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Olson, Michele K., Jeannette Sutton, Sarah C. Vos, Robert Prestley, Scott L. Renshaw, and Carter T. Butts. "Build community before the storm: The National Weather Service's social media engagement." Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 27, no. 4 (May 27, 2019): 359–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12267.
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Osemeahon, Oseyenbhin Sunday, and Mary Agoyi. "Linking FOMO and Smartphone Use to Social Media Brand Communities." Sustainability 12, no. 6 (March 11, 2020): 2166. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062166.
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Social media brand communities provide firms with the necessary apparatus to develop and maintain relationships. This study explores the effect of fear of missing out (FOMO) and smartphone use on consumer engagement in social media brand communities, which the study hypothesizes to affect consumer loyalty. Data from 279 social media brand community (SMBC) participants were analyzed. Findings reveal that both fear of missing out and smartphone use influence consumer engagement, which in turn influences consumer loyalty in social media brand communities. Furthermore, smartphone use was found to mediate the impact of fear of missing out on consumer engagement.
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Wasono Adi and Handini Prabawati. "Pemanfaatan Media Sosial Instagram Koalisi Pemuda Hijau Indonesia (KOPHI) Sebagai Media Publikasi Kegiatan." Communicology: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi 7, no. 2 (December 27, 2019): 160–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/communicology.012.05.
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Koalisi Pemuda Hijau Indonesia (KOPHI), a community engaged in the environment, often discusses issues and phenomena that occur at that time. In carrying out their activities, Media and Communication (MedCom) team utilized instagram social media as a media publication activity, descriptive study: on the instagram account @_kophi. However, the low instagram engagement is an obstacle in gaining feedback from followers. The purpose of this study is to find out how to use instagram @_kophi social media throught several stages of share, manage, optimize, and manage. This research uses the main theory of social media namely The Circular Model of SoMe from Regina Luttrell. This study used a descriptive qualitative method and this study contained 3 key informats and 5 informants in this study. The results showed that at the share stage, the instagram social media chosen by KOPHI community was appropriate. In the optimize stage, the use of instagram @_kophi is quite optimal but KOPHI does not have a spacific strategy in developing its instagram account. At the manage stage, to carry out media monitoring KOPHI community uses Insight Instagram Analytics. At the engage stage, it is known that KOPHI Instagram followers do not always actively follow KOPHI Instagram developments and rarely respond to KOPHI Instagram posts. KOPHI community continues to optimize the use of the Instagram feature to support publication on their Instagram accounts.
Keywords: Koalisi Pemuda Hijau Indonesia (KOPHI), Instagram, The Circular Model of SoMe
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Carter, Brian, Lorraine Reitzel, Tzuan Chen, LeChauncy Woodard, and Ezemenari Obasi. "Engaging the Houston Community in Research: An Early Case Study of a Community Engagement Core in the University of Houston’s HEALTH Center for Addictions Research and Cancer Prevention." Health Behavior and Policy Review 9, no. 5 (September 1, 2022): 1017–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.14485/hbpr.9.5.2.
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Objective: The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities-funded U54 Research Center at the University of Houston addresses disparate racial/ethnic health outcomes related to cancer and substance abuse. Of its 4 cores, the Community Engagement Core involves the impacted community in affiliated research. Strategies include implementing community advisory boards, assisting with study design and execution, maintaining a social media presence, and publishing health-related videos for the community. We examine the early effectiveness of these strategies. Methods: Data collection included surveying investigators and community advisory board members and monitoring traffic to videos and social media posts. Results: On a Likert scale survey of investigators (4 = “agree” and 5 = “strongly agree”), the mean rating for a prompt expressing satisfaction with services received was 4.67 (SD = 0.52; N = 6). On a Likert scale survey of community advisory board members, the mean rating for a prompt expressing belief that feedback was taken seriously was 5.00 (SD = 0.00; N = 9). Conclusions: The Community Engagement Core is building trusting relationships between researchers and community members. We discuss lessons learned that may inform both our growth and others’ efforts to implement community-engaged research.
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Zulu, Joseph M., Trevor Mwamba, Alyssa Rosen, Tulani Francis L. Matenga, Joseph Mulanda, Mutale Kaimba, Masitano Chilembo, et al. "Community engagement for the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program: an analysis of key stakeholder roles to promote a sustainable program in Zambia." Gates Open Research 6 (April 22, 2022): 50. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13587.1.
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Background: Within the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme, community engagement has been central in facilitating the acceptance of VMMC, especially in non-circumcising communities. We used the case of the development of community engagement plans for sustainability of VMMC in Zambia to illustrate diversity of stakeholders, their power, roles, and strategies in community engagement. Methods: Data were collected using document review, in-depth interviews (n=35) and focus group discussions (n=35) with community stakeholders, health workers, health centre committees, counsellors, teachers, community volunteers and parents/caregivers. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. The analysis was guided by the power and interest model. Results: Differences were noted between the rural and urban sites in terms of power/influence and interest rating of community stakeholders who could be involved in the sustainability phase of the VMMC response in Zambia. For example, in the urban setting, neighbourhood health committees (NHCs), health workers, leaders of clubs, community health workers (CHWs), radio, television and social media platforms were ranked highest. From this list, social media and television platforms were not highly ranked in rural areas. Some stakeholders had more sources of power than others. Forms or sources of power included technical expertise, local authority, financial resources, collective action (action through schools, churches, media platforms, other community spaces), and relational power. Key roles and strategies included strengthening and broadening local coordination systems, enhancing community involvement, promoting community-led monitoring and evaluation, through the use of locally recognised communication spaces and channels, facilitating ownership of VMMC, and improving local accountability processes in VMMC activities. Conclusions: By consulting with the most relevant stakeholders, and considering community needs in programme development, the VMMC programme may be able to leverage the community structures and systems to reduce long term demand generation costs for VMMC and increase the acceptability and frequency of male circumcision.
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Chen, Mei-Hui, and Kune-Muh Tsai. "An Empirical Study of Brand Fan Page Engagement Behaviors." Sustainability 12, no. 1 (January 6, 2020): 434. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12010434.
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Nowadays, numerous companies present themselves on social networking sites (SNSs) by establishing brand communities to maintain continuous interaction with existing and potential customers to influence their brand choices, promote the products and services, and cultivate brand loyalty. However, the research into online brand communities is mainly centered on that utilizing the platforms of websites instead of using social media platforms. Thus, it calls for more studies to investigate consumer brand fan page engagement behavior to increase their fan base and further induce a fan’s purchase behavior. By adopting the perspectives of co-production and social identity theory, this study endeavors to investigate the impact of customer perceived value derived from engaging in brand fan pages on their identification with and stickiness to an online brand community in the SNS-based context. The target population of this study is consumers who have ever participated in an online brand community. Data was collected through a web-based survey. After deleting 36 incomplete responses, 524 usable responses remained for further analysis, with an effective sample rate of 93.57%. The results revealed that utilitarian value, hedonic value, and monetary value separately exerted a significantly positive effect on community identification. Utilitarian value and hedonic value also had significantly positive effects on community stickiness. Moreover, community identification was positively related to community stickiness. Community identification was found to have significantly positive influences on both word-of-mouth and repurchase intention. Furthermore, community stickiness exerted a significantly positive effect on word-of-mouth and repurchase intention. This study confirms the importance of perceived value on enhancing consumers’ identification with and their stickiness to online brand communities. Therefore, businesses should provide consumers with the value they desired to cultivate customer loyalty to their brand fan pages.
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Lou, Liguo, Yongbing Jiao, and Joon Koh. "Determinants of Fan Engagement in Social Media-Based Brand Communities: A Brand Relationship Quality Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 11 (May 28, 2021): 6117. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13116117.
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This study adopts a brand relationship quality (BRQ) perspective to reveal the reason firms’ investments in social media-based brand communities should increase their social relationship marketing performances. An empirical analysis with 234 Facebook users who joined brand communities was conducted to examine the proposed hypotheses, revealing that fan needs fulfillments—information, entertainment, social interaction, and monetary ones—had positive effects on BRQ. Further, BRQ was found to have positive effects on fans’ engagement behavioral intentions toward brands, including willingness to buy, member continuance intention, and electronic word of mouth intention. This study contributes to existing research that indicates a new mechanism of BRQ improvement via the social media-based brand community. Implications corresponding to the research findings as well as study limitations and future directions are also addressed.
