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16. The digital turn from a newsroom perspective – How German journalists from different generations reflect on the digitalization of journalism.
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Birkner, Thomas, Keute, Annika, and Davydova, Anna
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DIGITAL technology ,ONLINE journalism ,NEWSROOMS ,PUBLIC broadcasting - Abstract
In times of crisis, journalism's own history needs to be reflected upon, both from within and from outside the newsroom. This paper attempts both. From a scientific perspective, we examined the process of the digitalization of journalism and then asked journalists from different generations to reflect on this process. Based on data gathered from these semi-structured interviews with German journalists, our paper presents their evaluation on the evolution from analog to digital journalism—from retired male reporters who wrote most of their articles on typewriters to young female data journalists. The interviews with journalists—including local newspaper reporters, public broadcasting services and news magazines' editors, freelancers and former German Democratic Republic (GDR) journalists—are part of a larger funded research project on German journalism. Their analysis reveals a common problematization of the growing pace of news production and the hybridization of media formats. The qualitative data confirm data from quantitative surveys on journalism and can help international journalism research to get an in-depth understanding on how journalists perceive the changes over the last decades in their trade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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17. AdHealth: a feasibility study to measure digital food marketing to adolescents through Facebook
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Bruce Kidd, Boyd Swinburn, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Sally Mackay, and Christof Lutteroth
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Web server ,Facebook ,Adolescent ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,Adolescents ,computer.software_genre ,Beverages ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,0502 economics and business ,Web page ,Digital advertising ,Food Industry ,Humans ,Social media ,Duration (project management) ,Child ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Marketing ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Food marketing ,05 social sciences ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Advertising ,Test (assessment) ,Europe ,Food ,Feasibility Studies ,Television ,050211 marketing ,Document Object Model ,Psychology ,Social Media ,Mobile device ,computer ,Research Paper ,New Zealand - Abstract
Objective:To test the feasibility of a browser extension to estimate the exposure of adolescents to (un)healthy food and beverage advertisements on Facebook and the persuasive techniques used to market these foods and beverages.Design:A Chrome browser extension (AdHealth) was developed to automatically collect advertisements seen by participants on their personal Facebook accounts. Information was extracted and sent to a web server by parsing the Document Object Model tree representation of Facebook web pages. Key information retrieved included the advertisement type seen and duration of each ad sighting. The WHO-Europe Nutrient Profile Model was used to classify the healthiness of products advertised as permitted (healthy) or not permitted (unhealthy) to be advertised to children.Setting:Auckland, New Zealand.Participants:Thirty-four Facebook users aged 16–18 years.Results:The browser extension retrieved 4973 advertisements from thirty-four participants, of which 204 (4 %) were food-related, accounting for 1·1 % of the exposure duration. Of those food advertisements, 98 % were classified as not permitted, and 33·7 and 31·9 %, respectively, of those featured promotional characters or premium offers. The mean rate of exposure to not permitted food was 4·8 (sd = 2·5) advertisements per hour spent on Facebook.Conclusions:Using a Chrome extension to monitor exposure to unhealthy food and beverage advertisements showed that the vast majority of advertisements were for unhealthy products, despite numerous challenges to implementation. Further efforts are needed to develop tools for use across other social media platforms and mobile devices, and policies to protect young people from digital food advertising.
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18. Data on Experimental Medicine Discussed by Researchers at Wroclaw Medical University (In a Blink of an Eye: Graphical Abstracts In Advances In Clinical and Experimental Medicine).
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EXPERIMENTAL medicine ,MEDICAL research personnel ,CLINICAL medicine ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
A recent study from Wroclaw Medical University in Poland discusses the use of graphical abstracts (GAs) as a tool to summarize scientific papers and promote them on social media. The study highlights the benefits of GAs in conveying research findings in a concise and visually appealing manner, particularly on platforms like Twitter. Journals that have implemented GAs have seen increased impact factors, and the study suggests the need for standardized guidelines for creating GAs. The research concludes that while there is currently no universal standard for GAs, more detailed guidelines are necessary to ensure consistency in format and content. [Extracted from the article]
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19. Temporal and Location Variations, and Link Categories for the Dissemination of COVID-19–Related Information on Twitter During the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in Europe: Infoveillance Study
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Martin Wiesner, Monika Pobiruchin, and Richard Zowalla
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020205 medical informatics ,social media ,Internet privacy ,Twitter ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,infodemiology ,Public interest ,Disease Outbreaks ,Infodemiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,infoveillance ,Betacoronavirus ,0302 clinical medicine ,infodemic ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Humans ,Social media ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Misinformation ,health informatics ,Pandemics ,Disease surveillance ,Original Paper ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,public health ,COVID-19 ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,Metadata ,Europe ,Geography ,Infoveillance ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,disease surveillance ,business ,Coronavirus Infections - Abstract
Background The spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, across Asia and Europe sparked a significant increase in public interest and media coverage, including on social media platforms such as Twitter. In this context, the origin of information plays a central role in the dissemination of evidence-based information about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19. On February 2, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) constituted a “massive infodemic” and argued that this situation “makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it.” Objective This infoveillance study, conducted during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, focuses on the social media platform Twitter. It allows monitoring of the dynamic pandemic situation on a global scale for different aspects and topics, languages, as well as regions and even whole countries. Of particular interest are temporal and geographical variations of COVID-19–related tweets, the situation in Europe, and the categories and origin of shared external resources. Methods Twitter’s Streaming application programming interface was used to filter tweets based on 16 prevalent hashtags related to the COVID-19 outbreak. Each tweet’s text and corresponding metadata as well as the user’s profile information were extracted and stored into a database. Metadata included links to external resources. A link categorization scheme—introduced in a study by Chew and Eysenbach in 2009—was applied onto the top 250 shared resources to analyze the relative proportion for each category. Moreover, temporal variations of global tweet volumes were analyzed and a specific analysis was conducted for the European region. Results Between February 9 and April 11, 2020, a total of 21,755,802 distinct tweets were collected, posted by 4,809,842 distinct Twitter accounts. The volume of #covid19-related tweets increased after the WHO announced the name of the new disease on February 11, 2020, and stabilized at the end of March at a high level. For the regional analysis, a higher tweet volume was observed in the vicinity of major European capitals or in densely populated areas. The most frequently shared resources originated from various social media platforms (ranks 1-7). The most prevalent category in the top 50 was “Mainstream or Local News.” For the category “Government or Public Health,” only two information sources were found in the top 50: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at rank 25 and the WHO at rank 27. The first occurrence of a prevalent scientific source was Nature (rank 116). Conclusions The naming of the disease by the WHO was a major signal to address the public audience with public health response via social media platforms such as Twitter. Future studies should focus on the origin and trustworthiness of shared resources, as monitoring the spread of fake news during a pandemic situation is of particular importance. In addition, it would be beneficial to analyze and uncover bot networks spreading COVID-19–related misinformation.
