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Kempa, Ewelina. "Social media addiction : The paradox of visibility & vulnerability." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-1030.
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We currently post a large amount of personal information about ourselves on social media sites. Many times though, users of these services are poorly aware of what kind of terms and conditions they agree to. There are in fact many techniques available that ensure users privacy, yet not many organizations make the effort to have those in place. Making a profit is what matters for companies and information on users is highly valued. It is the lack of regulations regarding data collection that enable organizations not to consider their users privacy. The data that can be collected is vast, it is important to understand that everything we do online, every search, click, shop and view is stored and the information is many times sold along to third-parties. Using information on users, companies can make profit by for example making predictions on the users, figuring out what they are interested in buying. It is nevertheless very difficult to make long-lasting regulations as the web constantly changes and grows. A qualitative research was conducted to observe to what extent social media addiction and its consequences is being discussed and researched. Interviews with social media users were also conducted. After an analysis on the findings it is clear that many users in fact would like to have more privacy online yet they feel the need to accept the term and conditions any way. Many users also state that they happily would like to read the terms and conditions, had they been written in a different way.
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Haj-Bolouri, Amir. "The phenomenon of feeling addicted to social media : why do we feel addicted to social media?" Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avd för informatik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5724.
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Cargill, Marisa. "The relationship between social media addiction, anxiety, the fear of missing out, and interpersonal problems." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1553205114159635.
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AlShammari, Norah. "Social Soul." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5404.
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Twitter has over 313 million users, with 500 million tweets produced each day.
Society’s growing dependence on the internet for self-expression shows no
sign of abating. However, recent research warns that social media perpetuates
loneliness, caused by reduced face-to-face interaction. My thesis analyzes and
demonstrates the important role facial expressions play in a conversation’s
progress, impacting how people process and relate to what is being said. My
work critically assesses communication problems associated with Twitter. By
isolating and documenting expressive facial reactions to a curated selection
of tweets, the exhibition creates a commentary on our contemporary digital
existence, specifically articulating how use of social media limits basic social
interaction.
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Erchen, Shi. "Exploring Media Panic Discourses: News Media Attitudes toward Digital Games in China." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445893.
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Previous research demonstrated the phenomenon of moral panics on “dangerous” games mostly from Western perspectives, regarding media violence and deviant behaviour. With the development of media technology, the term “media panic” has evolved from moral panic, representing the debates and fearful emotion from the public when a new media technology has been created. Digital games as a form of media technology have been developed to be widely played on various platforms in recent decades, which have not only brought concerns to the Western but also to Chinese society. The present study will introduce media panic on digital games in China by analyzing news reports from three Chinese mainstream news media: People’s Daily, Xinhua Daily Telegraph and Wen Wei Po (Shanghai). Content analysis will be adopted as the main method to process the news data (N = 445) which are collected from five periods between 2002 and 2020 (2002-2004, 2007-2009, 2012-2014, 2017-2019, 2020). Different phases and features of the panic will be analyzed through the classical moral panic theories of Cohen, Goode and Ben-Yehuda, and the media panic theory of Drotner. Topics of game addiction, Internet cafes, policies on the game industry, cultural innovation, development of esports will be explored when investigating the changing media attitudes toward digital games in the Chinese context.
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Panova, Tayana. "How ICTs can influence psychological wellbeing: an analysis of uses and addiction potential." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/668745.
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Les Tecnologies de la Informació i les Comunicacions (TIC) com Internet i els telèfons
intel·ligents van entrar a la nostra vida fa només uns 20 anys, però, en aquest curt període de temps, han reconvertit profundament el funcionament de la societat i dels individus de tot el món. Això ha portat a preguntes i investigacions sobre com l’ús freqüent de la tecnologia influeix en la nostra salut social i psicològica. Aquest treball de tesi vol aportar informació sobre aquest tema a través de quatre estudis sobre tres de les TIC més populars - telèfons intel·ligents, xarxes socials en línia i Internet- i mitjançant la lent de tres preguntes d’investigació - 1) La addicció és el marc adequat per utilitzar a l’hora de investigar. ús problemàtic de les TIC?; 2) Quins són els efectes
de la cultura en un ús problemàtic de les TIC?; i 3. Quins usos concrets s’associen a problemes relacionats amb les TIC? Les conclusions a què arribem són les següents. En aquest moment, l’addicció no és un terme adequat per utilitzar-se en la investigació sobre problemes relacionats amb les TIC. En segon lloc, certs usos específics s’associen a conseqüències problemàtiques de l’ús de les TIC, mentre que altres usos no ho són, per tant no és prudent patologitzar totes les TIC. En tercer lloc, els usos associats a un ús problemàtic són diferents segons la cultura de l’usuari. En una cultura, un ús particular de les TIC pot ser problemàtic, mentre que en un altre país pot ser adaptatiu. En quart lloc, alguns aspectes de l’ús de les TIC semblen ser més o menys constants en cultures com ara els usos més populars dels telèfons intel·ligents i els factors subjacents de l’ús problemàtic de les TIC.Las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC) como Internet y los teléfonos inteligentes entraron en nuestras vidas hace solo 20 años, pero en este corto periodo de tiempo han rediseñado profundamente la forma en que funcionan la sociedad y las personas en todo el mundo. Esto ha llevado a preguntas y investigaciones sobre cómo el uso frecuente de las tecnologías influye en nuestra salud social y psicológica. El objetivo de este trabajo de tesis es aportar información sobre este tema a través de cuatro estudios sobre tres de las TIC más populares: teléfonos inteligentes, redes sociales en línea y Internet y a través de la lente de tres preguntas de investigación: 1) ¿Es la adicción el marco correcto para usar en las investigaciones del uso problemático de las TIC?; 2) ¿Cuáles son los efectos de la cultura en el uso problemático de las TIC?; y 3) ¿Qué usos específicos están asociados con los problemas relacionados con las TIC? Las conclusiones a las que llegamos son las siguientes. En este momento, la adicción no es un término adecuado para usar en la investigación sobre problemas relacionados con las TIC. En segundo lugar, ciertos usos específicos están asociados con consecuencias problemáticas del uso de las TIC, mientras que otros usos no lo son, por lo tanto, no es prudente patologizar la totalidad de las TIC. En tercer lugar, los usos asociados con el uso problemático de las TIC son diferentes según la cultura del usuario. En una cultura, un uso particular de las TIC puede ser problemático, mientras que en otro país puede ser adaptativo. En cuarto lugar, ciertos aspectos del uso de las TIC parecen ser más o menos constantes en todas las culturas, como los usos más populares de los smartphones y los factores subyacentes del uso problemático de las TIC.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as the Internet and smartphones entered our lives only about 20 years ago, yet in that short time they have deeply rewired the way society and individuals all around the world function. This has led to questions and investigations regarding how the frequent use of technology influences our societal and psychological health. This thesis work aims to contribute some insight on this subject through four research papers about three of the most popular ICTs - smartphones, social media and the Internet and through the lens of three research questions - 1) Is addiction the correct framework to use when researching problematic ICT use?; 2) What are the effects of culture on problematic ICT use?; and 3) What specific uses are associated with ICT-related problems? The conclusions we arrive at are the following. At this time, addiction is not a suitable term to use in the research on ICT related problems. Secondly, certain specific uses are associated with problematic consequences of ICT use whereas other uses are not, therefore it is unwise to pathologize the entire ICT. Thirdly, the uses that are associated with problematic ICT use are different depending on the culture of the user. In one culture a particular ICT use can be problematic, whereas in another country it may be adaptive. Fourthly, certain aspects of ICT use appear to be more or less constant across cultures such as the most popular smartphone uses and the underlying factors of problematic ICT use.
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Washington, Montressa L. "EXPLORATORY STUDIES OF THE INTRODUCTION AND USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN WORK ORGANIZATIONS: EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND WORK-HOME LIFE BALANCE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1433546163.
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Alhaythami, Hassan Mohammed. "THE PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE ARABIC VERSIONSOF THE SOCIAL NETWORKING TIME USE SCALE AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS SCALE AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent158746740437348.
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Backman, Emma. "Användandet av smartphones bland studenter: en av 2000-talets källor till upplevd stress? : En jämförande studie bland män och kvinnor." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-36557.
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Gustafsson, Lisa, and Lisa Hedström-Hulterstam. "Instagram, från inspiration till stress : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om kvinnors upplevelser, känslor och reflektioner kring användandet av Instagram." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Psykologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-156610.