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Malysheva, E. N. "Federal libraries in virtual space: Current state and prospects." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 9 (October 9, 2021): 73–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2021-9-73-90.
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Abstract: The findings of monitoring virtual space of federal libraries: their websites and social media, are interpreted. The author analyzes search optimization indicators, i. e. website quality factor, website adaptiveness for mobile systems, as well as behavior indicators, e.g. average visit time, number of viewed pages per visit, etc. The comparison of these findings with prior research evidences on increasing quality of information resources under investigation. The efficiencyоf the federal libraries’ activity in VKontakte (VK), one of the most popular mass media and digital platforms, was analyzed with Socstat.ru web-analytics. The federal libraries’ VK communities are characterized by: number of subscribers, total number of posts, number of posts for a time period, average post length, and the average number of posts per day. Federal library user activity factors areal so analyzed; number of responses, average number of responses, average community engagement, and average post engagement. The author insists on the necessity of monitoring of library presence in the digital environment through web-analytics for libraries efficient integration into the single cultural information space.
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Liang, Xiaoxu, Yanjun Lu, and John Martin. "A Review of the Role of Social Media for the Cultural Heritage Sustainability." Sustainability 13, no. 3 (January 20, 2021): 1055. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13031055.
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During the last 20 years, with the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), an emerging interest has appeared in Digital Community Engagement (DCE) in the process of cultural heritage management. Due to a growing need to involve a broader community in the Historic Urban Landscape approach, social media are considered one of the most important platforms to promote the public participation process of urban heritage conservation in the context of rapid urbanization. Despite the growing literature on DCE, which has delivered a general overview of different digital technologies and platforms to enhance heritage conservation, little research has been done on taking stock of the utilization of social media in this process. This study aims to fill the research gap by providing a more comprehensive picture of the functionalities of social media platforms and their impacts on sustainable urban development through a systematic literature review. As a result, 19 out of 248 DCE relevant articles are selected as objects to illustrate the contribution of social media. The study identified the characteristics of these applied social media tools, explores their roles and influences in cases. The article concludes that social media offers a platform for a wider range of stakeholders to have a voice in the decision process of cultural heritage management, and it should be widely applied to encourage citizens from all over the world.
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Gao, Xian, Choy-Leong Yee, and Wei-Chong Choo. "How Attachment and Community Identification Affect User Stickiness in Social Commerce: A Consumer Engagement Experience Perspective." Sustainability 14, no. 20 (October 21, 2022): 13633. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142013633.
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Social commerce (s-commerce) is a rapidly developing form of e-commerce powered by social media influencers (SMIs). It can create valuable opportunities for retailers. In light of this growing trend, this study explores the influence of consumers’ engagement experiences (social support and presence) on community identification and consumers’ attachment to SMIs, along with their impact on consumers’ stickiness in the s-commerce context. We explore this through social presence and social support theory. The survey data from 411 s-commerce users via an online questionnaire were analyzed empirically with the PLS-SEM approach. The results indicated that presence and social support have significantly positive impacts on consumers’ attachment to SMIs and community identification, respectively. This increases users’ stickiness in s-commerce. This study enriches our understanding of user stickiness in s-commerce and can assist online vendors in developing marketing strategies and cultivating sustained relationships with their users.
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Gori, Elena, Alberto Romolini, Silvia Fissi, and Marco Contri. "Toward the Dissemination of Sustainability Issues through Social Media in the Higher Education Sector: Evidence from an Italian Case." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (June 7, 2020): 4658. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114658.
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Nowadays, universities play a pivotal role in building a more sustainable society, promoting sustainable development by reducing the negative impacts of their activities. Accordingly, universities have been incorporating sustainability into the different dimension of their activities (i.e., campus operations, research, teaching, and community engagement). Against this backdrop, the active involvement of stakeholders is a critical element, and, in this regard, social media platforms are particularly well-suited tools thanks to their inherent dialogic features. While there are several studies on the implementation of sustainability within university activities, only a few previous researches explore whether and how such institutions use social media platforms (SM) to disclose their green initiatives and engage users. Based on this, our paper aims to fill the literature gap by exploring the case of the University of Florence. To achieve this aim, we performed a content analysis of the posts published by the university on Facebook. In contrast with prior studies which found scarce use of SM to share green activities in the higher education sector, our findings reveal that the University of Florence has been using SM to disclose their sustainability initiatives. Moreover, our results suggest that most posts are related to the community engagement dimension, while previous research pointed out prevalent attention to the environmental aspect. Finally, this research reveals a low interaction level between the university and its followers, which greatly hampers the dialogic potential of social platforms themselves.
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Dauphin, Cassy, Nikia Clark, Renee Cadzow, Frances Saad-Harfouche, Elisa Rodriguez, Kathryn Glaser, Marc Kiviniemi, Maria Keller, and Deborah Erwin. "#BlackBreastsMatter: Process Evaluation of Recruitment and Engagement of Pregnant African American Women for a Social Media Intervention Study to Increase Breastfeeding." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 8 (August 10, 2020): e16239. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16239.
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Background In the United States, there are lower rates of breastfeeding among African American mothers, particularly those who are younger women. Recent epidemiological studies have shown a strong association of more aggressive types of breast cancer (estrogen receptor negative) among African American women, with a higher risk in African American women who did not breastfeed their children. Objective This study aims to describe the process evaluation of recruitment and educational strategies to engage pregnant African American participants for a pilot study designed to determine whether social media messaging about breast cancer risk reduction through breastfeeding may positively influence breastfeeding rates. Methods This pilot study is conducted in collaboration with a local Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) organization and hospital and prenatal clinics of a local health care network. To engage African American women to enroll in the study, several methods and monitoring processes were explored, including WIC electronic text-based messages sent out to all phones of current WIC recipients (referred to as e-blasts); keyword responses to texts from flyers and posters in local community-based organizations, hospitals, and prenatal clinics; keyword responses using electronic links posted in established Facebook groups; and snowball recruitment of other pregnant women by current participants through Facebook. Once enrolled, participants were randomized to 2 study conditions: (1) an intervention group receiving messages about breast cancer risk reduction and breastfeeding or (2) a control group receiving breastfeeding-only messages. Data were obtained through electronic monitoring, SurveyMonkey, qualitative responses on Facebook, focus groups, and interviews. Results More than 3000 text messages were sent and received through WIC e-blasts and keyword responses from flyers. A total of 472 women were recruited through WIC e-blast, and 161 responded to flyers and contacts through the local health care network, community-based organizations, Facebook, and friend referrals. A total of 633 women were assessed for eligibility to participate in the study. A total of 288 pregnant African American women were enrolled, consented, and completed presurvey assessments (102.8% of the goal), and 22 participants attended focus groups or interviews reporting on their experiences with Facebook and the educational messages. Conclusions This process evaluation suggests that using electronic, smartphone apps with social media holds promise for both recruitment and conduct of health education intervention studies for pregnant African American women. Providing messaging and resources through social media to reinforce and educate women about breastfeeding and potentially provide lactation support is intriguing. Convenience (for researchers and participants) is an attribute of social media for this demographic of women and worthy of further research as an educational tool. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03680235; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03680235
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Irga, Peter J., Laura Dominici, and Fraser R. Torpy. "The mycological social network a way forward for conservation of fungal biodiversity." Environmental Conservation 47, no. 4 (October 19, 2020): 243–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892920000363.
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SummaryBecause knowledge of fungal diversity is very incomplete, it is possible that anthropogenic impacts are driving species to extinction before they have been discovered. Fungal inventories are still incomplete and do not reflect the complete diversity of this large taxon. Whilst molecular advancements are leading to an increased rate of species discovery, there is still much to be done to understand the diversity of fungi, identify rare species and establish conservation goals. Citizen science via social media could play an increasingly important role in mycological research, and its continued development should be supported and encouraged. The involvement of non-professionals in data collection helps increase public awareness, as well as extending the scope and efficiency of fungal surveys. Future academic mycological research could benefit from social media interaction and engagement with the amateur mycological community, which may accelerate the achievement of more effective conservation goals.