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20. (Re)connecting with audiences. An overview of audience-inclusion initiatives in European French-speaking local news media.
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Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie and Amigo, Laura
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AUDIENCES ,JOURNALISM ,JOURNALISTS ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
This paper explores how local news organizations seek to strengthen their bond with audiences in French-speaking Europe (Belgium, France, and Switzerland). It does so by suggesting a new methodological approach focusing on the different ways in which this bond can be observed, i.e., the "initiatives" implemented by the news organizations. The study identifies 20 types of initiatives undertaken to (re)connect with audiences and presents a model of audience inclusion in news media in line with the literature on modalities of audience participation in news media. The discussion identifies changes in the positioning of local news organizations and journalists towards audiences regarding existing literature on participatory journalism but also on new practices more rooted in engagement, dialogue, and transparency towards audiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. Evaluation of different recruitment methods: Longitudinal, web-based, Pan-European Physical Activity Through Sustainable Transport Approaches (PASTA) Project
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Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen, Evi Dons, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Manja Deforth, Francesco Iacorossi, Emilia Smeds, Ione Avila-Palencia, Regine Gerike, Erik Stigell, Arnout Standaert, Helen Franzen, Thomas Götschi, Luc Int Panis, Elisabeth Raser, Esther Anaya-Boig, Julian Sanchez, Tom Cole-Hunter, Audrey de Nazelle, Reinhard Hössinger, and David Rojas-Rueda
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Adult ,Male ,020205 medical informatics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,opportunistic sampling ,Health Informatics ,Sample (statistics) ,02 engineering and technology ,BEHAVIORS ,Representativeness heuristic ,Promotion (rank) ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Humans ,Social media ,Attrition ,Web-based survey ,Longitudinal Studies ,Web-based questionnaire ,Exercise ,11 Medical and Health Sciences ,longitudinal survey ,multicentral ,recruitment ,mobile phone ,media_common ,Sampling bias ,Internet ,Original Paper ,Science & Technology ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Outreach ,Europe ,PARTICIPATION RATES ,Health Care Sciences & Services ,Sample size determination ,Research Design ,FACEBOOK ,Female ,08 Information and Computing Sciences ,Psychology ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,Social Media ,Medical Informatics ,Demography - Abstract
Background: Sufficient sample size and minimal sample bias are core requirements for empirical data analyses. Combining opportunistic recruitment with a Web-based survey and data-collection platform yields new benefits over traditional recruitment approaches. Objective: This paper aims to report the success of different recruitment methods and obtain data on participants’ characteristics, participation behavior, recruitment rates, and representativeness of the sample. Methods: A longitudinal, Web-based survey was implemented as part of the European PASTA (Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches) project, between November 2014 and December 2016. During this period, participants were recruited from 7 European cities on a rolling basis. A standardized guide on recruitment strategy was developed for all cities, to reach a sufficient number of adult participants. To make use of the strengths and minimize weakness, a combination of different opportunistic recruitment methods was applied. In addition, the random sampling approach was applied in the city of Örebro. To reduce the attrition rate and improve real-time monitoring, the Web-based platform featured a participant’s and a researchers’ user interface and dashboard. Results: Overall, 10,691 participants were recruited; most people found out about the survey through their workplace or employer (2300/10691, 21.51%), outreach promotion (2219/10691, 20.76%), and social media (1859/10691, 17.39%). The average number of questionnaires filled in per participant varied significantly between the cities (P
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22. The populist campaigns against European public service media: Hot air or existential threat?
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Sehl, Annika, Simon, Felix M., and Schroeder, Ralph
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MUNICIPAL services ,RIGHT-wing populism ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,USER-generated content ,PRODUCT quality ,SOCIAL media ,CLEARCUTTING - Abstract
Right-wing populists are gaining ground in Western democracies. Surveys show that they often distrust established media and public service media (PSM) in particular, claiming that they are biased against them. This paper examines how they have challenged PSM and proposes some potential responses to these challenges. The paper is based on an analysis of a number of recent and long-standing surveys of public attitudes towards the media, combined with an analysis of support for right-wing populists. It focuses on three purposively sampled national case studies: Austria, Germany and Sweden. We show several commonalities among PSM in these three countries, including similar right-wing populist attacks on PSM. The findings crystallise around two points: First, the impartiality and objectivity of news media has generally become less taken-for-granted in a 'high-choice' media environment offering various news products of different quality. Secondly, historical left-right distinctions have become less clear-cut, also because right-wing populists challenge them. Consequently, the role of PSM in creating a shared national conversation which represents the diversity of society has also come under siege. At the same time, partisan websites and social media platforms enable certain groups to showcase content that is more aligned with the perspectives of right-wing populists. The paper concludes by asking if right-wing populists are a growing threat to PSM and whether this threat is isolated or potentially indicative of a broader and more sustained pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Podcast fandom in Europe: Audio audiences' participation in a digital context.