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Vårt syfte med den här studien var att undersöka hur kvinnor i åldrarna 20–35 år tänker och reflekterar över sitt Instagramanvändande och bilderna de exponeras för. Vi valde att arbeta utifrån en grundad teori och datan samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer som transkriberades och sedan analyserades parallellt med datainsamlingen. Genom denna analysprocess kom vi fram till tre olika kategorier: Perfektionism på Instagram, Det filtrerade livet och Instaddiction. Resultatet visade att en perfekt bild på Instagram inte enbart syftar till ett estetiskt vackert motiv eller en välgjord redigering av bilden, det kan även syfta till vad som faktiskt förmedlas via bilden, som t.ex. ett lyckligt förhållande eller harmoniskt familjeliv. Studien kom även fram till det vi valt att kalla för Instagramparadoxen som innebär att kvinnorna i studien lockas av de perfekta Instagrambilderna, trots att de uppger att dessa får dem att må dåligt och känna stress. Samtidigt bidrar de själva till detta genom att främst publicera denna typ av bilder, denna stress verkar hanteras av kvinnorna kognitivt och emotionellt. Resultatet visade även att användandet av Instagram kan riskera att utvecklas till ett lättare beroende som vi har valt att kalla för Instaddiction.The aim of this study was to investigate how women, age 20-35, think and reflect on their use of Instagram and the pictures they are exposed to. We chose to use Grounded Theory as a method and the data was collected through semi structured interviews which were transcribed and later analysed. This was made parallel with the collection of the data. Through this process we created three different categories: Perfectionism on Instagram, The Filtered Life and Instaddiction. The result showed that a “perfect picture” on Instagram not only has to be a beautiful motive or a well done edit of a photo. A perfect picture can also refer to what the picture mediates, i.e. a happy relationship or a nice family life. The study also resulted in what we call The Instagram Paradox which means that the women in this study are drawn to the, according to themselves, perfect Instagram pictures despite the fact that they admit that these pictures actually make them feel bad and stressed. At the same time the women contribute to this paradox by publishing pictures on Instagram which, most of the time, appear as “perfect” and the stress that the women sometimes tend to experience seems to be handled cognitively and emotionally. The result also showed that the usage of Instagram could develop into a light addiction, something we chose to refer to as Instaddiction.
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Carpenter, Tracy. "Recovering Women: Intersectional Approaches to African American Addiction." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1252849140.
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Tokunaga, Robert Shota. "Engagement with Novel Internet Technologies: The Role of Perceived Novelty in the Development of the Deficient Self-Regulation of Internet use and Media Habits." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/238658.
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This dissertation attempts to expand our understanding of the deficient self-regulation (DSR) of Internet use and media habit development. Drawing from a social cognitive perspective, DSR is described as lapses in effective self-control that are self-corrected over time. A shortcoming in this area of research is that factors relevant to the technology that may encourage the development of DSR or media habits are rarely, if ever, discussed. A large focus of existing research is instead narrowly placed on individual factors that motivate DSR and media habits. An extension is proposed to theory on DSR in this dissertation by examining the role played by novelty perceptions of technology. In the initial stages of technology use, when perceptions of novelty generally grow, perceived novelty is hypothesized to elicit a state of flow, which in turn diminishes the subfunctions of self-regulation and provokes DSR. The relationship between perceived novelty and flow is moderated by psychosocial problems, boredom proneness, and self-reactive outcome expectation. As perceived novelty of a technology decreases, it is presumed that self-control is restored given that flow no longer inhibits self-regulation. However, DSR and media habits are hypothesized to persist in later technology use if individuals experience psychosocial problems, boredom proneness, or high self-reactive outcome expectations. The manifestation of DSR in later stages of technology use increases the likelihood of forming media habits. The influence of novelty perceptions was evaluated on flow, DSR, and media habits at initial and later stages of technology use. The pretest demonstrated that a novelty frame successfully manipulated novelty perceptions of Second Life, the technology used in this experiment, in anticipated directions. In the main study, perceived novelty resulted in flow, which in turn predicted growth of DSR during initial stages of Second Life use. In the familiar stages of use, DSR led to the development of media habits over time; however, the relationship between novelty perceptions and DSR was not moderated by psychosocial problems, boredom proneness, or self-reactive outcome expectation. The findings of this investigation are discussed aside their implications for research, theory, and practice.
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Jeri-Yabar, Antoine, Alejandra Sanchez-Carbonel, Karen Tito, Jimena Ramirez-delCastillo, Alessandra Torres-Alcantara, Daniela Denegri, and Nilton Yhuri Carreazo. "Association between social media use (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) and depressive symptoms: Are Twitter users at higher risk?" SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/625046.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between social media dependence and depressive symptoms and also, to characterize the level of dependence. It was a transversal, analytical research. Subjects and Methods: The stratified sample was 212 students from a private university that used Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter. To measure depressive symptoms, Beck Depression Inventory was used, and to measure the dependence to social media, the Social Media Addiction Test was used, adapted from the Internet Addiction Test of Echeburúa. The collected data were subjected for analysis by descriptive statistics where STATA12 was used. Results: The results show that there is an association between social media dependence and depressive symptoms (PR [Prevalence Ratio] = 2.87, CI [Confidence Interval] 2.03–4.07). It was also shown that preferring the use of Twitter (PR = 1.84, CI 1.21–2.82) over Instagram (PR = 1.61, CI 1.13–2.28) is associated with depressive symptoms when compared to the use of Facebook. Conclusion: Excessive social media use is associated with depressive symptoms in university students, being more prominent in those who prefer the use of Twitter over Facebook and Instagram.
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Oosthuizen, Jess. "Understanding how students' relationships with their cellphones inform their experience of social participation online and offline." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017887.
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The pervasive presence of cellphones in the lives of urban young people around the globe has led to widespread research to evaluate the impact that this device has on young people’s overall psychosocial development. This relationship is often characterised as “addictive”. This research study presents a unique South African youth perspective in a field of research that is predominantly conducted in the United States, Europe and Asia. It explores the relationship that students (ages 18–21) at Rhodes University have with their cellphones in order to understand how this device informs their experience of social participation online and offline. Central to the design of this study is a “social media detox” which involved the research participants volunteering to restrict their social media and cellphone use for an agreed-upon period of time. The study employs interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to uncover key themes from in-depth interviews before and after the detox. Eight respondents were interviewed twice; once before and once after their detox. This study provides insights into the integral role of a cellphone as reported from a young adult’s perspective. Communicating on social media platforms using a cellphone has become normalised among this age-group and the respondents described how the cellphone feels like “a part of you”. Unlike interacting face-to-face which is potentially awkward and involves effort, socialising on a cellphone offers the respondents a sense of companionship, control and instant access to their peer groups. The respondents in this study seemed unaware of their own agency in social situations until their participation in the social media detox. By participating in this study, the participants became more aware of how their cellphone use influences social behaviour, both online and offline. The study proposes that the term “addiction” undermines the positive association young people have with their cellphones. Instead, this study suggests that “social fitness” would be a more relevant construct through which to encourage and support young people to exercise agency in their social lives. This exploratory study raises new questions for researchers, programme developers and educators to take up in future studies and programme development
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Selin, Erik, and Adina Lerjefelt. "Ungdomars självkänsla i relation till användningen av sociala medier." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-6195.
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Syftet är att undersöka hur självkänsla är relaterat till användandet av sociala medier, samt om det föreligger några skillnader mellan pojkar och flickor gällande självkänsla, spenderad tid på och beteende i sociala medier. Frågorna som ska besvaras är: (I) Finns det ett samband mellan självkänsla och spenderad tid på sociala medier? (II) Finns det ett samband mellan självkänsla och aktiv användning av sociala medier? (III) Finns det en skillnad i självkänsla mellan aktiva och passiva användare av sociala medier? (IV) Finns det en skillnad mellan flickor och pojkar gällande självkänsla, spenderad tid på och beteende i sociala medier? Studien utgår från en kvantitativ ansats och materialet samlades in med hjälp av enkäter. Urvalet bestod av 140 stycken ungdomar (13–16 år) och valdes ut genom ett bekvämlighetsurval. Deltagarna fyllde i enkäten under lektionstid. Enkäten var en sammanställning av tre olika mätinstrument, RSES (Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale), Social Media Engagement Questionnaire (SMEQ) och Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM). Enkätsvaren bearbetades slutligen statistiskt med korrelationsanalyser och t-tester. Resultatet visade på svaga negativa samband mellan självkänsla och de tre variablerna spenderad tid, aktiv social användning respektive aktiv icke-social användning. Resultatet visade inte på någon signifikant skillnad mellan passiva och aktiva användare. Pojkar rapporterade högre nivåer av självkänsla än flickor. Flickor rapporterade högre nivåer av passiv användning, aktiv social användning och aktiv icke-social användning än pojkar. En möjlig slutsats är att det finns en koppling mellan användningen av sociala medier och individens självkänsla. Resultatet i denna studie visade på att hög användning av sociala medier kan vara relaterat till en sämre självkänsla. Det verkar även finnas tendenser till skillnader mellan pojkar och flickor gällande både självkänsla och användningen av sociala medier. Det behövs ytterligare forskning på den yngre generationen för att ta reda på hur den unga individen kan använda sociala medier på ett sätt som främjar självkänslan.The aim of this study is to examine how self-esteem is related to usage of social media, and if there are any gender differences between boys and girls regarding self-esteem, spent time and behavior on social media. The questions to be answered are: (I) Is there a relation between self-esteem and spent time on social media? (II) Is there a relation between self-esteem and active usage of social media? (III) Is there a difference in self-esteem between active and passive users of social media? (IV) Is there a difference between girls and boys regarding self-esteem, spent time and behavior on social media? The study has a quantitative approach and the material was collected by using surveys. The sample consisted of 140 adolescents (age 13-16) and was selected through a convenience sample. The participants filled in the survey during class. The survey was a compilation of three different measuring instruments; Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSES), Social Media Engagement Questionnaire (SMEQ) and Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM). The answers were processed statistically with correlation analyses and t-test. The result showed weak negative correlations between self-esteem and the three variables spent time, active social usage respective active non-social usage. The result didn’t show any significant difference between passive and active users. Boys reported higher levels of self-esteem than girls. Girls reported higher levels of passive usage, active social usage and active non-social usage. A possible conclusion could be that there is a connection between social media usage and self-esteem. The result in this study showed that large amount of social media usage could be related to lower self-esteem. There seems to be a difference between boys and girls regarding self-esteem and social media usage. Further research on the younger generation is needed to find out how the young individual could use social media in ways that promotes self-esteem.