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Sukma, Narongsak, and Adisorn Leelasantitham. "Factors Affecting Adoption of Online Community Water User Participation." Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies 2022 (May 18, 2022): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1732944.
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Social networks are the most extensively utilized online virtual communities. It is a technology platform that is currently used to interact with other members of any virtual online community, including preserving social ties. This study is aimed at determining the elements that influence the participation of water users in the online community. It suggests combining the commitment-trust theory with the technology acceptance model (TAM) to include stakeholders, social networks, and transparency about content and user perceptions to better understand the elements that influence the online community and user participation. A questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale was issued to 1,000 community water consumers, and the researcher received 627 valid responses. Data were collected using a basic random sampling technique with a sampling ratio of 14 villages. Subsequently, descriptive statistics characterize the data (frequency distributions, percentages, averages, medians, and standard deviations). Furthermore, PLS-SEM was utilized to study the interactions between variables and launch the conceptual model via partial least square (PLS) path modeling. This study reveals that community water user engagement is founded on a commitment-trust paradigm that acts as an effective role model for community participation behavior. The results and consequences are discussed at length in the discussion section, which offers valuable recommendations. This article discusses overcoming ethical divisions in community water management through increased communication between customers and community water management teams using social media networks. Additionally, several elements contribute to the monitoring and supervision advancement, boosting the openness of community water management.
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Zagidullina, Marina V., and Aleksander K. Kiklewicz. "Some aspects of the Russian language democratization in modern media." Russian Language Studies 19, no. 4 (December 29, 2021): 401–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2618-8163-2021-19-4-401-418.
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The article is of an overview and theoretical nature, and its subject is the active processes in the language of modern Russian mass media, caused by the democratization of society, especially in connection with the restructuring of the state and political system that took place in the countries of Eastern Europe in the 1990s. Based on scientific publications, as well as on empirical material (modern journalistic text), the authors systematize socio-cultural processes (within the framework of the general trend towards democratization) that have influenced and continue to influence the language of the media: the social construction of reality and the engagement of the media, the polarization of social groups and formations, the displacement of the transmission model of media functioning by the interaction model, the phenomenon of echo chambers. In connection with the influence of the socio-political factor, the authors note the most important dynamic processes in the language of the media, such as depatetization of the language clichs of the era of totalitarianism, neosemantization, the growth of vocabulary related to the sphere of consumerism, the activation of means serving the sphere of dialogical relations, overcoming an overly complex nature the language system, etc. It has been shown that the transition to a model of interaction between the media (with political, religious, public organizations, corporations - on the one hand, and the consumer community - on the other hand) caused the social engagement of media discourses, which in its the queue has caused the growth of labeling, evaluative and expressive text elements. Another important trend is associated with the phenomenon of echo chambers - its reflexes in the language of the media are the specialization of vocabulary and a decrease in the degree of grammaticalization of messages. The aspects of democratization of the language of the media presented in the article in the future can serve as parameters in accordance with which media monitoring can be carried out, including elements of a linguo-critical nature.
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Mann, Manveer, Sang-Eun Byun, and Whitney Ginder. "B Corps’ Social Media Communications during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Through the Lens of the Triple Bottom Line." Sustainability 13, no. 17 (August 27, 2021): 9634. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13179634.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and rising demand for transparency has heightened the importance of sustainability communications on social media to generate deeper stakeholder engagement. Although B Corporations (B Corps), businesses committed to the triple bottom line (TBL), could serve as a catalyst for sustainable development, little is known about how they communicate on social media during a crisis. Therefore, we examined social media communications of B Corps to (1) identify salient topics and themes, (2) analyze how these themes align with the TBL, and (3) evaluate social media performance against industry benchmarks. We focused on the apparel, footwear, and accessories (AFA) sectors in the U.S. and chose Twitter, a platform known for crisis communication. Using a qualitative method, we found four topics and 21 underlying themes. Topics related to social/environmental issues and COVID-19 were most dominant, followed by product/brand promotions. Further classification of specific themes and cases from a TBL perspective demonstrated that, overall, B Corps in the AFA sectors leveraged various approaches to promote balance between each TBL dimension. Lastly, although collectively B Corps exceeded some of the Twitter industry benchmarks, at an individual level, most brands had room for improvement to build a stronger community and promote synergy among the three pillars of the TBL.
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HOWE, CAROLINE, RUSLAN MEDZHIDOV, and E. J. MILNER-GULLAND. "Evaluating the relative effectiveness of alternative conservation interventions in influencing stated behavioural intentions: the saiga antelope in Kalmykia (Russia)." Environmental Conservation 38, no. 1 (January 14, 2011): 37–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892910000858.
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SUMMARYEvaluating the relative effectiveness of different conservation interventions is difficult and rarely undertaken. Conservation of the critically endangered saiga antelope in the Republic of Kalmykia (Russia) provides a unique experimental set-up that was used to disentangle this issue. This study uses the amount pledged for conservation, adapted from contingent valuation methods, as a measure of behavioural intention to contribute to saiga conservation, to evaluate conservation effectiveness. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 250 individuals in eight villages exposed to traditional ‘fences-and-fines’ conservation, livelihoods enhancement (social engagement) or low-level media coverage. The intervention employed had a direct effect on amount pledged for saiga conservation. Social engagement programmes decreased protest-bidding behaviour but resulted in low amounts pledged for saiga conservation. Those exposed to media coverage pledged the greatest amounts on average, whilst those exposed to traditional conservation had both a high level of protest bidding and low pledges from those who pledged something. The primary reason given for protest bids was that the government or international community should pay for conservation. This may be a relic from the Soviet era, and may explain low pledges for conservation under social engagement. Ecological knowledge strongly affected amount pledged. The results were influenced by cultural and demographic factors, including residence time, exposure to saigas, age, wealth and knowledge regarding conservation. This study is unusual in disentangling the effect of a conservation intervention from other factors, and proposes using amount pledged for conservation as a practical tool for evaluating the effectiveness of projects aimed at increasing awareness and promoting positive behavioural intentions towards conservation. It provides support for media awareness-raising as a successful conservation intervention.
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Chenery, Emily S., Maud Henaff, Kristenn Magnusson, N. Jane Harms, Nicholas E. Mandrak, and Péter K. Molnár. "Improving Widescale Monitoring of Ectoparasite Presence in Northern Canadian Wildlife with the Aid of Citizen Science." Insects 13, no. 4 (April 12, 2022): 380. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13040380.
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Sampling hides from harvested animals is commonly used for passive monitoring of ectoparasites on wildlife hosts, but often relies heavily on community engagement to obtain spatially and temporally consistent samples. Surveillance of winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) on moose (Alces alces) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) hosts in Yukon, Canada, has relied in part on voluntary submission of hides by hunters since 2011, but few samples were submitted. To enhance sampling efforts on underrepresented moose and caribou hosts, we implemented a three-year citizen science program, the Yukon Winter Tick Monitoring Project (YWTMP), to better engage with hunters in hide sample collection. A combination of in-person and social media outreach, incentivized engagement, and standardized hide sampling kits increased voluntary submissions of moose and caribou hides almost 100-fold since surveillance began. Citizen science samples expanded the northernmost geographic extent of existing sampling efforts for moose by 480 km and for caribou by 650 km to reach 67.5° N latitude. Samples also resulted in new detections of winter ticks on moose hides that are spatially separate to those submitted for other cervids in Yukon. Findings from the YWTMP have provided an essential baseline to monitor future winter tick host–parasite dynamics in the region and highlighted priority areas for ongoing tick surveillance.
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Grover, Ted, and Gloria Mark. "Detecting Potential Warning Behaviors of Ideological Radicalization in an Alt-Right Subreddit." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 13 (July 6, 2019): 193–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v13i01.3221.