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Mañas-Pellejero, Miguel and Paz, Elisa
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AUDIENCE participation ,PODCASTING ,FANS (Persons) ,DIGITAL media ,SOCIAL media ,AUDIO communication - Abstract
Podcasts are an increasingly popular form of sound media that generate active listeners and fandom around them. These programmes present an opportunity for scholars to analyse not only new forms of consumption around convergent and on-demand media, but also the particular phenomenon of fandom related to audio productions in the current digital context. Scholars have mainly focused on studying how fandoms use podcasts to create content rather than on podcast fandoms. This paper analyses podcast fandoms in Europe, what distinguishes them from other active audiences, and how they engage with this digital media through online tools. To explore this, a method of triangulation is used, relying on content and netnography analysis, and both top-down and bottom-up strategies are considered across the biggest European markets. Results show that around a third of the podcasts in the sample have an active fandom that engages with these programmes through social media, primarily on Instagram, through the creation of content. This content usually highlights the brand identity of the podcasts through the creation of fan art and fan accounts, and that there are more consistencies across European fandoms than exist across European audiences. This suggests that social media sites, and particularly Instagram, are used by fandoms across Europe in an equivalent way to extend their textual productivity and that this is still what distinguishes audiences from fans. These findings have important implications for scholars and producers alike, both to build upon the knowledge of reception and fan studies and to understand how to encourage fandom engagement on social media sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Follow-Up Investigation on the Promotional Practices of Electric Scooter Companies: Content Analysis of Posts on Instagram and Twitter
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Allison Dormanesh, Jon-Patrick Allem, and Anuja Majmundar
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Adolescent ,Poison control ,Health Informatics ,Suicide prevention ,Occupational safety and health ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,0502 economics and business ,Humans ,Social media ,Letter to the Editor ,Consumer behaviour ,Marketing ,Original Paper ,050210 logistics & transportation ,teenagers ,Protective Devices ,public health ,05 social sciences ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,electric scooter ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,Advertising ,Popularity ,Metropolitan area ,United States ,Europe ,trauma ,Motorcycles ,safety equipment ,Content analysis ,scooters ,technology ,Head Protective Devices ,e-scooters ,Business ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,public safety ,road safety ,Social Media ,ride sharing ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Background Electric scooters (e-scooters) have become a popular mode of transportation in both the United States and Europe. In the wake of this popularity, e-scooters have changed the commuting experience in many metropolitan areas. Although e-scooters offer an efficient and economical way to travel short distances in traffic-congested areas, recent studies have raised concerns over their safety. Bird and Tier Mobility are 2 popular e-scooter companies in the United States and Europe, respectively. Both companies maintain active social media accounts with hundreds of posts and tens of thousands of followers. Recent studies have shown that consumer behavior may be influenced by the content posted to popular social media platforms, such as Instagram and Twitter. Objective This study aimed to examine the official Instagram and Twitter accounts of Bird and Tier Mobility to determine whether these companies promote and demonstrate the use of safety gear in their posts to their consumers. Methods Posts to Bird’s (n=287) and Tier Mobility’s (n=190) official Instagram accounts, as well as Bird’s (n=313) and Tier Mobility’s (n=67) official Twitter accounts, were collected from November 9, 2018, to October 7, 2019. Rules for coding content of posts were informed by previous research. Results Among posts to Bird’s Instagram account, 69.3% (199/287) had a person visible with an e-scooter, 9.1% (26/287) contained persons wearing protective gear, and there were no mentions of protective gear in captions corresponding to the post. Among posts to Tier Mobility’s Instagram account, 84.7% (161/190) contained a person visible with an e-scooter, 36.3% (69/190) contained persons wearing protective gear, and 4.2% (8/190) of captions corresponding to posts mentioned protective gear. Among posts to Bird’s Twitter account, 71.9% (225/313) had an image, of which 44.0% (99/225) contained a person visible with an e-scooter and 15.1% (34/225) contained persons wearing protective gear. Among posts to Tier Mobility’s Twitter account, 78% (52/67) had an image, of which 52% (27/52) contained a person with an e-scooter and 21% (11/52) contained persons wearing protective gear. Conclusions Findings show that modeling and promoting safety is rare on Bird’s and Tier Mobility’s official social media accounts, which may contribute to the normalization of unsafe riding practices. Social media platforms may offer a potential avenue for public health officials to intervene with rider safety campaigns for public education.
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25. Coverage and distribution of altmetric mentions in Spain: a cross-country comparison in 22 research fields.
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Torres-Salinas, Daniel, Robinson-García, Nicolás, and Arroyo-Machado, Wenceslao
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ALTMETRICS ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
Since their formal proposal in 2010, various studies have been carried out on altmetrics from different perspectives and at different levels. However, the problem of the country-specific differences found in such studies has not been addressed in depth and considering the wide range of social media sources. This paper presents a cross-country comparison of altmetric coverage between Spain and a selection of 16 countries (EU-15 and the United States) in 22 research fields. All Spanish publications indexed in Web of Science that were published between 2016 and 2020, as well as all mentions of their altmetrics collected on Altmetric.com, were retrieved. The results show that, of the 434,827 Spanish publications considered, 55% are found on Altmetric.com. General altmetric coverage in Spain is similar to that in the rest of Europe and the United States, but it is in areas such as Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences where the lowest levels of coverage are found, although in the case of the latter the publications receive a higher number of mentions. Spanish publications reach a total of 3,569,553 mentions from different social media platforms, but Twitter is the main source of these mentions, accounting for 89%. Differences between research fields are also found, such as Environment & Ecology receiving a higher number of policy mentions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Invasion of synanthropic silverfish continues: first established populations of Ctenolepisma calvum (Ritter, 1910) revealed in the Czech Republic.