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Rundelius, Eva. "Blivande psykologers syn på det individcentrerade samhället, internet och sociala medier med avseende på personlig integritet : Future psychologists' view on the individual-centered society, internet and social media in regard to personal integrity." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169456.
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Personlig integritet är av stor vikt för en sund utveckling av en individs identitet, psykiska hälsa och välbefinnande och påverkas av omgivningen. Personlig integritet är därför en viktig parameter i en psykologs terapeutiska arbete. Syftet med föreliggande kvalitativa studie var att undersöka hur psykologstuderande ser på personlig integritet i dagens individcentrerade samhälle med internet och sociala medier. Sju psykologstuderande på Stockholms universitet intervjuades. Resultatet av en tematisk analys visade att deltagarna ansåg att den personliga integriteten betyder olika mycket för olika individer, men uppfattas påverkas negativt. Möjligheten att behålla en hög integritet upplevs bli allt svårare. Internet tenderar också att påverka identitetsskapandet, särskilt hos unga. Kunskap och dialog framstår som vägen till ett sundare användande av internet. Framtidens psykologer kommer sannolikt att påverkas i sin yrkesutövning av den sänkta integriteten. Studien indikerar flera viktiga framtida forskningsområden och lyfter behovet av att belysa problematiken på psykologutbildningen.Personal integrity is of great importance for the healthy development of an individual's identity, mental health and well-being and is influenced by the environment. Personal integrity is therefore an important parameter in a psychologist's therapeutic work. The purpose of the present qualitative study was to investigate how psychological students look at personal integrity in today's individual-centered society with internet and social media. Seven psychologist students at Stockholm University were interviewed. The result of a thematic analysis showed that the participants considered that the personal integrity means different things to different individuals, but is perceived to be adversely affected. The ability to maintain high integrity is perceived to be increasingly difficult. The Internet also tends to affect identity creation, especially among young people. Knowledge and dialogue are the way to a healthier use of the internet. The psychologists of the future are likely to be affected by their reduced integrity in their professional practice. The study indicates several important future research areas and highlights the need to highlight the problems during psychology education
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Beckhusen, Benedict. "Mobile Apps and the ultimate addiction to the Smartphone : A comprehensive study on the consequences of society’s mobile needs." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31159.
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The smartphone is omnipresent and is cherished and held close by people. It allows for constant connection within a digitally connected society, as well as for many other purposes such as leisure activity or informational purpose. Within the Information Systems studies deeper investigation is required as to what impact this “taken – for – granted” mobile access to information and mobile apps has for individuals and society and if a “technological addiction”can be developed when using the smartphone for everything during the day on such a constant basis. The aim of this study was to understand the role of the smartphone in society and to shed light on this unclear relationship between the constant use of a smartphone and its development towards an addictive quality. To reach a conclusion, in depth – interviews were conducted with participants about their relationship to the smartphone and their smartphone use based on questions derived from literature on mobile communication technologies and the types of digital addictions existing. The results are that the smartphone is a device that seamlessly integrates into our daily lives in that we unconsciously use it as a tool to make our daily tasks more manageable, and enjoyable. It also supports us in getting better organized, to be in constant touch with family and friends remotely, and to be more mobile which is a useful ability in today’s mobility driven society. Smartphones have been found to inhabit a relatively low potential to addiction. Traits of voluntary behaviour, habitual behaviour, and mandatory behaviour of smartphone use have been found. All of these behaviours are not considered a true addiction. In the end, it seems that the increase of smartphone use is mainly due to the way we communicate nowadays digitally,and the shift in how we relate to our social peers using digital means.
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Echeverria, Lucimar Cardozo. "A CULTURA DA MÍDIA NA PREVENÇÃO AO USO DE DROGAS: A PRODUÇÃO DE SENTIDO DOS ADOLESCENTES ESCOLARES SOBRE A CAMPANHA CRACK NEM PENSAR DA RBS TV." Universidade Catolica de Pelotas, 2011. http://tede.ucpel.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/178.
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Previous issue date: 2011-10-14This work tries to contribute with necessary knowledges to the area of the Social Policies debating drugs policy and, mainly, opening space to argue the drug questions in the media, specially for the analysis of anti-drug advertising conducted by the RBS TV Campaign entitled "Crack nem pensar". The research is based on the critical cultural studies, bringing to the discussion the production of the media, searching to verify with school teenagers, as they mediate the reception of these advertisements, understanding themselves as critical subjects. To emphasize the idea of bringing the drug questions and the media is important, because it is an important vehicle for disseminating informations, which should contribute to the prevention and also to the discussion of these issue to formulate policies aimed to our reality, because the brazilian anti-drug policy is important from other countries. The research seeks to base the study object, aim of this work; the drug quests and policies toward the subject, bringing to the discussion the prevention, the form idealized by the Campaign "Crack nem pensar". In this way, the relevance of this work is in the discussion that interlace from the approach taken by the campaign, allying itself with the discussion of the brazilian anti-drug policy. Policies aimed at young people are mostly compensatory in order to mitigate an existent problem and it isn't going deep into the root of the problem. The most important authors referred in the media analysis, on the studies of production and reception and still in the understanding of it role in the modern world are Jonh Thompson (1995), Douglas Kellner (2001), Néstor Garcia Canclini (1995), Jesús Martin-Barbero (1997), Stuart Hall (2002) among others. These authors are of fundamental importance to understanding the hegemonic role of the media nowadays, but also to do a counter-hegemonic reading as far as possible in order to think the receiver not only as passive subject, but as that subject which interacts with the messages of the media and does its reading according to their own culture and experiences. Key-words: Media; Ideology; Addiction; Social Policy; Reception
Este trabalho procura contribuir com conhecimentos necessários à área das Políticas Sociais, debatendo a política de drogas e, principalmente, abrindo espaço para discutir a questão das drogas na mídia, especialmente pela análise da propaganda antidrogas feita pela RBS TV através da Campanha intitulada Crack nem pensar . A investigação toma por base os estudos culturais críticos, trazendo ao debate a produção da mídia, buscando verificar com adolescentes escolares, como eles mediam a recepção destas propagandas, entendendo-os como sujeitos críticos. Importa ressaltar a idéia de trazer para o debate a questão das drogas e a mídia, por esta ser um veículo importante de difusão de informações, o que deveria contribuir para a prevenção e também à discussão do assunto para se formularem políticas voltadas à nossa realidade, pois a política antidrogas brasileira é importada de outros países. A pesquisa busca fundamentar o objeto de estudo, alvo deste trabalho; a questão das drogas e as políticas voltadas para o assunto, trazendo ao debate a prevenção, a forma idealizada pela campanha Crack nem pensar . Desta forma, a relevância deste trabalho está no debate que se trava a partir do enfoque dado pela campanha, aliando-se a discussão da política antidrogas brasileira. As Políticas voltadas para os jovens são, na maioria, políticas compensatórias visando amenizar um problema já existente, não indo a fundo na raiz do problema. Os autores mais importantes usados para fundamentar este trabalho na análise da mídia, nos estudos de produção e recepção e ainda no entendimento do papel dela no mundo moderno são John Thompson (1995), Douglas Kellner (2001), Néstor Garcia Canclini (1995) Jesús Martin-Barbero (1997), Stuart Hall (2002), entre outros. Mencionados autores são de fundamental importância para se entender hoje o papel hegemônico dos meios de comunicação, mas também para se fazer uma leitura contra-hegemônica na medida do possível a fim de pensar o receptor não apenas como sujeito passivo, mas como aquele sujeito que interage com as mensagens da mídia e faz a sua leitura de acordo com a cultura própria e vivências
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Avalos, Sifuentes Carolina Alexandra. "Adicción a Redes Sociales y Rasgos de Personalidad en Universitarios Peruanos." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653679.