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Over the past few years, new ideological movements like the Alt-Right have captured the attention and concern of both mainstream media, policy makers, and scholars alike. Today, the methods by which right-wing extremists are radicalized are increasingly taking place within social media platforms and online communities. However, no research has yet investigated methods for proactively detecting online communities that may be displaying overall warning signs of mass ongoing ideological and political radicalization. In our work, we use a variety of text analysis methods to investigate the behavioral patterns of a radical right-wing community on Reddit (r/altright) over a 6-month period until right before it was banned for violation of Reddit terms of service. We find that this community showed aggregated behavioral patterns that aligned with past literature on warning behaviors of individual extremists in online environments, and that these behavioral patterns were not seen in a comparison group of eight other online political communities, similar in size and user engagement. Our research helps build upon the established literature on the detection of extremism in online environments, and has implications for proactive monitoring of online communities.
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Baba-Nalikant, Mayawi, Sharifah Mashita Syed-Mohamad, Mohd Heikal Husin, Nor Athiyah Abdullah, Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh, and Asyirah Abdul Rahim. "A Zero-Waste Campus Framework: Perceptions and Practices of University Campus Community in Malaysia." Recycling 8, no. 1 (February 6, 2023): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/recycling8010021.
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This paper will explore the university campus community’s perspective towards the realization of a zero-waste campus. A qualitative approach is employed to identify the factors influencing the campus community’s awareness and participation in solid waste management (SWM). Perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, opinions, and ideas of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) campus community members are explored in focus group discussions (FGD) to determine the main factors influencing their zero-waste pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). The in-depth interview (IDI) is used to learn more about the university campus community’s perspectives on the themes defined by the FGD. The instruments were developed based on the adaption and adoption of previous studies, especially in reference to Kollmuss and Agyeman’s 2002 Model of Pro-Environmental Behaviour and a modified Knowledge-Attitude-Practices model. The findings show that environmental goals, environmental education, personal waste-related experience, environmental policy, environmental self-awareness, reinforcement contingencies, community engagement, social responsibilities, exemplary leadership, and social media influence the campus community’s zero-waste PEB. A framework based on an adaptation of Kollmuss and Agyeman’s model of pro-environmental behaviour is proposed to promote sustainable pro-environmental behaviour towards a Zero-Waste Campus.
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Kuah, Adrian T. H., Yi Xia, and Pengji Wang. "How Do Corporate Social Responsibility Engagements Drive Consumer–Company Identification in Singapore?" Sustainability 14, no. 10 (May 17, 2022): 6080. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14106080.
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Companies expend significant financial resources on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to enhance their image. This study had two objectives. By drawing on three fundamental consumer values as moderators, the first aim was to discover how a company’s CSR engagement influences consumer–company identification (CCI) and consumers’ purchase intention for its products and services. The second was to uncover the type of consumer likely to identify with a company engaging in CSR activities. This study presents an exploratory analysis of social media postings by eight companies. An empirical study is conducted using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) based on survey data from 217 questionnaires collected in Singapore. This study is one of the first to consider what type of consumer would likely identify with a company performing CSR activities. Results show that local-community-focused CSR tends to influence the CCI of egoistic consumers, while environment-focused CSR activities, such as the creation of environmentally-friendly products, drive biospheric consumers’ identification. Broader humanity-focused CSR, such as fair-trade initiatives, significantly influences the CCI of egoistic consumers, but not of altruistic consumers. These findings demonstrate to other economies the significance of local and global companies’ CSR practices and how such activities should be aligned to the CCI of their customer base unique to the region.
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Hasna, Sofia. "Cyber Public Relations Sadewa Market dan Interaktivitas Penggiat UMKM di Jawa Tengah." Tuturlogi 1, no. 3 (September 1, 2020): 205–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.tuturlogi.2020.001.03.4.
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Sadewa Market UMKM website is one of the alternative public services in Central Java with empowerment programs on UMKM. Sadewa Market functioned as a means for cyber public relations in the digital age. This article seeks the activities of Cyber Public Relations on the Sadewa Market Website and the extent to which interactivity is built between the government and the community. Through case studies, this research was conducted with interviews and observations to the central Java provincial government and UMKM actors throughout 2017-2018. This study revealed that the Cyber PR Activity of Sadewa Market UMKM Website is intended to increase interactivity between the Central Java Provincial Government and UMKM activists. Cyber PR activities are driven by the Dinas Koperasi & UMKM of Central Java Provincial Government through attracting visitors, engagement & dialogue, defensive/crisis, and building campaigns. The digital assistance page on the Website of Sadewa Market encourages interactivity, integration, and information publication. Public engagement is part of Cyber PR activities by emphasizing feedback and asymmetric communication. There are several notes on Cyber PR Website activities, namely regular media monitoring programs, social listening, and content design activities for the formation of public opinion. These notes need to be considered so that Cyber PR activities can be consistent and sustainable.
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Hussein, Fatmaelzahraa, John Stephens, and Reena Tiwari. "Memory for Social Sustainability: Recalling Cultural Memories in Zanqit Alsitat Historical Street Market, Alexandria, Egypt." Sustainability 12, no. 19 (October 2, 2020): 8141. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12198141.
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Historic urban landscapes (HULs) are composed of layers of imbedded tangible and intangible features such as cultural memories. As the collective memories of city inhabitants, cultural memories can affect elements of social sustainability such as health, well-being, community identity, place perception and social engagement. Utilising the popular Zanqit Alsitat (also known as ‘Zanket el-Setat’ or ‘Zane’t El-Settat’), the only remaining historical street market in Alexandria, Northern Egypt, this research proposes a theoretical model for recalling and continuity of cultural memory features in HULs, which can be used to achieve social sustainability. The research explored the site by applying a qualitative methodological approach through semi-structured in-person interviews in the study site, along with analysis of comments obtained from a research-purposed social media (Facebook) group. A qualitative data management software (NVivo12 programme) was utilised for interpretation and charting the features of stored cultural memories relating to this place. The study indicates that educing and maintaining the features of cultural memory in HULs contributes to social sustainability through its influence on the formation of place identity, sense of place, civic pride and quality of life. This framework for social sustainability in HULs can be applied by engaging social groups through participatory planning.
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Atallah, Ehab L., Vamsi Kota, Islam Sadek, Andrea Damon, Ji-May Jen, Berna Cakmak, Joshua Landy, Sharon Vorona, and Jerald P. Radich. "Social Media Network Utility in Disease Education: Experience from a CML-Disease Awareness Medical Education Program." Blood 134, Supplement_1 (November 13, 2019): 5842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2019-124809.
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Background: Digital platforms designed for medical specialists have potential to enhance the delivery of continued education for healthcare professionals (HCPs). Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a relatively rare disease: some HCPs may treat only a handful of patients per year, but nonetheless need to be up-to-date with the latest advances in therapy and treatment recommendations. Achievement of sustained deep molecular response with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is associated with improved long-term clinical outcomes, and potentially provides patients with the option of treatment discontinuation/treatment-free remission (TFR). Monitoring of molecular response - and adjusting treatment or initiating TFR - is an increasingly important part of CML management. The aim of this digital medical education program was to educate an online community of HCPs on CML using an interactive, case-based, on-demand approach to medical education. Here we report the uptake and impact of this program. Methods: The program comprised three components. Two hypothetical case studies were developed based on typical challenges in CML management (Case study 1, molecular monitoring; Case study 2, TFR). These were shared with a digital community of HCPs who were invited by email to engage with these cases. This network included medical oncologists, hematologists, pathologists, internists, cardiologists, medical residents, nurse practitioners and advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and medical students. Each case study included 3 multiple choice questions designed to assess the educational impact of the content. When an incorrect answer was selected, a detailed explanation of the correct answer was provided, ensuring that the educational gap was addressed. The third component of the CML digital education program was an expert question and answer (Q&A) session with a CML specialist. In place of a live Q&A, members of the network were invited to post questions for the specialist at any time prior to or during a scheduled Q&A. These were addressed during a 1-hour virtual event that could be followed for a real-time discussion on CML-related topics such as mutation testing, risk scores, molecular monitoring, the International Scale (IS), and sensitivity of BCR-ABL1 testing for monitoring. Results: Case study engagement was high: 3202 recipients interacted with the cases and 2144 HCPs responded to the 6 questions relating to those 2 case studies. Overall, 41% of respondents did not know that patients with CML should be monitored every 3 months. Only 30% of respondents knew that when starting therapy, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing should use a threshold of at least MR4.5 (BCR-ABL1IS ≤0.0032%). Over two thirds of respondents did not know that MR3.0 (BCR-ABL1IS ≤0.01%) was the BCR-ABL1 level at which TKI therapy should be restarted in patients in TFR, and only 16% of respondents knew that BCR-ABL1 level should be assessed monthly in this population. Over half of respondents were not familiar with the eligibility criteria (MR4.5 for ≥2 years with sensitivity of PCR test at least MR4.5) that indicate a patient can discontinue TKI therapy. A total of 2844 HCPs engaged in the expert virtual Q&A forum 5989 times. Participants included medical students (46%), nursing professionals (22%), physician assistants (14%), medical residents (11%), other target physicians (6%) and hematologists/oncologists (1%). HCPs posed 17 questions/comments to the expert, including 8 questions from hematologists/medical oncologists. The expert posted 22 responses, thereby increasing the educational material shared with the participants. Conclusions: During this medical education program, over 2100 HCPs accessed and interacted with the on-demand CML education. The proportion of correct responses to the questions about each case study indicates a gap in HCP knowledge around molecular monitoring and TFR. This digital medical education pilot supported a need for further education in these topics and provided a new approach via medical network learning, using interactive case studies and expert discussion. It illustrates the potential utility of such resources in the continuing education of HCPs on a larger scale. Further study may improve audience targeting and educational yield. Disclosures Atallah: Helsinn: Consultancy; Helsinn: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Jazz: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy, Research Funding; Jazz: Consultancy. Kota:Novartis: Honoraria; Amgen: Honoraria; Pfizer: Honoraria; Xcenda: Honoraria; Takeda: Honoraria. Sadek:Novartis: Employment. Damon:Novartis: Employment, Other: Stock. Jen:Novartis: Employment. Landy:Figure 1: Employment, Other: Shareholder and co-founder; Novartis: Research Funding. Vorona:Incyte Corporation: Research Funding; Tolero Pharmaceuticals: Research Funding; Takeda Oncology: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding. Radich:TwinStrand Biosciences: Research Funding; Novartis: Other: RNA Sequencing.