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Kulma, Martin, Molero-Baltanás, Rafael, Petrtýl, Miloslav, and Patoka, Jiří
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SOCIAL media ,INTRODUCED species ,RISK assessment - Abstract
Synanthropic silverfish species have spread over Europe as invaders in recent years. This paper reports the first occurrence of synanthropic silverfish Ctenolepisma calvum in the Czech Republic. Established populations of the species were revealed at two localities in Prague. At both sites, C. calvum occurred inside the buildings with room temperatures of 23.3-28.3 °C and moderate humidity 32.6-55.8%. From this point of view, our observations indicate that the climate restrictions suggested for Lepisma saccharinum and Thermobia domestica may not be effective against C. calvum. Thus, its suitable management is challenging for the future. This study also summarizes the available data on C. calvum distribution from the literature, social platforms and invasive species databases, which pointed out that only little is known about C. calvum and the species seems to be either under-recorded or rapidly spreading throughout Europe. In light of this, further monitoring, as well as risk assessment of this silverfish species, is highly needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Utilization and perceived problems of online medical resources and search tools among different groups of European physicians
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Manfred Gschwandtner, Allan Hanbury, Matthias Samwald, Veronika Stefanov, and Marlene Kritz
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020205 medical informatics ,physicians ,Language barrier ,information quality ,Health Informatics ,Information needs ,02 engineering and technology ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,Health informatics ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nursing ,Information seeking behavior ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Health care ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Medicine ,Social media ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Practice Patterns, Physicians' ,information seeking behavior ,Internet ,Original Paper ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Information quality ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,3. Good health ,Europe ,Search Engine ,language barriers ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,The Internet ,Computer Literacy ,business ,Medical Informatics - Abstract
Background: There is a large body of research suggesting that medical professionals have unmet information needs during their daily routines. Objective: To investigate which online resources and tools different groups of European physicians use to gather medical information and to identify barriers that prevent the successful retrieval of medical information from the Internet. Methods: A detailed Web-based questionnaire was sent out to approximately 15,000 physicians across Europe and disseminated through partner websites. 500 European physicians of different levels of academic qualification and medical specialization were included in the analysis. Self-reported frequency of use of different types of online resources, perceived importance of search tools, and perceived search barriers were measured. Comparisons were made across different levels of qualification (qualified physicians vs physicians in training, medical specialists without professorships vs medical professors) and specialization (general practitioners vs specialists). Results: Most participants were Internet-savvy, came from Austria (43%, 190/440) and Switzerland (31%, 137/440), were above 50 years old (56%, 239/430), stated high levels of medical work experience, had regular patient contact and were employed in nonacademic health care settings (41%, 177/432). All groups reported frequent use of general search engines and cited “restricted accessibility to good quality information” as a dominant barrier to finding medical information on the Internet. Physicians in training reported the most frequent use of Wikipedia (56%, 31/55). Specialists were more likely than general practitioners to use medical research databases (68%, 185/274 vs 27%, 24/88; χ 2 2 =44.905, P
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28. Use of social media by Western European hospitals: longitudinal study
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Tom H van de Belt, Lisette Schoonhoven, Lucien J.L.P.G. Engelen, Melvin Samsom, and Sivera Berben
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Web 2.0 ,Longitudinal study ,health 2.0 ,Quality of nursing and allied health care [NCEBP 6] ,participatory health care ,Health Informatics ,patient-centered care ,lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,Health administration ,Social media ,Hospital Administration ,Nursing ,Health care ,eHealth ,Medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,Socioeconomics ,medicine 2.0 ,Original Paper ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Citizen journalism ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,patient empowerment ,Europe ,Human Reproduction [NCEBP 12] ,lcsh:R858-859.7 ,The Internet ,business ,Quality of hospital and integrated care [NCEBP 4] - Abstract
Contains fulltext : 110124.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: Patients increasingly use social media to communicate. Their stories could support quality improvements in participatory health care and could support patient-centered care. Active use of social media by health care institutions could also speed up communication and information provision to patients and their families, thus increasing quality even more. Hospitals seem to be becoming aware of the benefits social media could offer. Data from the United States show that hospitals increasingly use social media, but it is unknown whether and how Western European hospitals use social media. OBJECTIVE: To identify to what extent Western European hospitals use social media. METHODS: In this longitudinal study, we explored the use of social media by hospitals in 12 Western European countries through an Internet search. We collected data for each country during the following three time periods: April to August 2009, August to December 2010, and April to July 2011. RESULTS: We included 873 hospitals from 12 Western European countries, of which 732 were general hospitals and 141 were university hospitals. The number of included hospitals per country ranged from 6 in Luxembourg to 347 in Germany. We found hospitals using social media in all countries. The use of social media increased significantly over time, especially for YouTube (n = 19, 2% to n = 172, 19.7%), LinkedIn (n =179, 20.5% to n = 278, 31.8%), and Facebook (n = 85, 10% to n = 585, 67.0%). Differences in social media usage between the included countries were significant. CONCLUSIONS: Social media awareness in Western European hospitals is growing, as well as its use. Social media usage differs significantly between countries. Except for the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the group of hospitals that is using social media remains small. Usage of LinkedIn for recruitment shows the awareness of the potential of social media. Future research is needed to investigate how social media lead to improved health care.
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29. The Rise of Social Journalism: An Explorative Case Study of a Youth-oriented Instagram News Account.
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Hendrickx, Jonathan
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SOCIAL media ,INTERNET traffic ,JOURNALISM ,MIXED methods research ,BRAND communities ,CROWDSOURCING ,YOUTH culture - Abstract
Social media have become indispensable tools for (legacy) news companies and brands to increase online traffic for their own platforms. A recent trend is the production and dissemination of native news content specifically for and through platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. This paper uses a mixed methods research design to study the news production and content of @nws.nws.nws, a hugely popular Instagram channel targeting 13–17-year olds in Flanders (Belgium) which is maintained by the newsroom of VRT, the Flemish PSM. The explorative study highlights the differences in journalistic practice when producing news content for online platforms only and the changes it entails for traditional news values, dependency on social media platforms and media regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Reconstruction of the socio-semantic dynamics of political activist Twitter networks—Method and application to the 2017 French presidential election.