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El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo examinar la relación entre la adicción a redes sociales y rasgos de personalidad en universitarios peruanos. Se contó con la participación de 813 jóvenes y adultos de Lima Metropolitana, cuyas edades oscilaron entre 18 a 36 años (Media = 20.69; DE = 3.94); 18.33 % son varones y 81.67 % son mujeres. Se administró, el Cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales de Escurra y Salas (2014) e Inventario de personalidad “Big Five Inventory-15-P (Dominguez-Lara & Merino-Soto, 2018). Los resultados revelan que existe una gran relación entre la ARS con Responsabilidad, para Neuroticismo, Afabilidad y Extraversión la relación es moderada; para Apertura a la Experiencia, pequeña. Asimismo, las comparaciones según sexo, indican que las puntuaciones en los factores de personalidad son superiores en las mujeres; mientras que, los varones tienen puntuaciones más altas en las dimensiones del ARS. Se discuten los resultados y sus implicancias.The present study aimed to examine the relationship between addiction to social networks and personality traits in Peruvian university students. 813 young people and adults from Metropolitan Lima participated; whose ages ranged from 18 to 36 years (Mean = 20.69; SD = 3.94); 18.33% are male and 81.67 % are female. The Escurra y Salas (2014) Social Media Addiction Questionnaire and the Personality Inventory “Big Five Inventory-15-P (Dominguez-Lara & Merino-Soto, 2018) were administered. The results reveal that there is a great relationship between SNA and Responsibility, while Neuroticism, Affability and Extraversion correlations are moderate; the lowest relationship is presented by Openess to Experience. Likewise, the comparisons according to sex indicate that the scores in the personality factors are higher in women; while, males have higher scores on the ARS dimensions. However, the magnitude of the difference is small for most. The results and their implications are discussed.
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Gamboa, Melgar Goldie Elizabeth, and Fuertes Yazmin Angela Julia Peña. "Evidencias psicométricas de la Escala de Riesgo de Adicción-Adolescente en Redes sociales e Internet en adolescentes de Lima Metropolitana." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655287.
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La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Riesgo de Adicción-adolescente a las Redes Sociales e Internet (ERA-RSI) en estudiantes de Lima Metropolitana. La muestra estuvo conformada por 755 estudiantes (361 hombres y 394 mujeres), cuyas edades se encontraban entre los 13 a 24 años (M = 17, DE = 2.93) y que asistían a escuelas (62.2%) o universidades privadas (33.8%). Se analizó la estructura interna de la ERA-RSI, su relación con otras variables (validez convergente) y la fiabilidad por consistencia interna. Los resultados del Análisis Factorial Confirmatorio (AFC) indican una estructura de cuatro dimensiones con adecuados índices de bondad de ajuste en la muestra de adolescentes escolares (x2/gl = 2.94, CFI = .93, TLI = .93 y RMSEA = .06) y universitarios (x2/gl = 2.59, CFI = .98, TLI = .98 y RMSEA = .07). Además, se evidencia la consistencia interna de la escala en el grupo de escolares (ω = 41. a .76), así como, en la muestra de universitarios (ω = .63 a .89). Por su parte, la validez de convergencia se realizó con el Cuestionario de Adicción a las Redes Sociales (ARS) y se encontró, entre las dimensiones de ambas pruebas, correlaciones positivas, estadísticamente significativas y de magnitud fuerte. En conclusión, la ERA-RSI cuenta, en general, con adecuadas evidencias empíricas de validez y fiabilidad.The objective of this research was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Scale of Risk of Addiction-adolescent to Social Networks and Internet (ERA-RSI) in students of Metropolitan Lima. The sample consisted of 755 students (361 men and 394 women), whose ages ranged from 13 to 24 years (M = 17, SD = 2.93) and who attended schools (62.2%) or private universities (33.8%). The internal structure of the ERA-RSI, its relationship with other variables (convergent validity), and the reliability by internal consistency were analyzed. The results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicate a four-dimensional structure with adequate goodness-of-fit indices in the sample of school adolescents (x2 / gl = 2.94, CFI = .93, TLI = .93 and RMSEA = .06) and university students (x2 / gl = 2.59, CFI = .98, TLI = .98 and RMSEA = .07). Also, the internal consistency of the scale is evidenced in the group of schoolchildren (ω = 41. to .76), as well as, in the sample of university students (ω = .63 to .89). For its part, the convergence validity was performed with the Social Media Addiction Questionnaire (ARS), and positive, statistically significant, and strong correlations were found between the dimensions of both tests. In conclusion, the ERA-RSI generally has adequate empirical evidence of validity and reliability.
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Schlitt, James Thomas. "Applying Time-Valued Knowledge for Public Health Outbreak Response." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90399.
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During the early stages of any epidemic, simple interventions such as quarantine and isolation may be sufficient to halt the spread of a novel pathogen. However, should this opportunity be missed, substantially more resource-intensive, complex, and societally intrusive interventions may be required to achieve an acceptable outcome. These disparities place a differential on the value of a given unit of knowledge across the time-domains of an epidemic. Within this dissertation we explore these value-differentials via extension of the business concept of the time-value of knowledge and propose the C4 Response Model for organizing the research response to novel pathogenic outbreaks.
First, we define the C4 Response Model as a progression from an initial data-hungry collect stage, iteration between open-science-centric connect stages and machine-learning centric calibrate stages, and a final visualization-centric convey stage. Secondly we analyze the trends in knowledge-building across the stages of epidemics with regard to open and closed access article publication, referencing, and citation. Thirdly, we demonstrate a Twitter message mapping application to assess the virality of tweets as a function of their source-profile category, message category, timing, urban context, tone, and use of bots. Finally, we apply an agent-based model of influenza transmission to explore the efficacy of combined antiviral, sequestration, and vaccination interventions in mitigating an outbreak of an influenza-like-illness (ILI) within a simulated military base population.
We find that while closed access outbreak response articles use more recent citations and see higher mean citation counts, open access articles are published and referenced in significantly greater numbers and are growing in proportion. We observe that tweet viralities showed distinct heterogeneities across message and profile type pairing, that tweets dissipated rapidly across time and space, and that tweets published before high-tweet-volume time periods showed higher virality. Finally, we saw that while timely responses and strong pharmaceutical interventions showed the greatest impact in mitigating ILI transmission within a military base, even optimistic scenarios failed to prevent the majority of new cases. This body of work offers significant methodological contributions for the practice of computational epidemiology as well as a theoretical grounding for the further use of the C4 Response Model.Doctor of Philosophy
During the early stages of an outbreak of disease, simple interventions such as isolating those infected may be sufficient to prevent further cases. However, should this opportunity be missed, substantially more complex interventions such as the development of novel pharmaceuticals may be required. This results in a differential value for specific knowledge across the early, middle, and late stages of epidemic. Within this dissertation we explore these differentials via extension of the business concept of the time-value of knowledge, whereby key findings may yield greater benefits during early epidemics. We propose the C4 Response Model for organizing research regarding this time-value. First, we define the C4 Response Model as a progression from an initial knowledge collection stage, iteration between knowledge connection stages and machine learning-centric calibration stages, and a final conveyance stage. Secondly we analyze the trends in knowledge-building across the stages of epidemics with regard to open and closed access scientific article publication, referencing, and citation. Thirdly, we demonstrate a Twitter application for improving public health messaging campaigns by identifying optimal combinations of source-profile categories, message categories, timing, urban origination, tone, and use of bots. Finally, we apply an agent-based model of influenza transmission to explore the efficacy of combined antiviral, isolation, and vaccination interventions in mitigating an outbreak of an influenza-like-illness (ILI) within a simulated military base population. We find that while closed access outbreak response articles use more recent citations and see higher mean citation counts, open access articles are growing in use and are published and referenced in significantly greater numbers. We observe that tweet viralities showed distinct benefits to certain message and profile type pairings, that tweets faded rapidly across time and space, and that tweets published before high-tweet-volume time periods are retweeted more. Finally, we saw that while early responses and strong pharmaceuticals showed the greatest impact in preventing influenza transmission within military base populations, even optimistic scenarios failed to prevent the majority to new cases. This body of work offers significant methodological contributions for the practice of computational epidemiology as well as a theoretical grounding for the C4 Response Model.