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Pant, Ichhya, Lipika Patro, Erica Sedlander, Shikha Chandrana, and Rajiv Rimal. "Monitor to innovate with feedback loops: process evaluation protocol for an anemia prevention intervention." Gates Open Research 6 (September 27, 2022): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13417.2.
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Background: Digital process monitoring and evaluation tools designed to capture near-to-real-time intervention data paired with feedback loops have the potential to innovate intervention delivery. Objective: To describe how a multilevel social norms field trial (RANI) is using feedback loops to enhance intervention delivery. Methods: We use a mixed-methods process evaluation design to monitor the Reduction of Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project; a three-year randomized control trial which aims to lower rates of anemia among women in Odisha, India. Surveys and structured observation monitor fidelity to implementation and acceptability of implementation activities among study participants. Quantitative data evaluates implementation dose, coverage, exposure, and reach of intervention activities, and qualitative data will delve more deeply into reasons for high or low functioning. Iron folic acid supplement supply and demand are also monitored for stock-outs. Data collected from 130 intervention villages is processed, visualized, and triangulated in near to real-time via Real-time Monitoring for Knowledge Generation (RPM4K), a locally developed software application. Data visualization products facilitate the examination of monitoring data to mitigate bottlenecks and identify and implement tweaks to our intervention delivery strategy on an ongoing basis. Discussion: Feedback loops facilitate timely course corrections. Feedback loops can also engender a shared understanding of ground realities for a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse team. Leveraging feedback loops, we identify opportunities to provide on-going supportive supervision for our community facilitators promoting joint problem-solving, and communication. Monthly media and hemoglobin level demonstration strategies are informed by participant engagement and acceptability. Stock-outs of iron folic acid tablets activate contingency plans to mobilize local stakeholders and advocate for timely resolutions. Unintended effects are monitored based on ongoing feedback from community facilitators. Conclusions: Documenting our processes can inform the future implementation or scale up of similar projects embracing feedback loops to iterate and innovate their intervention delivery.
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Sneijder, Petra, Baukje Stinesen, Maartje Harmelink, and Annette Klarenbeek. "Monitoring mobilization: a discursive psychological analysis of online mobilizing practices." Journal of Communication Management 22, no. 1 (February 5, 2018): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcom-12-2016-0094.
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Purpose The purpose of the paper is to describe the ways in which people use language to achieve mobilization. Recognizing and anticipating the discursive practices that are used online, for instance for mobilization, increasingly is a primary concern for professionals in crisis communication or issue management. Design/methodology/approach A discursive psychological perspective is drawn upon to conduct a qualitative analysis of the interactional and rhetorical features of mobilization on two Facebook event pages, and to discover patterns of talk. Findings Three dominant discursive patterns were identified: disputing the integrity of authorities, constructing a positive atmosphere and a feeling of “togetherness” and constructing decisive identities. These activities play an important role in mobilization and are accomplished by the use of language. Furthermore, it demonstrates that mobilization involves the concern of not overtly presenting oneself as a victim or activist. Research limitations/implications Insights into the discursive strategies people use to achieve mobilization are important for recognizing these discursive phenomena during media monitoring. The analysis presented in this paper does not allow the authors to draw general conclusions nor the success of the strategies in terms of the actual events. Practical implications The study offers important insights for communication professionals (for instance, in the domain of crisis communication), enabling them to recognize mobilizing practices in other contexts and designing an adequate response. Social implications The study exposes those issues that are important for mobilizing a community and creating public engagement. Originality/value In addition to other studies on the role of language in mobilization, the current study adds a perspective that takes into account both the rhetorical and the interactional features of mobilization. Furthermore, the findings are implemented in a training for professionals in the domain of crisis communication.
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Wani, Mudasir Ahmad, Nancy Agarwal, and Patrick Bours. "Impact of Unreliable Content on Social Media Users during COVID-19 and Stance Detection System." Electronics 10, no. 1 (December 23, 2020): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics10010005.
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The abundant dissemination of misinformation regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents another unprecedented issue to the world, along with the health crisis. Online social network (OSN) platforms intensify this problem by allowing their users to easily distort and fabricate the information and disseminate it farther and rapidly. In this paper, we study the impact of misinformation associated with a religious inflection on the psychology and behavior of the OSN users. The article presents a detailed study to understand the reaction of social media users when exposed to unverified content related to the Islamic community during the COVID-19 lockdown period in India. The analysis was carried out on Twitter users where the data were collected using three scraping packages, Tweepy, Selenium, and Beautiful Soup, to cover more users affected by this misinformation. A labeled dataset is prepared where each tweet is assigned one of the four reaction polarities, namely, E (endorse), D (deny), Q (question), and N (neutral). Analysis of collected data was carried out in five phases where we investigate the engagement of E, D, Q, and N users, tone of the tweets, and the consequence upon repeated exposure of such information. The evidence demonstrates that the circulation of such content during the pandemic and lockdown phase had made people more vulnerable in perceiving the unreliable tweets as fact. It was also observed that people absorbed the negativity of the online content, which induced a feeling of hatred, anger, distress, and fear among them. People with similar mindset form online groups and express their negative attitude to other groups based on their opinions, indicating the strong signals of social unrest and public tensions in society. The paper also presents a deep learning-based stance detection model as one of the automated mechanisms for tracking the news on Twitter as being potentially false. Stance classifier aims to predict the attitude of a tweet towards a news headline and thereby assists in determining the veracity of news by monitoring the distribution of different reactions of the users towards it. The proposed model, employing deep learning (convolutional neural network(CNN)) and sentence embedding (bidirectional encoder representations from transformers(BERT)) techniques, outperforms the existing systems. The performance is evaluated on the benchmark SemEval stance dataset. Furthermore, a newly annotated dataset is prepared and released with this study to help the research of this domain.
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Pant, Ichhya, Lipika Patro, Erica Sedlander, Shikha Chandrana, and Rajiv Rimal. "Monitor to innovate with feedback loops: process evaluation protocol for an anemia prevention intervention." Gates Open Research 6 (March 16, 2022): 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.13417.1.