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Gaumont, Noé, Panahi, Maziyar, and Chavalarias, David
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PRESIDENTIAL elections ,ELECTIONS ,DATA analysis ,POLITICAL community - Abstract
Background: Digital spaces, and in particular social networking sites, are becoming increasingly present and influential in the functioning of our democracies. In this paper, we propose an integrated methodology for the data collection, the reconstruction, the analysis and the visualization of the development of a country’s political landscape from Twitter data. Method: The proposed method relies solely on the interactions between Twitter accounts and is independent of the characteristics of the shared contents such as the language of the tweets. We validate our methodology on a case study on the 2017 French presidential election (60 million Twitter exchanges between more than 2.4 million users) via two independent methods: the comparison between our automated political categorization and a human categorization based on the evaluation of a sample of 5000 profiles descriptions; the correspondence between the reconfigurations detected in the reconstructed political landscape and key political events reported in the media. This latter validation demonstrated the ability of our approach to accurately reflect the reconfigurations at play in the off-line political scene. Results: We built on this reconstruction to give insights into the opinion dynamics and the reconfigurations of political communities at play during a presidential election. First, we propose a quantitative description and analysis of the political engagement of members of political communities. Second, we analyze the impact of political communities on information diffusion and in particular on their role in the fake news phenomena. We measure a differential echo chamber effect on the different types of political news (fake news, debunks, standard news) caused by the community structure and emphasize the importance of addressing the meso-structures of political networks in understanding the fake news phenomena. Conclusions: Giving access to an intermediate level, between sociological surveys in the field and large statistical studies (such as those conducted by national or international organizations) we demonstrate that social networks data make it possible to qualify and quantify the activity of political communities in a multi-polar political environment; as well as their temporal evolution and reconfiguration, their structure, their alliance strategies and their semantic particularities during a presidential campaign through the analysis of their digital traces. We conclude this paper with a comment on the political and ethical implications of the use of social networks data in politics. We stress the importance of developing social macroscopes that will enable citizens to better understand how they collectively make society and propose as example the “Politoscope”, a macroscope that delivers some of our results in an interactive way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Creation of unstructured big data from customer service.
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Bhattacharjya, Jyotirmoyee, Ellison, Adrian Bachman, Pang, Vincent, and Gezdur, Arda
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CUSTOMER services ,BIG data ,MICROBLOGS ,SOCIAL media ,SUPPLY chain management - Abstract
Purpose Customer service provision is a growing phenomenon on social media and parcel shipping companies have been among the most prominent adopters. This has coincided with greater interest in the development of analysis techniques for unstructured big data from social media platforms, such as the micro-blogging platform, Twitter. Given the growing use of dedicated customer service accounts on Twitter, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the effectiveness with which parcel shipping companies use the platform.Design/methodology/approach This paper demonstrates the use of a combination of tools for retrieving, processing and analysing large volumes of customer service-related conversations generated between parcel shipping companies and their customers in Australia, UK and the USA. Extant studies using data from Twitter tend to focus on the contributions of individual entities and are unable to capture the insights provided by a holistic examination of the interactions.Findings This study identifies the key issues that trigger customer contact with parcel shipping companies on Twitter. It identifies similarities and differences in the approaches that these companies bring to customer engagement and identifies the opportunities for using the medium more effectively.Originality/value The development of consumer-centric supply chains and relevant theories require researchers and practitioners to have the ability to include insights from growing quantities of unstructured data gathered from consumer engagement. This study makes a methodological contribution by demonstrating the use of a set of tools to gather insight from a large volume of conversations on a social media platform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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32. Improved conceptualising of hybrid interference below the threshold of armed conflict.
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Bergaust, Julie Celine and Sellevåg, Stig Rune
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WAR ,ASSASSINATION ,CYBERTERRORISM ,SOCIAL influence ,MILITARY science ,SOCIAL media ,SABOTAGE ,CYBERBULLYING - Abstract
European policymakers have identified the need to understand influence operations on social media, cyber-attacks or hidden economic investments – activities that can be characterised as hybrid threats or hybrid warfare. Yet, the difference between hybrid threats and hybrid warfare is unclear. In 2019, Mikael Wigell therefore coined the term "hybrid interference" to clarify the distinction between "hybrid warfare" and "hybrid threats". However, less attention has been given to the activities hybrid interference may consist of. To address this gap we have used a morphological analysis, which is a structured tool for analysis that addresses all aspects of a concept. Through this method, we propose categories that make more sense of the complex phenomenon of hybrid interference. These five categories are international politics, coercive diplomacy, priming, covert coercion, and sabotage and assassinations. This article also identifies problems with referring to activities in the category of international politics as hybrid interference activities. The result is novel because we place all combinations of tools and methods within the concept of hybrid interferences in one of the five above-mentioned categories, and as such have provided a detailed operationalising of the concept in a transparent manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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33. The human geography of Twitter: Quantifying regional identity and inter-region communication in England and Wales.
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Arthur, Rudy and Williams, Hywel T. P.
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SOCIAL sciences education ,SOCIAL movements ,INTERNET friendship ,SOCIAL interaction ,SOCIAL networks ,FRIENDSHIP ,HUMAN geography - Abstract
Given the centrality of regions in social movements, politics and public administration, here we aim to quantitatively study regional identity, cross-region communication and sentiment. This paper presents a new methodology to study social interaction within and between social-geographic regions, and then applies the methodology to a case study of England and Wales. We use a social network, built from geo-located Twitter data, to identify contiguous geographical regions with a shared social identity and then investigate patterns of communication within and between them. In contrast to other approaches (e.g. using phone call data records or online friendship networks), use of Twitter data provides message contents as well as social connections. This allows us to investigate not only the volume of communication between locations, but also the sentiment and vocabulary used in the messages. For example, our case study shows: a significant dialect difference between England and Wales; that regions tend to be more positive about themselves than about others, with the South being more ‘self-regarding’ than the North; and that people talk politics much more between regions than within. This study demonstrates how social media can be used to quantify regional identity and inter-region communications and sentiment, exposing these previously hard-to-observe geographic concepts to analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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34. Soil health pilot study in England: Outcomes from an on-farm earthworm survey.
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Stroud, Jacqueline L.