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Alarcón, Allaín Giovanni Franklin. "Adicción a redes sociales e inteligencia emocional en estudiantes de educación superior técnica." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656105.
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Introducción. Hoy, las redes sociales son los medios de comunicación más influyentes en el mundo, existen alrededor de 3,600 millones de usuarios, si bien su uso facilita la comunicación en general y favorece los vínculos humanos, podría ocasionar problemas relacionados con la adicción comportamental; se partió de la idea de que la inteligencia emocional se relaciona con las adicciones y podría ser usada para controlarla. Objetivos: Relacionar adicción a redes sociales e inteligencia emocional. Metodología: Es un estudio correlacional, con una muestra no probabilística donde participaron 279 estudiantes de educación superior técnica, entre 18 a 23 años; se administró el Cuestionario de Adicción a Redes Sociales (ARS) y la Escala de Inteligencia Emocional de Wong-Law. Resultados: Se halló que los factores de Adicción a Redes Sociales, correlacionan negativamente con las dimensiones de Inteligencia Emocional, salvo con el factor Valoración de las Emociones de otros en la que no se encuentra esta correlación prevista. Asimismo, las mujeres valoran más las emociones de los demás y los que tienen más tiempo de conexión a internet son más propensos a mostrar adicción a las redes sociales. Conclusiones: Las dimensiones de la escala ARS correlacionan débil y parcialmente con las dimensiones de inteligencia emocional.Introduction. Today, social networks are the most influential means of communication in the world, there are around 3,600 million users, although their use facilitates communication in general and favors human bonds, it could cause problems related to behavioral addiction; It was started from the idea that emotional intelligence can be used as an addiction control. Objectives: Relate addiction to social networks and emotional intelligence. Methodology: It is a correlational study, with a non-probabilistic sample where 279 technical higher education students participated, between 18 to 23 years old; The Social Media Addiction Questionnaire and the Wong-Law Emotional Intelligence Scale were administered. Results: It was found that the factors of Addiction to Social Networks, correlatte negatively with the dimensions of Emocional Intelligence, except with the factor Assessment of Emotions of others in which this predicted correlation is not found. Likewise, women value the emotions of others more and those who have more time connected to the internet are more likely to show addiction to social networks. Conclusions: The dimensions of the ARS scale correlate weakly and partially with the dimensions of emotional intelligence.
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Cheung, Ieng. "Social networking site addiction in Macao." Thesis, University of Macau, 2012. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2589390.
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Baig, Fauzia Ashraf. "A Comparison of Addiction and Efficacy Oriented Messages for Smoking Cessation." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/720.
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Background: Tobacco use remains a major public health issue. Population-level efforts to curb tobacco use include media to promote smoking cessation. However, these campaigns (including tobacco package warning labels) commonly emphasize the addictiveness of nicotine and the difficulty of quitting with statements like ?nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine?. Addiction oriented messages may have an iatrogenic effect on cessation by undermining behavioural precursors such as self-efficacy, cessation outcome expectations, behavioural control, and quit-aid efficacy. Objectives: First, to determine the effects of addiction focused messages in comparison to efficacy enhanced messages and control messages on smokers? self-efficacy, cessation outcome expectations, behavioural control, and quit-aid efficacy. Second, to determine if the impact of addiction focused messages differ according to participant nicotine dependency level.
Methods: A sample of adult smokers (n>101) from Kitchener/Waterloo and Owen Sound were randomly assigned into one of three intervention conditions: addiction focused (M1), efficacy enhanced (M2), and control (M3). Outcome measures were collected at baseline, post intervention and 30-day follow-up and included: self-efficacy, outcome expectations, behavioural control, quit-aid efficacy, and outcome expectancies. The 30-day follow-up also included measures of smoking consumption, quit attempts and use of a quit-aid.
Results: Majority of the participants were males and between 18-25 years of age. Mean number of cigarettes smoked ranged from 12 to 15 across groups whereas the mean number of years smoked ranged from 12 to 17. General linear analyses revealed no significant effect of message type or nicotine dependence (as measured by the Fagerstrome Test for Nicotine Dependence) on the outcome variables of interest. However, when perceived addiction was substituted as the measure of nicotine dependence, the analysis revealed a main effect for nicotine dependence on self-efficacy post intervention and on cessation outcome expectations at follow-up. An interaction effect was found for outcome expectancy at post intervention.
Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that acute addiction oriented messages may not negatively impact smokers? self-efficacy, outcomes expectations, behavioural control, quit-aid efficacy, and outcome expectancies. However, this does mean that message orientation should be ignored when constructing smoking cessation messages. In fact, program designers are encouraged to employ messages that limit the use of addiction oriented statements such as ?nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine?. Further research is required to examine the potential cumulative impact of addiction oriented messages on quitting behaviour and its precursors.
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Bojic, Ljubisa. "Process of Media Addiction and Its Implications to Political Participation in Serbia." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LYO20073/document.
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L’apparition de l’internet et sa propagation sur 38,8% de la population mondiale entre 1995 et 2013 indiquent que les nouveaux médias ont causé des changements significatifs dans les sociétés à travers le monde. Les caractéristiques du nouveau medium, telles que l’interactivité et la possibilité de son utilisation de n’importe quel lieu, à tout moment, pointent la possibilité élevée de développement de l’addiction par ses utilisateurs. Les données indiquent la hausse de l’utilisation générale des médias au cours des soixante dernières années. D’autre part, pendant cette même période a été notée la baisse de la participation politique, ensemble avec le déclin de la socialisation et de la participation active dans des organisations professionnelles. Les questions de recherche sont réparties en de grandes questions, relatives à l’examen sur les personnes qui sont plus sujettes à devenir dépendantes aux medias, à découvrir si les personnes sont plus dépendantes aux medias anciens ou nouveaux et à clarifier quelles sont les conséquences de la dépendance aux médias, y compris son impact sur la participation politique. Les ouvrages des penseurs classiques ont été examinés pour servir de fondement aux hypothèses, portant une attention particulière à l’anomie, l’aliénation et la société de masse. L’examen des ouvrages de la littérature contemporaine a été focalisé sur les notions de la structure sociale moderne, de l’avancée technologique, de la mondialisation, de la déception par la démocratie, du nouveau paysage médiatique et du narcissisme. L’hypothèse principale, résultat de l’examen des perspectives théoriques différentes, indique que les changements sociaux, telle que l’apparition de la production de masse et l’expansion des medias de masse, réduisent la possibilité d’expression et augmentent la manipulation de l’intérêt du profit. Cela peut être à l’origine des frustrations qui engendrent des sortes différentes de dépendance, qui remplacent les buts non réalisés, causant ainsi la baisse de la participation politique. Cette baisse permet aux “mauvaises personnes”, qui exercent mal les fonctions représentatives, de devenir des acteurs sociaux, ce qui peut, potentiellement, causer davantage de frustrations. La recherche a été conduite à l’aide d’un sondage représentatif, mis en œuvre en Serbie en 2011. Cette étude établit une nouvelle méthodologie de mesure de la dépendance par le biais d’un seul sondage; pour la première fois, elle distingue des personnes dépendantes aux médias par le niveau de leur dépendance et la longueur d’utilisation des médias comme indices objectifs, tandis qu’elle comprend aussi des indices subjectifsAppearance of internet and its spread to 38.8% of world population from 1995 to 2013 indicate that new media bring significant changes to societies around the world. Features of new media such as interactivity and possibility to use it from anywhere anytime indicate internet may be highly addictive. Data point to increases in overall media use over the last 60 years. On the other hand, decreases in political participation are registered together with decline in socializing and active membership in professional organizations for the same period. Research questions are divided into large ones relating to examination of what kind of people are more susceptible to becoming media addicts, finding out if people are more addicted to old than to new media and inquiring into consequences of media addiction including its effects to political participation. Classical thinkers have been examined as basis for hypotheses with special attention directed towards anomie, alienation and mass society. Nowadays literature has been examined as well, focusing on modern social structure, advance of technology, globalization, disappointment with democracy, new media landscape and narcissism. Main presumption coming from examination of different theoretical perspectives is that social changes such as appearance of mass production and expansion of mass media decreased possibilities for expression and increased manipulation of profit interest. This may be causing appearance of frustrations leading towards different kinds of addictions as substitutions for unrealized goals, thus causing decrease in political participation. This decrease makes it possible for “wrong people” to become social agents as they perform representative functions in poor manner, which potentially causes more frustration.Research was conducted through nationally representative survey in Serbia during 2011. This study establishes new methodology to measure addiction to all media through a single survey; it divides media addicts according to level of their addiction and uses length of media use as objective indicator, for the first time, while it also includes subjective indicators
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Gustafsson, Camilla, and Charlie Nettelman. "Påverkas vår psykiska hälsa av smartphone-användandet? : En kvantitativ studie om hur utbrett smartphoneberoende är och hur det påverkar den psykiska hälsan." Thesis, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH, Institutionen för idrotts- och hälsovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-5343.