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Background: With the proliferation of the digital age, information and communication technologies paired with feedback loops have the potential to innovate process evaluations. Objective: To describe how a multilevel social norms field trial (RANI) is using feedback loops to enhance intervention delivery. Methods: We use a mixed-methods process evaluation design to monitor the Reduction of Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project; a three-year randomized control trial which aims to lower rates of anemia among women in Odisha, India. Surveys and structured observation monitor fidelity to implementation and receptivity to implementation activities among study participants. Quantitative data evaluates implementation dose, coverage, exposure, and reach of intervention activities, and qualitative data will delve more deeply into reasons for high or low functioning. Iron folic acid supplement supply and demand are also monitored for stock-outs. Data collected from 130 intervention villages is processed, visualized, and triangulated in near to real-time via Real-time Monitoring for Knowledge Generation (RPM4K), a locally developed software application. Data visualization products facilitate the examination of monitoring data to mitigate bottlenecks and identify and implement tweaks to our intervention delivery strategy on an ongoing basis. Discussion: Feedback loops facilitate timely course corrections. Feedback loops can also engender a shared understanding of ground realities for a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse team. Leveraging feedback loops, we identify opportunities to provide on-going supportive supervision for our community facilitators promoting joint problem-solving, and communication. Monthly media and hemoglobin level demonstration strategies are informed by participant engagement and receptivity. Stock-outs of iron folic acid tablets activate contingency plans to mobilize local stakeholders and advocate for timely resolutions. Unintended effects are monitored based on ongoing feedback from community facilitators. Conclusions: Documenting our processes can inform the future implementation or scale up of similar projects embracing feedback loops to iterate and innovate their intervention delivery.
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Farooq, Muhammad Bilal, Rashid Zaman, and Muhammad Nadeem. "AccountAbility’s AA1000AP standard: a framework for integrating sustainability into organisations." Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 12, no. 5 (March 19, 2021): 1108–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-05-2020-0166.
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Purpose This study aims to evaluate corporate sustainability integration by evaluating corporate practices against the sustainability principles of inclusivity, materiality, responsiveness and impact outlined in AccountAbility’s AA1000 Accountability Principles (AA1000AP) standard. Design/methodology/approach Data comprise 12 semi-structured interviews with senior managers of listed New Zealand companies. Findings are evaluated against AccountAbility’s principles of inclusivity, materiality, responsiveness and impact, which are based on a normative view of stakeholder theory. Findings In terms of inclusivity, stakeholder engagement is primarily monologic and is directed more towards traditional stakeholder groups. However, social media, which is gaining popularity, has the potential to facilitate greater dialogic stakeholder engagement. While most companies undertake a materiality assessment (with varying degrees of rigour) to support sustainability reporting, only some use it to drive planning and decision-making. Companies demonstrate responsiveness to stakeholder concerns through corporate governance and sustainability initiatives. Companies are monitoring and measuring their impact on stakeholders using sustainability key performance indicators (KPIs). However, measuring traditional metrics is easier than measuring areas such as the community. In rare instances, the executive’s remuneration is linked to these sustainability KPIs. Practical implications The study findings offer useful examples of the integration of sustainability into corporate processes and systems. Practitioners may find the insights useful in understanding how sustainability is currently being integrated into corporate practices by best practice New Zealand companies. Regulators may consider incorporating AA1000AP into their corporate governance guidelines. Finally, academics may find the study useful for teaching business and accounting courses and to guide the next generation of business managers. Originality/value First, the study brings together four streams of research on how sustainability reports are prepared (inclusivity, materiality, responsiveness and impact) in a single study. Second, the findings offer novel insights by evaluating corporate sustainability against the requirements of a standard that has received little academic attention.
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Liu, Helen K., Chung-Chi Lin, Li-Hsin Huang, Sin-An Huang, and Rong-Nan Huang. "Eradication and Control Strategies for Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Taiwan." Sustainability 12, no. 10 (May 12, 2020): 3951. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12103951.
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Invasive alien species are one of the major threats to biological diversity, public safety, agriculture, and economics. In recent years, a new wave of the red imported fire ant (RIFA) has been detected in new regions, including Kobe (Japan), Daegu (South Korea), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), and other locations in southeast Asia. Due to the increasing number of invasions, practitioners and scientists are seeking effective strategies to respond to RIFA invasions in Pacific regions, especially in countries that have had no presence of RIFA. This study aims to identify the strategies adopted to eradicate RIFA in Taiwan and to elucidate some of the assumptions about RIFA prevention and treatment in infested areas with diverse land patterns. Through a literature review and examination of eradication cases in Taiwan, five essential eradication lessons are discussed: (1) Immediate action through partnership with universities and the private sector; (2) engagement with the public and community with an interest in RIFA control through technology; (3) establishment of multi-level horizontal networks of response teams; (4) strategy implementation ranging from large-scale prevention to precise treatment; and (5) adoption of technology and social media. These strategies will have implications and applications for east and south Asian countries that are dealing with similar challenges.
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Rigobello, Mayara Carvalho Godinho, Jorge Elias Junior, Carlos Alberto Grespan Bonacim, Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira Silveira, Fernanda Caroline Bonardi, Roosevelt Santos Nunes, Rosana Aparecida Pereira, and Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes. "Accuracy of the combined method (auscultation and pH measurement) and ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement: a study protocol for a prospective study." BMJ Open 10, no. 9 (September 2020): e036033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036033.
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IntroductionPatients using a nasogastric tube (NGT) are vulnerable to adverse events, therefore proper assessment of these patients, verification of the correct tube placement and constant monitoring by the nursing staff are strategies that can reduce adverse events and risks associated with the care. The aim of this study will be to assess the accuracy of the combined method (auscultation and pH measurement) and ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement compared with the X-ray method. A further aim will be to measure and provide evidence for the direct costs of each method of confirming NGT placement and to evaluate the impact of each method on the mean direct cost of the patient.Methods and analysisThis is a prospective, single-centre study of diagnostic accuracy. Data will be collected in the clinical and surgical wards, intensive care unit and coronary care unit of a Brazilian teaching hospital. The sample will consist of 385 assessments, performed in adult patients that agree to participate in the study and that receive an NGT. The combined method and the ultrasound will be the index tests and will be performed on all study participants for later comparison with an X-ray examination, considered the reference standard and the gold standard to distinguish between gastric and pulmonary placement. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value will be calculated to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the methods investigated in this study, with Cohen’s kappa analysis used to evaluate the degree of concordance.Ethics and disseminationThe study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, registration number: 83087318.4.0000.5393. The findings will be reported through academic journals, seminars and conference presentations, social media, print media, the internet and community/stakeholder engagement activities.
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Doherty, Shannon, Giselle Dass, Anne Edwards, Robert Stewart, Bayard Roberts, and Melanie Abas. "Protocol of a randomised clinical trial to integrate mental health services into primary care for postconflict populations in Northern Sri Lanka (COMGAP-S)." BMJ Open 12, no. 1 (January 2022): e051441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051441.
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IntroductionSri Lanka has a long history of armed conflict and natural disasters increasing the risk of mental health disorders in the population. Due to a lack of specialist services, there is a treatment gap between those seeking and those able to access mental health services. The aim of this research programme is to integrate mental health services into primary care to meet the needs of this postconflict population.Methods and analysisThis is a stepped wedge cluster design randomised clinical trial of the WHO mental health Gap Action Programme primary care mental health training intervention. We will provide a 10-day training to primary care practitioners of 23 randomly selected primary care facilities aimed at increasing their ability to identify, treat and manage common mental health disorders. Public health professionals and community representatives will receive a tailored training intervention to increase mental health awareness. Refresher courses will occur at 3 and 6 months post training. Supervision and monitoring will occur for 1 month pre and post training. Target sample sizes have been calculated separately for each group of participants and for each outcome.Ethics and disseminationThis trial has received ethical approval from the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, UK (SC/jc/FMFREP/16/17 076) and from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (J/ERC/17/81/NDR/0170) and non-engagement approval has been received from the funding body, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018-015). All participants gave written consent. Dissemination of study results will be completed through publication of academic articles, conference presentations, town hall meetings, written pamphlets in plain language, reports to Ministry of Health and other government organisations and through social media outlets.Trial registration numbersISRCTN registry: ISRCTN62598070. SLCTR registration number: SLCTR/2018/008.