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EARTHWORMS ,SOIL management ,FOOD production - Abstract
Earthworms are primary candidates for national soil health monitoring as they are ecosystem engineers that benefit both food production and ecosystem services associated with soil security. Supporting farmers to monitor soil health could help to achieve the policy aspiration of sustainable soils by 2030 in England; however, little is known about how to overcome participation barriers, appropriate methodologies (practical, cost-effective, usefulness) or training needs. This paper presents the results from a pilot #60minworms study which mobilised farmers to assess over >1300 ha farmland soils in spring 2018. The results interpretation framework is based on the presence of earthworms from each of the three ecological groups at each observation (20 x 20 cm x 20 cm pit) and spatially across a field (10 soil pits). Results showed that most fields have basic earthworm presence and abundance, but 42% fields may be over-worked as indicated by absence/rarity of epigeic and/or anecic earthworms. Tillage had a negative impact (p < 0.05) on earthworm populations and organic matter management did not mitigate tillage impacts. In terms of farmer participation, Twitter and Farmers Weekly magazine were highly effective channels for recruitment. Direct feedback from participants included excellent scores in trust, value and satisfaction of the protocol (e.g. 100% would do the test again) and 57% would use their worm survey results to change their soil management practices. A key training need in terms of earthworm identification skills was reported. The trade-off between data quality, participation rates and fieldwork costs suggests there is potential to streamline the protocol further to #30minworms (5 pits), incurring farmer fieldwork costs of approximately £1.48 ha
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- 2019
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35. Disaster depictions and geopolitical representations in Europe's migration 'Crisis'.
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Dempsey, Kara E. and McDowell, Sara
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EMIGRATION & immigration ,GEOPOLITICS ,PREJUDICES ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
Highlights • This paper evaluates geopolitical framing of migrants via European media sources. • Migrants were subject to 3 temporal representations linked to European geopolitics. • Escalation of depictions reveal prejudices that contradict alleged EU principles. Abstract This paper explores the geopolitical framing of migrants in Europe through an analysis of the discourse and imagery shared by both the mainstream and social media. Employing a critical discourse analysis of a corpus of material collated between January 2015 and December 2016, we suggest that migrants have been subject to three temporal representations that are linked to a European geopolitical vision of the world. While they were initially described as humans migrating into Europe, some parts of the media quickly equated the arrival of migrants with natural disasters, and then, finally, as geopolitical threats to security. This intensification of representations of migrants as the 'Other' and eventually as non-human threatening entities, reveals European geopolitical conceptualizations of belonging and sovereignty that are often at odds with the principles and values to which the European Union subscribes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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36. Understanding European tourists' use of e-tourism platforms. Analysis of networks.
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David-Negre, Tatiana, Almedida-Santana, Arminda, Hernández, Juan M., and Moreno-Gil, Sergio
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TOURISM ,SOCIAL network analysis - Abstract
This paper analyses the use of the main e-tourism platforms by European tourists. A computer-aided Web interview (CAWI) was used to conduct the research in 19 European countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom. The final sample consisted of 13,243 tourists. Through the methodology of Social Network Analysis (SNA), the study focuses on detecting key network players (social media, OTAs, etc.) in the e-tourism ecosystem. The network analysis reveals the structural characteristics of the network of networks in the European e-tourism ecosystem: number of platforms (473), centrality degree and betweenness, and the specific characteristics of the networks by country. The results show an e-tourism network of platforms following a pattern known as core-periphery. Four platforms show a predominant role: Facebook, TripAdvisor, Google, and Booking. These 'big four' ego-networks are graphically represented to better understand the e-tourism network. The results also show that different networks are formed by country according to the use of e-tourism platforms. This study helps understand in a novel way the behaviour of European tourists when using e-tourism platforms to choose their travel destination. The results obtained are useful for companies and Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), understanding how e-tourism platforms are connected in order to design their segmentation and promotion strategy through e-tourism platforms in the European market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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37. Social Media in European Governmental Communication.
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Anger, Isabel and Kittl, Christian
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Since 2005 the phenomenon called "Web 2.0" or "Social Media" has been growing rapidly, with services gaining more and more users every month. Social Media platforms provide room for users to express and present themselves, create and share content and communicate with each other. As using Social Media has become an everyday task for a part of the world's population, organizations both commercial and non-profit are beginning to take part in the online discussions. They leverage Social Media to reach their stakeholders directly. Many are very successful at that, learning from their stakeholders, building trust and securing their market position. While the success of economic organizations in Social Media communication increases, most European governments seem to ignore this new form of communication. Politicians campaigning for elections try to leverage the possibilities of Social Media which include word-of-mouth marketing, bi-directional communication, a higher level of trust among users, cost-efficient use of various platforms, and viral distribution of content. After the elections, however, many politicians' Social Media accounts stay silent. On the other hand, political protests and initiatives are commenced and spread very successfully with the help of Social Media tools. They form a strong counterpart to governmental content on Social Media. In order to aid governments in using Social Media as a new communication channel, this paper provides a conceptual process model for a communication strategy. The objectives of this strategy are building trust, encouraging dialogue, reaching the online-savvy segment of citizens, and encouraging citizen participation. After a basic definition of Social Media, the use of Social Media platforms and the implementation of Social Media functionalities by European governments will be analysed to give an overview on the current political Social Media communication state of the art in Europe. The analysis is based on a conceptional process model which will also be the basis for recommendations for the optimization of Social Media communication on a governmental level provided in the final section of this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