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Sammanfattning Syfte och frågeställningar Syftet med studien var att få en inblick i hur omfattande smartphoneanvändning var bland människor och hur denna användning samvarierade med den mentala hälsan. En annan del av syftet var att se om ett beteendemönster kunde ändras hos smartphoneanvändarna och på så vis ändra den mentala hälsan. För att uppnå syftet ställdes två frågeställningar: (1) Finns det något samband mellan grad av smartphoneberoende och upplevd psykisk hälsa? (2) Kan en kortare tids intervention där man begränsar användandet av smartphone hos deltagarna påverka deras subjektiva psykiska välmående? Metod För att få en inblick i hur utbrett smartphoneberoendet är i dagsläget och om det påverkar den subjektiva psykiska hälsan valdes enkät som metod eftersom det var tidseffektivt och gav ett brett urval. För att kunna skapa en beteendeförändring så behövdes en aktiv interaktion med respondenterna, därför kom beslutet att utföra en intervention. Interventionen gick ut på att deltagarna under sex dagar skulle reducera sitt mobilanvändande i största mån möjligt för att se om deras mentala hälsa kunde påverkas. Urvalet bestod av 76 kvinnor och 56 män med en medelålder på 25 år. Resultat Enligt korrelationsanalysen fanns ett svagt samband r = - 0,218 mellan mental hälsa och smartphoneberoende som var statistiskt signifikant (p = 0.013). Analys av enkätdata visade en stor grupp som klassades som smartphoneberoende = 48.2% och 51.8% som ej smartphoneberoende. Detta visade att fler personer är mobilberoende i detta urval än vad andra studier hittat. Interventionen bortgick på grund av ett stort bortfall. Slutsats Resultatet visade på ett svagt negativt samband mellan mental hälsa och smartphoneberoende. Kausalitetssamband klargjordes inte och vidare forskning krävs på ämnet för att i framtiden kunna urskilja om en mental ohälsa leder till mer smartphoneanvändande eller om mycket smartphoneanvändning leder till mental ohälsa i sig.Abstract Purpose and objective The purpose of this study was to survey the use of mobile phones amongst people and how it coincides with mental health. We also wanted to investigate whether or not we could create a behavioral change amongst the mobile phone users and thereby see if it affected their mental health. To achieve this objective we emanated from two questions: (1) Is there a relationship between Smartphone addiction and subjective mental health? (2) Can a short intervention, where you decrease the time spent on smartphones amongst users improve their subjective well-being? Method To get an insight in how widespread the use of mobile phones is and if it affects subjective well-being we chose to collect data through surveys because it was time effective and gave a wide group of people. To be able to create a behavioral change we concluded we had to actively interact with the respondents, so we chose to perform an intervention. During the intervention the participants would reduce their mobile phone usage to the greatest extent possible to see if their mental health could be improved. Result According to the correlation analysis, there is a weak relationship r = - 0,218 between mental health and smartphone addiction which is statistically significant (p=0.013). Analysis of survey data showed a large group classified as smartphone addicted = 48.2% and 51.8% as non-smartphone addicted. This shows that more people are smartphone addicted in this study than other studies have found. The intervention failed due to many dropouts. Conclusions The result showed a weak negative correlation between mental health and smartphone addiction. Causal correlation was not clarified and further research is required on the subject in order to determine whether mental health issues leads to more smartphone usage or if a lot of smartphone usage leads to mental health issues by itself.
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Adenola, Janet Temitope. "Entrepreneurs of Social Media : How Social Media Influencers differ from other Social Media Users." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-45665.
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Background: Over the years, traditional entrepreneurs started businesses due to either pull or push factors within their environments. Research has been carried out in profiling different types of entrepreneurs and their characteristics. The social media influencers are new forms of entrepreneurs who recently appeared due to changes in the technological environments. The existence of social media platforms has enhanced the possibility of entrepreneurial activities online. The platforms are available for everyone, but some have more entrepreneurial orientation or characteristics than others. Purpose: The aim of this research is to measure the entrepreneurial orientation and the characteristics of social media users, compare social media influencers with other social media users, to determine if differences exist. Methods: This research uses the Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation scale (Bolton & Lane, 2012) and the Individual Personality Traits measuring scale (Al Mamun, Bin Yusoff, & Ibrahim, 2018). This is a deductive study, testing the above-mentioned theories on social media users, and a quantitative study aided using data collected from online survey. Conclusion: The results of this study show that Social Media Influencer have higher entrepreneurial traits than non-Social Media Influencers. The result also supports the three-factor structure and satisfactory reliability of the IEO scales and subscales. Subsequently, I found out that non-SMIs do create online contents and carry out entrepreneurial activities online too.
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Kadrić, Irma, Eva Kha, and Sandra Mämmi. "Social Media: Hur påverkas turisten av social media?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-49053.
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Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur turistens beslut påverkas av TripAdvisor som är en form av social media. Slutresultatet blev en beskrivning av TripAdvisors påverkan vid resa för turisten. Arbetet har en deduktiv ansats med en kvantitativ metod. Begreppen vi här använt oss av är Påverkan, Word of Mouth, Beslutsprocessen samt Social Media och runt de här begreppen har vi skapat en teoretisk ram för vår studie. Empirin är en sammanställning av den enkät vi skapat kring den teoretiska ram som finns. Studien mynnar ut i ett resultat och avslutar med att ge exempel på framtida forskning utifrån tankar under studiens skapande.
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Knauth, Nicolina, and Maria Mazanova. "How social workers assess sexual addiction among adolescents." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16433.
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This research seeks to unravel the definition of sexual addiction amongst adolescents from the perspectives of professional social workers, working with these types of issues. This has been conducted through a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews with social workers in various youth clinics in Stockholm. The results gathered from the interviews are presented and then analyzed through discourse analysis using the social constructionism as our theoretical framework. The primary results gathered, conclude that sexual addiction amongst adolescents is to be defined within the personal contact between the client and the social worker in order to build an individual case discourse. The results also depicts that shame and anxiety are the driving forces for the phenomenon. Furthermore, inconsistency was discovered regarding the terminology of the phenomenon amongst the social workers. It is important to note that the adolescent years are time of rapid change and, thus, the behavior resembling sexual addiction may not be permanent. The results are then discussed and compared to previous research.
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Breaux, Chet Daniel. "(Don't) Stop Playing That Game: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Video Game Addiction Stereotype." TopSCHOLAR®, 2011. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1067.
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The growing popularity of game addiction discourse has necessitated study of how video game critics rhetorically construct addiction. In the following thesis, I analyze contemporary examples of texts that link game addiction to drug abuse. I use Robert Cover’s analysis of how game addiction stereotypes form in conjunction with Aristotle’s rhetorical principles to isolate the persuasive appeals used by authors to rhetorically construct game play as addictive. These addiction arguments, however, are rooted in a larger historical context, and I present examples of game guidebooks and comic books published in the late 1970s and early 1980s to illustrate their rhetorical responses to game addiction rhetoric. I found addiction arguments utilize fear appeals combined with ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade audiences to reject games as potentially dangerous and worthless virtual pursuits. The authors of early game texts use ethos, pathos, and logos to dismantle fear appeals and present video games as a new genre that can be mastered through skill and practice rather than a meaningless virtual experience. This research provides ground for further explorations of game addiction rhetoric, and implications for the continued study of video games.
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Griffiths, Mark, and mark griffiths@jss org au. "Teaching Yoga in Addiction Recovery A Social Work Perspective." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080215.161527.
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This thesis explores the personal and social challenges of teaching yoga in addiction recovery from a social work perspective. It is informed by an action research perspective using interviews and focus groups with yoga teachers and allied health professionals and the personal experiences of the researcher teaching yoga in an addiction recovery centre as well as a literature search on existing yoga and meditation programs used in addiction recovery and corrections. The research explores whether yoga could be applied as a complementary therapy in social work and how yoga assists in addiction recovery. Further it explores what programmatic requirements are needed for a constructive yoga program that addresses the needs of yoga teachers in this field and the participants who are very marginalised. The emerging themes and issues from the data and literature were explored and triangulation was used to draw one conclusion that was found consistently across all research methodologies. This was the importance of Kriya yoga. or the yoga of action, to achieve results with yoga as a complementary therapy. Kriya yoga has three elements: a commitment to regular practice, allowing time to reflect on how this practice is affecting your life and having faith in the yoga process. Undelying this notion of kriya yoga is the importance of the yoga teacher-student relationship and the value of a yoga community that supports the student in their commitment to practice. Recovery from addiction is viewed as a journey involving many stages in which the yoga student deals with relapses. The exemplary yoga programs are forms of karma yoga or the yoga of selfless action. The development of a karma yoga network that forms an on-line bridge between the yoga communities and addiction recovery services is suggested by the research as one way forward in promoting yoga as a complementary therapy in addiction recovery.
