has shown to be a medium for the exchange of information, conducting commerce, and even for religious and political activity. The same site has been used to disseminate cyberbullying and hate speech. Cyberbullying is an offense when a perpetrator targets a victim with online provocation and resentment, which has negative impacts on the victim's emotions, relationships, and physical health. These spew forth a lot of hate speech directed at those who have different beliefs or hold different opinions. In order to overcome these problems, this research creates a deeper neural network and maximum entropy-based model for the identification of cyberbullying. In comparison to the present systems, Convolution Neural Network is used for the superior results. The dataset gathered includes 24,783 records tweets with the categories "bullying language," "non-bullying language," and "neither" are included. According to geopolitical zones, tweets are categorized in the study. Throughout the experiment, the dataset was trained and evaluated. The model's unigram performed with 96.3 percent accuracy, the bigram model with 93.8 percent accuracy, the trigram with 88.2 percent accuracy, and the n-gram enhanced performance with 94.2 percent. The two baseline classifiers for the tweets dataset were TF-IDF (Term Frequency Inverse Document Frequency) and the characteristics of unigram, bigram, trigram, and n-grams for detection. The outcome of the model during the tweet cyberbullying will increase the memory accuracy of the bullying. The study's findings will reveal creative language and alternative spellings for cyberbullying in tweets.

Developing a Social Media Ontology Across Otolaryngology and its Subspecialties.

To determine how social media is used in the dissemination of new information within otolaryngology, and to emphasize the importance of standardizing Twitter hashtag use. Based on the 2019 SCImago journal rankings, the Twitter posts from the accounts of the top three journals covering each otolaryngology subspecialty were reviewed from August 1, 2020 to May 1, 2021. Twitter posts from the primary otolaryngology-related academic societies were also reviewed during this timeframe. A list of hashtags was generated based on a combination of the most common otolaryngologic procedures and most commonly used hashtags in the social media space. This list was then crowd-sourced with 10 fellowship-trained otolaryngologists for each subspecialty. Hashtag use among key stakeholders in the otolaryngology social media space varies considerably. For instance, #HNSCC, #HeadAndNeckSquamousCellCarcinoma, #HeadAndNeckCancer, #HeadAndNeckCancers, #OropharyngealCancer, #OropharynxCancer, #OralCancer, and #OPSCC were all commonly used hashtags to identify posts discussing oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. #HeadAndNeckCancer and #HNSCC were most popular and used in a total of 85 and 65 tweets, respectively. #HeadAndNeckCancer was found alone in 32 out of 85 tweets (38%), whereas #HNSCC was found alone in 27 out of 65 tweets (42%). A standardized hashtag ontology covering all subspecialties within otolaryngology is proposed herein. Adoption of a standardized social media ontology within otolaryngology will improve information dissemination across all key stakeholders. Laryngoscope, 133:1595-1599, 2023.

Making Space for Garbage Cans: How emergent groups organize social media spaces to orchestrate widescale helping in a crisis

During the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens self-organized at an unprecedented scale to support vulnerable people in neighbourhoods, towns and cities. Drawing on an in-depth study of an online volunteering group that emerged at the beginning of the pandemic and helped thousands of people in a city in the United Kingdom, we unpack how citizens co-construct social media spaces to orchestrate helping activity during a crisis. Conceptualizing a novel synthesis of classical garbage can theory and virtual space, we reveal how emergent groups use ‘spatial partitioning’ and ‘spatial mapping’ to create a multi-layered spatial architecture that distributes decision-making and invites impromptu choice occasions: spontaneous matchmaking, proximal chance connects and speculative attraction. Our insights extend the study of emergent organizing and decision-making in crises. Furthermore, we advance a new line of theorizing which exploits garbage can theory, beyond its existing application in classical decision sciences, to posit a spatial view of organizing that paves the way for its novel applications in organization studies.

Church-Franchise: Missional Innovation for Church Planting and Leadership Mentorship in Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic Churches in Africa

The great commission, as traditionally understood in Christendom, has been the core basis for church growth. Passion for the lost, evangelism outreach, conversions, and baptism followed by congregating, have culminated in church establishments. Pentecostals, especially the Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic Churches have attracted huge crowds. The thrust towards fulling the Missio Dei has seen micro–Neo-Pentecostal Churches and Neo-Prophetic Churches in Africa becoming enormous ministries over a short period of time. However, growth within Neo-Pentecostalism and Neo-Prophetism in the African setting has been associated with all kinds of challenges: leadership crisis, fund misuse, and a lack of accountability. Furthermore, controversy with regard to some of the Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic leaders running these ‘churches’, has made headlines on several accounts within the social media space. It seems that there is a lack of leadership mentorship as many of them do not belong to a denominational body or lack the idea of ‘belonging’. In view of the aforementioned reasons and other related challenges, this article proposes an innovative missional model of franchising. The thrust of this article is to explore the possibility of church-franchising and how the Nnoboa mission concept proposed by White (2019) offers an alternative framework within which to engage the Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic Churches for church planting and leadership mentorship.

The role of parents, other adults, peers and informal learning communities in shaping positive social media use in adolesent girls

PurposeThis study aims to introduce the concept of communities of social media practice where more experienced users provide guidance to female novice users, enacting a form of legitimate peripheral participation to “onboard” newcomers.Design/methodology/approachThrough surveys with 968 early adolescents (average age was 13), the authors quantitatively explored sources and types of guidance for young social media users, popularity of conversation themes related to this guidance and how these conversations are associated with positive social media engagement. The authors qualitatively documented a case study of how a summer workshop of 17 students promotes positive social media use through a community of practice.FindingsAlthough early adolescent girls reported that they more frequently talked to their parents about a wider range of social media topics, same-age peers and younger family members (e.g., siblings, cousins) were also frequent sources. Surprisingly, the authors also found that the source most strongly associated with positive social media use was the peer group. This case study of an intentional community of practice demonstrated how peers go from “peripheral” to “centered” in socializing each other for more positive social media use.Originality/valueUnlike most prior scholarship on mediating social technology use, this study focuses on a critical developmental period (e.g. early adolescents), sources of guidance other than exclusively parents, explore the specific conversation topics that offer guidance and document an informal community of practice for girls that provides the training ground for peers and adult facilitators to codesign more positive social media spaces.

Why Open Teaching Matters!

‘Institutionalising open education-open teaching in the university culture is about leadership envisioning and leading sustainable change.’ This article seeks to to provoke a dialogue and we welcome your feedback in our social media spaces.

Pengaruh Digital Marketing terhadap Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah

The purpose of this paper is to describe the effects of digital marketing strategies that the group has used to assist Mr. Chandra, the owner of Pempek Cek Ya with growing his online presence in the social media space. According to the interview that we have done, there is a large amount of room for improvement in the digital marketing side of the business as we noticed that the business has not yet utilized their social media, advertisements, sales promotion, nor marketing mix to its maximum potential. This results in the business not having a good amount of brand awareness in its market. We have used a few digital marketing strategies which have successfully helped the business to increase their online presence, which we will discuss in this paper. Through this paper, we hope other Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) may be able to increase their marketing efforts, and use the strategies that we have used to have a much better and improved brand awareness in their own markets.