38. Regular STI testing amongst men who have sex with men and use social media is suboptimal - a cross-sectional study.
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Frankis, Jamie, Goodall, Lisa, Clutterbuck, Dan, Abubakari, Razak, Flowers, Paul, and Abubakari, Abdul-Razak
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SEXUALLY transmitted disease diagnosis ,MEN who have sex with men ,SOCIAL media ,SEXUAL intercourse ,PREVENTION of sexually transmitted diseases ,CROSS-sectional method ,HOMOSEXUALITY ,MEDICAL screening ,PATIENTS' attitudes - Abstract
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) disproportionately affect men who have sex with men, with marked increases in most STIs in recent years. These are likely underpinned by coterminous increases in behavioural risks which have coincided with the development of Internet and geospatial sociosexual networking. Current guidelines advocate regular, annual sexually transmitted infection testing amongst sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM), as opposed to symptom-driven testing. This paper explores sexually transmitted infection testing regularity amongst MSM who use social and sociosexual media. Data were collected from 2668 men in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, recruited via social and gay sociosexual media. Only one-third of participants report regular (yearly or more frequent) STI testing, despite relatively high levels of male sex partners, condomless anal intercourse and high-risk unprotected anal intercourse. The following variables were associated with regular STI testing; being more 'out' (adjusted odds ratio = 1.79; confidence interval = 1.20-2.68), HIV-positive (adjusted odds ratio = 14.11; confidence interval = 7.03-28.32); reporting ≥10 male sex partners (adjusted odds ratio = 2.15; confidence interval = 1.47-3.14) or regular HIV testing (adjusted odds ratio = 48.44; confidence interval = 28.27-83.01). Men reporting long-term sickness absence from work/carers (adjusted odds ratio = 0.03; confidence interval = 0.00-0.48) and men aged ≤25 years (adjusted odds ratio = 0.36; 95% confidence interval = 0.19-0.69) were less likely to test regularly for STIs. As such, we identify a complex interplay of social, health and behavioural factors that each contribute to men's STI testing behaviours. In concert, these data suggest that the syndemics placing men at elevated risk may also mitigate against access to testing and prevention services. Moreover, successful reduction of STI transmission amongst MSM will necessitate a comprehensive range of approaches which address these multiple interrelated factors that underpin MSM's STI testing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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39. New Findings on CDC and FDA from University of Leuven (KU Leuven) Summarized (Art In Circulation: Creating Content and Context for Digital Reproduction of Artworks).
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VIRTUAL museums ,ONLINE databases ,ELECTRONIC encyclopedias ,DIGITAL technology ,MUSEUM curators - Abstract
A report from the University of Leuven in Belgium explores the use of digital museum objects and their impact on knowledge creation, communication, and marketing strategies. The study examines how digital platforms are changing the way digital reproductions of artworks are used and reimagined, both inside and outside of museums. The research advocates for the concept of "circulation" as a key concept for revitalizing online collections of digital reproductions of artworks. The study provides case studies, including the Getty Challenge and the online circulation of Delacroix's La liberte guidant le peuple, to illustrate these dynamics. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
40. Multifaceted European Public Sphere: Socio‐Cultural Dynamics
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Demertzis, Nicolas, Tsekeris, Charalambos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Communication and Media Studies, and National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)
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Web 20 platforms ,Internet ,Media & democracy ,[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology ,Emotions ,Public Sphere ,Social web ,Globalisation ,Digital politics ,Web studies ,Social media ,Europe ,Internet studies ,Public discourse ,Political sociology - Abstract
International audience; This paper seeks to describe, critically highlight and interdisciplinarily discuss the current status and the nonlinear sociocultural dynamics of the increasingly mediated and multifaceted European public sphere, drawing on three overlapping areas of theoretical interest: internet and web studies, economic globalisation, and the political sociology of emotions. On the one hand, internet and web studies help us to better understand the disputed character of digital politics and, especially, the “radically ambivalent” reconstruction process of the contemporary European public sphere. On the other hand, the analytical need to elaborate on the structural factors of the antinomic fluidity of this sphere leads us to the complex link between globalised and globalising financial capitalism with what is called “homo dictyous”, as well as to the political sociology of emotions, emphasising on the informalisation of manners. The paper ends with a plea for political emotional reflexivity, which calls forth the urgent substantive need to revitalise late modern democracy with the practical cultivation of positive emotionality (containment, compassion, solidarity, empathy) and the nurturing of global liberal virtues, such as pluralism, tolerance, and moderation.
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- 2018
41. Identifying Informational Needs for Open Government: The Case of Egypt.
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Klischewski, Ralf
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The success of open government initiatives depends on understanding the informational needs of the concerned citizens and other stakeholders as prerequisite for open access to relevant data and information. However, it has not been studied yet how such informational needs can or should be identified to build a common ground between the people and their governments. This paper focuses on the case of Egypt where social media have played a major role in the recent political transformation and where the call for government transparency is high on the political agenda. After describing the current practice of disseminating government information, the result of focus groups and interviews are presented regarding future informational needs, appropriate methods for requirements analysis, and transformation into technical and organizational support. Findings show that citizens and government in Egypt agree on basic principles of information sharing and that both sides are largely comfortable with using social media for information and opinion sharing. However, findings also reveal a significant demand for guidance and support in understanding the data and information provided, underlining the need for a continuous reflection of the actual citizen context as to support the information sharing within any open government initiative. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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42. Institutional Trust and Media Use in Times of Cultural Backlash: A Cross-National Study in Nine European Countries.
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Verboord, Marc, Janssen, Susanne, Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard, and Marquart, Franziska
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The paper contributes to the study of institutional trust by making a connection to “cultural backlash” theory and analyzing more recent forms of news consumption. We examine how trust in politics, media, and science is shaped by “cultural backlash” and media use in nine European countries. We employ representative survey data collected in 2021 in Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as part of a large European research project. The results suggest that both exogenous (or “cultural”) and endogenous (or “institutional”) dimensions of cultural backlash matter for explaining institutional trust. Trust benefits from progressive–liberal values and less ideological extremism, but is hindered by discontentment with societal developments and political disengagement. Using public television is positively, and social media negatively associated with trust. While we find distinctions across institutions, there is huge consistency across countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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43. Allium paradoxum from Asia to Europe: Ornamental, Invasive, Edible, and Medicinal
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Drobnik, Jacek
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- 2023
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44. Research Conducted at Newcastle University Has Provided New Information about Human Resource Management (The Great Resignation In the Uk - Reality, Fake News or Something In Between?).
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RESIGNATION of employees ,GREAT Resignation, 2021- ,PERSONNEL management ,FAKE news ,SOCIAL media in business - Abstract
Keywords for this news article include: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Europe, Human Resource Management, Business, Social Media, Newcastle University. Keywords: Newcastle upon Tyne; United Kingdom; Europe; Human Resource Management; Business; Social Media EN Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom Europe Human Resource Management Business Social Media 1253 1253 1 03/27/23 20230402 NES 230402 2023 APR 2 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA -- Investigators publish new report on Business - Human Resource Management. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
45. Reports from University of Salerno Describe Recent Advances in CDC and FDA (A Novel Approach Based On Rough Set Theory for Analyzing Information Disorder).