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ROCHA, ERICA SILVA. "THE SOCIAL BOND IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND DRUG ADDICTION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2004. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=4562@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIORNeste trabalho parte-se da concepção de que o sujeito e seus sintomas se constituem no seio de fatores pulsionais e socioculturais que promovem o laço social. Em seguida, delineia-se o perfil sócio-histórico da modernidade e da contemporaneidade, propondo-se que ambas constituem laços sociais diferentes, respectivamente centrados nos imperativos da interdição e da satisfação. Por último, argumenta-se que o imperativo da satisfação favorece a expansão do sintoma da toxicomania, que pode ser compreendido, tal como o laço social contemporâneo, pelo modelo da perversão.
This work is based on the idea that the individual and his symptoms are constituted in the realm of libidinal and social-cultural factors that promote the social bond. At first, the social-historic profile of modernity and contemporary society are delineated, suggesting that both constitute different social bonds, respectively centered on the imperative of interdiction and the imperative of satisfaction. Next and finally, it is argued that the imperative of satisfaction favors the expansion of drug addiction, which can be explained, as well as the current social bond, by the model of perversion.
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Hampson, Claire L. "Integrating family-focused practice into routine addiction services." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3987/.
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This thesis reports the evaluation of a training program aimed to promote a whole Organisation shift towards greater involvement of affected family members within addiction treatment and services. A two-phase quasi-experimental design integrating action research is described. The Pilot phase involved two teams within the Organisation receiving a family-focused training and on-going supervision package. During this phase, the evaluation outcome measures were developed and pilot tested. Phase two then involved selecting two further teams at random to receive the training package (‘immediate’ training), whilst the two remaining teams served as a control and received the package following a delay (‘delayed’ training). Staff who had received immediate training reported significant increases in positive attitudes towards family-focused practice, as well as increases in the proportion of family-focused practice in their daily routine work. Significant improvements in attitudes were, however, also evident in the absence of the training package during the delayed comparison group’s waiting period. The study supports the use of an Organisational platform to implement change towards more family-focused addiction treatment. The results indicate that addiction services are capable of implementing family-focused practice, however, success depends on many factors at the level of the individual service provider, organization and outside environment.
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You, Ya. "Social Media Effectiveness." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6040.
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Over the last decade, the advent of social media such as online product reviews (e.g., Amazon.com),blogs and other social networking sites (e.g., Facebook.com) has dramatically changed the way consumers obtain and exchange information about products. This dissertation investigates the impact of various types of social media on product performance and compares the effectiveness of social and traditional media under various conditions. Specifically, the first chapter performs a meta-analysis of consumer-generated WOM elasticity in social media to identify the factors that influence the impact of WOM on product sales and to assess the generalizability of the relationship. The second chapter examines how social media may influence product performance in different product contexts as compared with traditional media, which assists managers in making better media decisions. Taken together, this dissertation evaluates the progress in this field, and then takes a step further by applying past findings to understand how social media may perform at various stages in the product lifecycle.Ph.D.
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Nau, Alexandra. "Social Media Analytics." Universität Leipzig, 2018. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A31862.
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Die Arbeit untersucht insgesamt 25 kostenfreie Social Media Analytics-Werkzeuge und liefert einen Beitrag zu einer systematischen Beurteilung dieser Anwendungssystemklasse im Rahmen des Social Customer Relationship Managements.:1 Einleitung
1.1 Motivation
1.2 Problemstellung
1.3 Vorgehen
2 Grundlagen
2.1 Social Media
2.2 Social CRM
2.3 Social Media-Analys
2.4 Softwareanalyse
2.5 Prototyping
3 Analyse von Social Media-Analyse-Tools
3.1 Kurzvorstellung der einzelnen Tools
3.2 Kernfunktionalitäten kostenfreier SMA-Anwendungen
3.3 Realisierbare Anwendungsfälle im SCRM
3.4 Vergleich mit Funktionalitäten einer kostenpflichtigen SMA-Anwendung
3.5 Betrachtung von Unterschieden
4 Entwicklung einer Auswahlhilfe
4.1 Vorüberlegungen
4.2 Implementierung
4.3 Beschreibung
5 Erkenntnisse
5.1 Ergebnisse
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Colicev, Anatoli. "Valuing social media." Thesis, Cergy-Pontoise, Ecole supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ESEC0001.
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Cette thèse se donne donc pour objectif d’estimer la valeur des médias sociaux pour les entreprises. Elle développe une série d’analyses théoriques portant sur les effets que peuvent avoir ces médias sur leurs performances. Elle suggère également aux gestionnaires et aux praticiens différentes façons d’exploiter leur présence sur les médias sociaux pour tirer un profit maximal des avantages que cette présence suscite. Des méthodes quantitatives comme la modélisation par équations structurelles, l’analyse des séries temporelles et les panels dynamiques sont mises en pratiques pour aborder le sujet de façon empirique et exhaustive. Afin d’atteindre ces objectifs, cette thèse soulève un certain nombre de questions de recherche : Les médias sociaux sont-ils créateurs de valeur pour les entreprises ? Quels effets ont les médias sociaux sur les marques, les consommateurs, les investisseurs ? Quels indicateurs sont essentiels pour mesurer la performance des médias sociaux ? Nous nous proposons de répondre à ces questions dans cette thèse qui s’organise en quatre articles distincts.L’article 1 développe plusieurs analyses théoriques dont l’objectif est de comprendre comment les indicateurs de médias sociaux affectent la valeur des marques.L’article 2 aborde la pertinence des médias sociaux sous un angle différent. Nous y analysons les trajectoires de l’impact des médias sociaux sur les consommateurs puis sur les investisseurs, ainsi que les explications de cet impact.L’article 3 se focalise plus particulièrement sur la relation entre les médias sociaux et le comportement du consommateur. Les effets des médias sociaux owned et earned sur les étapes séquentielles qui composent le parcours d’achat du consommateur y sont analysés, avec pour objectif de donner un meilleur aperçu de l’influence des médias sociaux sur la décision d’acheter et sur la satisfaction du consommateur.Enfin, l’article 4 se place dans le prolongement de l’article 1 pour étudier l’effet des médias sociaux et traditionnels sur la satisfaction des consommateurs et la valeur de marqueThis dissertation focuses on assessing the value of social media. There are several theoretical and practical gaps in the stream of social media marketing literature, particularly in terms of the impact of social media on performance. This dissertation proposes a set of theoretical conceptualizations of how social media can impact performance, makes suggestions for managers and practitioners on how to leverage the social media presences in pursuit of the benefits of social media marketing, and makes recommendations for researchers on how to further contribute to this research domain. Quantitative methods such as structural equation modeling, time-series analysis and dynamic panel methods are applied to address the issue empirically and comprehensively
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Baelen, Luk Van. "Interaction mechanisms within social networks of amphetamine users." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272456.
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Carpenter, Tracy R. "Beyond Crack Mother: Narratives of Drug Addiction and Recovery." The Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1418833307.
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xu, kun. "Weibo Addiction in China: An Examination of the Relationships among Expected Outcomes, Weibo Usage, Deficient Self-regulation, and Weibo Addiction." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1365048166.
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Creech, Ryan S. "Social Media, Social Exclusion, and Narcissism." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1437385385.
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Ernestad, Victor, and Robert Henriksson. "Social Media Marketing from a Bottom-Up Perspective : The Social Media Transition." Thesis, Umeå University, Department of Informatics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-34776.
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It is in the interest of organizations to understand that the public demand for quick and easy accessibility is growing at a rapid pace. However, the transition from traditional marketing strategies to social media marketing is not a straightforward process, but more complex.The aim of the thesis is to, from a bottom-up perspective, draw conclusions from a comparative study of the social media praxes of Umeå-situated businesses and organizations.The study indicates that the transition into social media still continues, but that there has been a change in organizations’ mindsets. It also shows that the application of a bottom-up approach provides new ways of viewing and understanding activities within social media.It is in the interest of organizations to understand that the public demand for quick and easy accessibility is growing at a rapid pace. However, the transition from traditional marketing strategies to social media marketing is not a straightforward process, but more complex.The aim of the thesis is to, from a bottom-up perspective, draw conclusions from a comparative study of the social media praxes of Umeå-situated businesses and organizations.The study indicates that the transition into social media still continues, but that there has been a change in organizations’ mindsets. It also shows that the application of a bottom-up approach provides new ways of viewing and understanding activities within social media.