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Matzembacher, Daniele Eckert, Mervi Raudsaar, Marcia Dutra de Barcellos, and Tõnis Mets. "Business Models’ Innovations to Overcome Hybridity-Related Tensions in Sustainable Entrepreneurship." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (June 2, 2020): 4503. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114503.
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This paper aims to investigate how sustainable entrepreneurs innovate in business models to overcome their hybridity-related tensions to achieve environmental, social, and financial goals. A case study was conducted on 12 organizations in seven countries from October 2018 to June 2019 through observation visits, interviews, and secondary data collection. To analyze the data, a content analysis was applied with the help of NVivo Software. The analysis category is based on the definition of the pillars of business models: (1) Value proposition, (2) value creation/delivery, and (3) value capture. Concerning value proposition, organizations engage various stakeholders on developing emotions related to sustainable behaviors. They use the idea of community to promote it, fostering the sharing of intangible values. Associated with these actions, organizations offer more convenience accessing these products or services, home deliveries, facilitating access by geo-location, price reduction, and promoting consumers’ education. Regarding value creation/delivery, companies promote partnerships with other stakeholders as part of the main business strategy. They run the business while promoting a social movement. One is dependent on the other. In their engagement in sustainability discussion forums and practical activities, they put together consumers, suppliers, and also other agents outside their vertical supply chain. Operations of all companies are highly internet-based. Social media and transparency are also relevant to their operations. The main characteristic of value capture is that organizations integrate sustainability into their strategy in a way that, just by doing business, they fulfill their social, environmental, and economic missions. Therefore, through innovation in business models, these organizations overcome hybridity-related tensions and achieve financial stability while positively impacting society. The contribution to the literature was achieved by identifying business model innovations in sustainable entrepreneurship, analyzing their characteristics and mechanisms to overcome hybridity-related tensions, and providing empirical evidence about how business models can create and capture different and multiple forms of value.
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Jayakanthan, R. "Community Engagement through Social Media." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 5, no. 2 (August 3, 2021): 14–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v5i2.14203.
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Community engagement, i.e., attracting eyeballs of citizens to focus on their civic government and its functioning is a vital aspect in nurturing healthy democracy at the local level, in both developed and developing countries. This paper looks into specific instances such as graffiti reporting through social media (in a developed country), collaborative focus on local community infrastructure issues in the form of digitizing the traditional "Letters to the Editor" mechanism used by citizens (in a developing country) as well as how the crowdsourced digitization of electoral records - wealth declaration documents of candidates for instance, lead to improved awareness of significant data among voters. Apart from these specific instances, the paper also looks into how patterns from these applications can be applied to other areas of social innovation, especially those involving utilizing social media to shape and administer both public policy as well as the awareness of the same by the citizens.
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Beadle, Joseph J. L. "Of Horror Games and Temples: Religious Gamification in Contemporary Taiwan." British Journal of Chinese Studies 12, no. 2 (August 6, 2022): 11–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.51661/bjocs.v12i2.189.
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This article examines the intersection of Taiwanese horror videogame Devotion (2019) and folk religious ritual guanluoyin 觀落陰 (descent into the netherworld) as a new window into the symbiotic evolution of religion and gaming technology. It traces the curious trend whereby Taiwanese gamers, after encountering guanluoyin while playing Devotion, went to offline, physical guanluoyin temples to ‘play’ the ritual for themselves, and playfully invoked Devotion’s intra-game religious narrative in their extra-game lives. Devotion thus activated a dynamic community of gamers who, hungry for horror, produced novel forms of engagement with the world(s) beyond their consoles. This anthropological study reconfigures the popular framework in existing scholarship of ‘gaming as a religious experience’, instead investigating ‘religion as a gaming experience’, and proposes the concept of ‘religious gamification’ to capture religion’s re-imagination, marketing, and operation as a gaming experience by a surprising ensemble of social actors and institutions. By drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and analyses of game design, temple advertisements, gaming chatrooms, a television show, songs, viral videos, and social media trends, this article explores the unexpected convergence and mutual articulation of Taiwan’s gaming and religious cultures, and the wider implications thereof for understanding religion in our rapidly gaming-mediated world.
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Thielst, Christina Beach. "Social Media: Ubiquitous Community and Patient Engagement." Frontiers of Health Services Management 28, no. 2 (2011): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01974520-201110000-00002.
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Hope, Joan. "Enhance community engagement with effective social media." Campus Security Report 16, no. 6 (September 16, 2019): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/casr.30563.
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Maxwell, Sarah P., and Julia L. Carboni. "Civic Engagement through Social Media." International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age 4, no. 1 (January 2017): 35–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijpada.2017010103.
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Civic engagement through social media is a strategy employed by nonprofits typically using one-way targeted information dissemination to stakeholder groups. Improving the quality of communities and ameliorating social problems sustain nonprofit foundation missions, suggesting that two-way dialogic communication inspiring action is preferable for effective civic engagement over one-way communication. Using Facebook content analyses for three types of foundations—community, corporate, and independent grant making foundations—the authors employ a Relationship Management Theory (RMT) approach to assess effective civic engagement. RMT emphasizes the organization's dynamic interactions with stakeholder publics (Ledingham, 2003). The authors code posts according to whether they ask stakeholders to act (e.g. - asking users to respond to a question or share information). Using a quantitative modeling approach, they determine whether posts requesting stakeholder action are more likely to result in stakeholder engagement with posts. They examine type of post- status updates, external links, and multimedia- to determine whether type of post is also related to civic engagement. Facebook data for 300 randomly sampled high asset-foundations were accessed using a social media analytics program. Overall, the authors find that private and corporate foundations are more likely to use social media on average. However, community foundations are more likely to use social media as a call to action. This study informs foundations and the larger nonprofit community on how to apply such techniques to their own organizations for continuous improvement in supporting their missions and civic engagement goals. This study is also germane to other types of nonprofit and public organizations seeking to increase stakeholder engagement with social media platforms.
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Barnes, Sean S., Viren Kaul, and Sapna R. Kudchadkar. "Social Media Engagement and the Critical Care Medicine Community." Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 34, no. 3 (April 26, 2018): 175–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885066618769599.
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Over the last decade, social media has transformed how we communicate in the medical community. Microblogging through platforms such as Twitter has made social media a vehicle for succinct, targeted, and innovative dissemination of content in critical care medicine. Common uses of social media in medicine include dissemination of information, knowledge acquisition, professional networking, and patient advocacy. Social media engagement at conferences represents all of these categories and is often the first time health-care providers are introduced to Twitter. Most of the major critical care medicine conferences, journals, and societies leverage social media for education, research, and advocacy, and social media users can tailor the inflow of content based on their own interests. From these interactions, networks and communities are built within critical care medicine and beyond, overcoming the barriers of physical proximity. In this review, we summarize the history and current status of health-care social media as it relates to critical care medicine and provide a primer for those new to health-care social media with a focus on Twitter, one of the most popular microblogging platforms.
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Howard, Leif, Charles B. van Rees, Zoe Dahlquist, Gordon Luikart, and Brian K. Hand. "A review of invasive species reporting apps for citizen science and opportunities for innovation." NeoBiota 71 (February 25, 2022): 165–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.71.79597.
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Smartphone apps have enhanced the potential for monitoring of invasive alien species (IAS) through citizen science. They now have the capacity to massively increase the volume and spatiotemporal coverage of IAS occurrence data accrued in centralised databases. While more reporting apps are developed each year, innovation across diverse functionalities and data management in this field are occurring separately and simultaneously amongst numerous research groups with little attention to trends, priorities and opportunities for improvement. This creates the risk of duplication of effort and missed opportunities for implementing new and existing functionalities that would directly benefit IAS research and management. Using a literature search of Early Detection and Rapid Response implementation, smartphone app development and invasive species reporting apps, we developed a rubric for quantitatively assessing the functionality of IAS reporting apps and applied this rubric to 41 free, English-language IAS reporting apps, available via major mobile app stores in North America. The five highest performing apps achieved scores of 61.90% to 66.35% relative to a hypothetical maximum score, indicating that many app features and functionalities, acknowledged to be useful for IAS reporting in literature, are not present in sampled apps. This suggests that current IAS reporting apps do not make use of all available and known functionalities that could maximise their efficacy. Major implementation gaps, highlighted by this rubric analysis, included limited implementation in user engagement (particularly gamification elements and social media compatibility), ancillary information on search effort, detection method, the ability to report absences and local habitat characteristics. The greatest advancement in IAS early detection would likely result from app gamification. This would make IAS reporting more engaging for a growing community of non-professional contributors and encourage frequent and prolonged participation. We discuss these implementation gaps in relation to the increasingly urgent need for Early Detection and Rapid Response frameworks. We also recommend future innovations in IAS reporting app development to help slow the spread of IAS and curb the global economic and biodiversity extinction crises. We also suggest that further funding and investment in this and other implementation gaps could greatly increase the efficacy of current IAS reporting apps and increase their contributions to addressing the contemporary biological invasion threat.