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ROUGH sets ,INFORMATION theory - Published
- 2023
46. Researcher at University of Gothenburg Has Published New Study Findings on Psychology (The Intersection of Personality Traits and Social Media Usage: Large-Scale Representative Samples of Internet Users in Sweden).
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SOCIAL media ,INTERNET users ,FIVE-factor model of personality - Published
- 2023
47. Are the negative effects of social networking a privilege of the rich? Social network usage and life satisfaction across European countries
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Daragh O’Leary and Sara Alida Volkmer
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soziales Netzwerk ,Ordered probit ,ddc:070 ,ddc:150 ,Soziale Medien ,well-being ,Eurobarometer 86.2 [Social network use ,Social media use ,User well-being ,ZA6788] ,Benutzer ,Psychology ,user ,Eurobarometer ,user research ,General Medicine ,Lebenszufriedenheit ,BF1-990 ,Europe ,social network ,Life satisfaction ,Sozialpsychologie ,Europa ,Privilege (social inequality) ,Social capital ,Social Psychology ,Nutzung ,Endowment ,social media ,satisfaction with life ,utilization ,Benutzerforschung ,Wohlbefinden ,Interactive, electronic Media ,Social network use ,interaktive, elektronische Medien ,News media, journalism, publishing ,Estimation ,Internet ,Social network ,business.industry ,QA75.5-76.95 ,Psychologie ,Electronic computers. Computer science ,Eurobarometers ,Demographic economics ,Business ,Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen - Abstract
This paper examines the effect which social network use (SNU) has on individual life satisfaction across 27 different European countries using the 2016 Eurobarometer 86.2 survey from the European Commission (N = 15,039). An ordered probit estimation technique is used to estimate the relationship between SNU and individual life satisfaction. An interaction variable between SNU and country is created and is included in this paper’s estimation to show how SNU affects life satisfaction differently across countries. Findings indicate that there are considerable variations across countries regarding the effect which SNU has on life satisfaction. Overall results show that frequent SNU negatively impacts individual life satisfaction, while moderate SNU positively impacts life satisfaction. However, the negative effect associated with frequent SNU is strongest amongst individuals from countries with higher performing economies while individuals from countries with lower performing economies prove more resilient to the negative effects of SNU. This indicates that excessive SNU is most damaging for individuals from high performing economies. We propose that this effect is due to the poorer endowment of social capital in countries with lower performing economies relative to countries with higher performing economies. This lesser level of social capital means that the beneficial effect which SNU provides to social capital, and in turn life satisfaction, is greater in countries with lower performing economies than it is in countries with higher performing economies. This paper provides an important contribution to literature concerning SNU and life satisfaction by examining and reporting disparities between the effect of SNU on life satisfaction across different countries.
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- 2021
48. The European Far Right and Islamist Extremism on Twitter: From Radicalisation to Political Participation.
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PATON, Nathalie, NILSEN, Anne Birgitta, DECHESNE, Mark, SAKELLARIOU, Alexandros, HELM, Grant, SALORD, Tristan, and CABANAC, Guillaume
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RIGHT-wing extremism ,POLITICAL participation ,ACTIVISM ,ACADEMIC discourse - Abstract
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- 2022
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49. Motivations of collaborative obtainers and providers in Europe.
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Torrent-Sellens, Joan, Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia, and Ertz, Myriam
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STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,PATIENT participation ,SELF-employment ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,SOCIAL media ,INTERNET ,QUANTITATIVE research ,INTERVIEWING ,SURVEYS ,MARKETING ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,EMPLOYMENT ,BUSINESS ,HYPOTHESIS ,ACCESS to information ,TRUST - Abstract
The article analyses the motivations for participating in collaborative digital platforms in Europe. From the duality of roles approach, the motivations of European obtainers and providers are studied, with special emphasis on the role played by occupational status. For that purpose, a pan-European sample of 14,050 citizens from 28 countries is investigated and a quantitative data analysis is applied through a system of structural equations. Regarding overall motivations, the research has identified that economic and usefulness motivations predict the obtaining of goods and services through collaborative platforms. In the case of provision, utility motivations are complemented by other pro-social predictors, such as the possibility of non-monetary exchanges. In addition, the occupational status of the individuals significantly determines their key motivations. Self-employed individuals are essentially motivated by price and novelty in explaining when they consider becoming obtainers. In contrast, managers are more motivated by convenience. In addition, self-employed individuals will be more likely to provide resources on collaborative platforms for non-monetary exchange reasons. Managerial implications of these results are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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50. Social Media Analytics as an Enabler for External Search and Open Foresight—The Case of Tesla's Autopilot and Regulatory Scrutiny of Autonomous Driving.
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Laurell, Christofer and Sandstrom, Christian
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AUTONOMOUS vehicles ,USER-generated content ,SOCIAL media ,WEB 2.0 ,INFORMATION overload ,BLOGS - Abstract
External search for knowledge and foresight have become strategically important activities for firms in an increasingly uncertain and complex business environment. Novel methods to monitor development are therefore essential for both firms and scholars. This article illustrates how firms can apply one such novel method called Social Media Analytics, a multiplatform approach incorporating multiple external sources drawn from Web 2.0, that enable external search for knowledge but simultaneously avoid information overload. To illustrate the potential of the method, this article draws upon a dataset spanning 36 months from August 2016 to August 2019 and 100 283 publicly posted user-generated contents concerning Tesla to analyze their autopilot and the controversies surrounding autonomous driving. The results show that indications of the regulatory scrutiny Tesla's driverless technology faced in 2019 could be seen in the data across several platforms at an early point and that these signals became stronger over time, especially on blogs and Facebook which exhibited strong indications of future regulatory scrutiny in contrast to Twitter and Instagram. Our results underscore the potential of the Social Media Analytics for external search for knowledge and open foresight that enable firms to tune in to weak signals and scan the periphery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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