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Botros, Shadi, and Yacoub Said. "LUXURIOUS BRAND AND SOCIAL MEDIA : Luxurious brands marketing strategies in social media." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Industriell ekonomi och organisation, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-54454.
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Date: 2021/06/03 Level: Master Thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Shadi Botros, Yacoub Said (87/07/24) (95/01/01) Title: LUXURIOUS BRAND AND SOCIAL MEDIA Tutor: Edward Gillmore Keywords: Luxury brands, Social media marketing activities, Brand perceptions, Brand awareness, Purchase intention. Research questions: What are the outcomes of social media marketing used by luxury brands, brand awareness and brand perception, on purchase attention? Purpose: The purpose of this research is to study if social media marketing can have an effect on luxuries brands perception in consumers mind and if social media can influence consumers purchase intention. Method: This study is following a quantitative approach by using statistical methods to test the hypothesis. Conclusion: Luxury brands are considered as exclusive and expensive brands. Social media is a mass communication tool that is usually used to reach a broad segment of consumers. The authors found out through the gathered data that consumers are aware about the brand and they perceive the brand as a luxury brand. However, consumers were not only relying on the official home page of the brand to obtain information.
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Jaber, Julia, and Gabriella Lundvall. "Social media marketing - An insight on companies’ brand communities on social media." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31257.
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Ndou, Delta Lau Milayo. "“According to social media…” Examining the influence of social media on political reporting within Zimbabwe’s mainstream media." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31099.
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The Internet’s liberative qualities have been hyped by a number of Zimbabwean scholars who argue, on the basis of the existence of online alternative media that carries political content, that democratisation can be technology-led. Given that the question of source selection is connected to the democratising potential of the Internet (Lecheler and Kruikemeier, 2016) by some scholars – this study interrogated the liberative potential of the Internet by tracing the social media sourcing patterns of four daily newspapers within Zimbabwe’s polarised mainstream media. Using a mixed methods approach which deployed Actor-Network theory as a preliminary methodological tool, this study collected and evaluated empirical data drawn from 146 social media sourced political stories published over a 30-month period and the responses from semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled participants – to account for the human and non-human actors in the news production network. A social constructivist analytical lens was then used to appreciate the contexts in which social media sourcing was being adopted in newsrooms, which revealed how unique circumstances had triggered unprecedented reliance on social media as a political news source. Those unique circumstances involved an escalation of factional fighting within the ruling ZANU PF that morphed into a propaganda war, which was waged through The Herald newspaper by one faction and through social media by the other faction. The public feud, which played out on social media, forced political reporters to gather story ideas from social media and overly rely on a few tech savvy elite sources. In these circumstances, social media’s influence on the political news agenda was overstated as it was conflated with the influence of a news event (ZANU PF factionalism) and the influence of social media users (high-ranking ZANU PF members) who could not be ignored. It is hoped that the findings of this study will contribute towards filling the lacuna in terms of scholarship demonstrating the influence of social media within Zimbabwe’s political narratives.
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Petersson, Sofie, and Sofie Stefansson. "Kritikhantering på social media." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data– och Elektroteknik (IDE), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-22949.
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Social medias användningsområde har under de senaste åren ökat. Från att till enbörjan användas av privatpersoner till att nu även vara en del av flertalet företag.Tekniken kan skapa nya tillfällen att synas, skapa kundrelationer samt kommunikationsmöjligheter. Det finns olika syften med att använda social mediamen värdet kommer inte från plattformen i sig utan från hur den används. För attett företag ska använda social media kan det finnas anledning att acceptera och varamedvetna om att kritik riktat till företaget offentliggörs. Forskning pekar på attföretag förväntas bemöta åsikter, uppfattningar och upplevelser från konsumenter.Dock saknas tydlig vetskap om hur eller på vilket sätt. Vi har genom en kvalitativstudie, intervjuat representanter från olika företag gällande deras sätt att bedrivakritikhantering på social media. Studien resulterade i tre övergripande teman medunderliggande exempel som beskriver hur företag hanterar kritik på social media.The use of social media has increased in recent years. Individuals used it first, andnow it has become a part of multiple companies. Technology can create newopportunities for companies to show them self publicly, create customer relations aswell as communication opportunities. The purposes of using social media arevarious, but the value it brings is not from the platform itself, but from the ways it isbeing used. In order for a company to use social media, there may be reason toaccept and be aware of that criticism addressed to the company will be public.Research indicates that companies are expected to respond to opinions, perceptionsand experiences from customers. However, clear knowledge of how or in what wayis missing. We have through a qualitative study, interviewed representatives fromvarious companies regarding their way of conducting criticism management onsocial media. The study resulted in three overarching themes with underlyingexamples illustrating how companies manage criticism on social media.
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Jaffrey, Jarrar. "Social Media and Marketing." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-52444.
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During different time era’s different methods of communications has developed and changed the everyday life. Social media has become the way of communication in the 21st-century, enabling us to express our thoughts, ideas and feelings in a complete new way. This way of communication have also had a huge impact on corporations, where they have realized that without a proper plan and social media strategy they have no chance to stand out in the rapidly changing digital space. To ensure a successful presence on social media the companies need to take different marketing theories into consideration so that they can boost their brand in diverse aspects. If this can be combined with innovative ways of consumerinteraction the companies have a good chance to take the lead in social media marketing. To solve the problem with measuring the return on investment, companies such as HP Sweden, can implement tools like social media monitoring. With these tools they will be able to analyze and measure their brand or products on the social space enabling them to optimize their way of marketing. The criteria for a company to pick the right measuring-tool are based on different parameters. Where for a company like HP Sweden, that is relatively new to the social space, it is better to take small and wise steps to first learn and then invest in a praiseworthy tool that is able to cover their needs.Under olika tidsskeden har olika metoder för kommunikation utvecklats med kraftig påverkan på vår vardag. Sociala medier har blivit detta sekels sätt att kommunicera på, vilket har möjliggjort att vi har kunnat uttrycka våra tankar, idéer och känslor på ett helt nytt sätt. Detta sätt att kommunicera har också haft en enorm inverkan på företag, där de har insett att utan en ordentlig sociala media strategi har de ingen chans att sticka ut i den snabbt föränderliga digitala sfären. För att säkerställa en framgångsrik närvaro på sociala medier måste företagen ta olika marknadsföring teorier i beaktande. Detta så att de kan förstärka sitt varumärke i olika aspekter. Om företagen lyckas kombinera detta med innovativa sätt att interagera med konsumenter har de en god chans att ta ledningen i sociala medier. För att lösa problemet med att mäta avkastningen på investeringar, kan företag som HP Sverige, implementera olika mätningsverktyg. Med dessa verktyg kan de analysera och mäta sitt varumärke eller produkter så att de kan optimera sin marknadsföring utefter detta. Måttstocken för att välja rätt verktyg är baserat på olika parametrar. För ett företag som HP Sverige, som är relativt nya inom sociala medier, kan det vara lämpligt att ta små men visa steg där de först kan lära sig använda dessa verktyg för att sedan investera i ett mer avancerat verktyg som både täcker deras behov samt är ekonomiskt fördelaktigt.
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Laselle, Johanna, and Jenny Solum. "Social media & marknadsföring." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-24558.
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Pellikka, H. (Harri). "Gamification in social media." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405281545.
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As social media keeps expanding and alternatives for existing services arise, the need for engaging and sustaining users increases as well. One method for engaging users is the use of gamification.
The purpose of this study was to found a basis of knowledge of the current state of gamification social media. The study was conducted as qualitative content analysis, analysing 18 social media sites of different types. The analysis concentrated on the game elements incorporated in the services, such as points and badges.
The findings of the study resulted that social media in general employs many different game elements. Gamification is used to suggest activities to the users, to encourage active participation and to reward users for wanted behavior. A common use of gamification in social media was found to be quality and appeal control over user-generated content.
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Fisher, Stacey J. "Cohorts Using Social Media." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4692.
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Karlsson, Gabriella. "The Social Media Muse." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23195.
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The social media influencer is becoming a prominent trope in contemporary media culture. In her Instagram performance artwork Excellences & Perfections, Amalia Ulman imitated the content and lifestyle of different types of influencers for five months in 2014, gaining attention and inciting controversy when she finally revealed her hoax. She captured problematic aspects of performativity online, examined how it related to tropes and myths in our culture, and ultimately to our sense of identity. By analysing images from her work and comments from her followers at the time, this thesis aims to understand how her art acts as a commentary on issues of digital labour and self-representation through images.