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Piatak, Jaclyn, and Ian Mikkelsen. "Does Social Media Engagement Translate to Civic Engagement Offline?" Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 50, no. 5 (March 11, 2021): 1079–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764021999444.
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People increasingly engage in politics on social media, but does online engagement translate to offline engagement? Research is mixed with some suggesting how one uses the internet maters. We examine how political engagement on social media corresponds to offline engagement. Using data following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, we find the more politically engaged people are on social media, the more likely they are to engage offline across measures of engagement—formal and informal volunteering, attending local meetings, donating to and working for political campaigns, and voting. Findings offer important nuances across types of civic engagement and generations. Although online engagement corresponds to greater engagement offline in the community and may help narrow generational gaps, this should not be the only means to promote civic participation to ensure all have a voice and an opportunity to help, mobilize, and engage.
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Mulyono, Budi, Idrus Affandi, Karim Suryadi, and Cecep Darmawan. "Online civic engagement: Fostering citizen engagement through social media." Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan 19, no. 1 (May 21, 2022): 75–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21831/jc.v19i1.49723.
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The Industrial Revolution 4.0, which makes the internet its backbone, has accelerated the process due to the Covid-19 pandemic which forced citizens to shift all their activities to the digital world, including the involvement of citizens in responding to public discourse. Citizens' public discourses that previously took place in real public spaces have now shifted to digital spaces, one of which is social media. To bridge these changes, a conceptualization of civic engagement is needed through a digital platform. The online citizen involvement was later referred to as online civic engagement, namely civic engagement activities specifically carried out by digital citizens involving several types of digital media, one of which is social media. This literature study provides a clearer picture of the forms of community interaction through social media that go beyond what is known as “slacktivism”. When many democracies are faced with the problem of decreasing citizen participation in politics, social media comes with a new form of civic interaction with what is meant by online civic engagement.
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Sassetti, Francisca. "Social Media and Crowdsourced Election Monitoring." Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 42 (September 16, 2019): 7–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.22151/politikon.42.1.
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With the rise of social media in Sub-Saharan Africa, citizen-led organizations in countries such as Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana have embraced crowdsourcing for domestic election monitoring, at a time when holding competitive elections has proven insufficient to ensure democratic elections. Yet, while existing literature focuses on the contrast between crowdsourcing and traditional monitoring, the effects of crowdsourced election monitoring on the transparency and quality of elections remain unaddressed. This paper makes a comparative analysis of elections in Nigeria from 2003-2015, framed within Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by a dataset of election monitoring deployments. Findings show that, in Nigerian elections where crowdsourcing was used, higher levels of election transparency were registered based on the introduction of the concept of participatory democracy and its practical application. This would, then, contribute to more peaceful and democratic elections. This research also sheds some light on the benefits of domestic election monitoring for citizen engagement.
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Regan, Aine, and Maeve Henchion. "Social media and academic identity in food research." British Food Journal 122, no. 3 (February 1, 2020): 944–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-03-2019-0156.
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PurposeWith increasing emphasis on public engagement and scientific communication and dissemination, scientists are increasingly required to redefine their academic identity. Theoretical frameworks of academic identity and social media functionality were used to explore food researchers' attitudes towards social media.Design/methodology/approachAn online study was carried out with 80 scientists working in publicly funded food research.FindingsCommitment to scientific rigour, disseminating science to society, and being part of an academic community were important facets of academic identity and shaped participants' perceptions of social media functions. Functions offered by social media were most favourably viewed by the food research community for academic peer engagement and academic community building.Social implicationsCultural and organisational changes are needed to mobilise food researchers to view public engagement as an important facet of academic identity.Originality/valueThe current study adds to the theoretical literature on academic identity and social media functionality by providing empirical evidence outlining how scientists working in publicly funded food research feel about engaging with social media within their professional role.
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Lima, Vitor Moura, Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray, and Carlos Lourenco. "Consumer engagement on social media: insights from a virtual brand community." Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 22, no. 1 (January 14, 2019): 14–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qmr-02-2017-0059.
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Purpose Based on the conceptual model of consumer engagement in a virtual brand community, this study aims to investigate this phenomenon and gauges the validity of the model’s assumptions in the context of a Facebook fan page. Design/methodology/approach The interactions between L’Oréal Paris Brazil and the members of its virtual community were collected for three months using a netnographic approach. The data of these interactions were evaluated using content analysis techniques. Findings The dimensions, processes and sub-processes of the conceptual model of consumer engagement, as proposed in the literature, were confirmed. Furthermore, the results reinforce the perspective that simple participation or involvement does not presume engagement, which reflects a complex psychological state dependent on the context and requiring previous and subsequent processes to manifest. Research limitations/implications The findings were based on an examination of a high-end beauty product brand’s Facebook page. Nevertheless, these findings are not necessarily limited to high-end context consumers. Larger scale research (i.e. involving wider product categories) could endorse the underlying theoretical model of engagement. Practical implications The study contributes to understanding the dynamics of how brands build relationships with consumers through social media and confirms the dynamics of the engagement concept and its role as a tool to increase brand value and competitive advantage. Originality/value This study contributes to the field by bridging the knowledge gap concerning consumer engagement in a social media context with practical and empirical evidence.
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Evans-Cowley, Jennifer S., and Greg Griffin. "Microparticipation with Social Media for Community Engagement in Transportation Planning." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2307, no. 1 (January 2012): 90–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2307-10.
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van Scheers, Louise, and Jacques van Scheers. "Determine small and medium enterprise social media activities: A community engagement project in the Tshwane community." Journal of Governance and Regulation 4, no. 4 (2015): 79–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v4_i1_p7.
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The aim of this paper is to determine small and medium enterprise (SME) social media activities and promote CE scholarship engagement. It is a community engagement project conducted in the Tshwane community. Community engagement (CE) as a planned process with the specific purpose of working with identified groups of people in the community to address issues affecting their well-being. The CE project SME skills transfer workshops are aimed at expanding involvement with the community. The benefits of social media seem to be ignored by most SMEs however; challenges prevent SME owners from using the tool effectively. A survey study method of research design has been selected for the research. The sample for the study comprised 200 SME owners who currently manage small businesses in the Tshwane area. The conducted research recommends that social media can be cost effective if the SMEs make use of their social networks and use best practises that enable them to get their adverts or posts shared across social networks. The conducted research also recommends that SMEs with limited resources start with social media and YouTube as a marketing tool, as the learning curve is low and cost involved is almost nil.
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Azarine Calista Nadhif and Wina Puspita Sari. "SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT @mnctrijayafm IN INCREASING ENGAGEMENT." Proceedings Of International Conference On Communication Science 2, no. 1 (November 10, 2022): 262–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.29303/iccsproceeding.v2i1.121.
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Engagement on Instagram is represented by likes and comments. A post with many likes indicates that the content is interesting and comments on a post indicate the level of success. The purpose of this study was to find out how the management of Instagram radio @mnctrijayafm social media increasing engagement. We used The Cilcular Model Of Some from Regina Lutrell. The method was descriptive qualitative, and data collection techniques was in-depth interviews with two informants and also observations on the Instagram @mnctrijayafm social media account. The results showed that at the sharing stage, MNC Trijaya FM targets the age of 30-60 years, but did not do research first. The optimization stage of MNC Trijaya FM checked engagement on every Instagram posts so that it can improve the quality of the content. The management stage of MNC Trijaya FM had carried out monitoring in the form of suggestions and criticisms from followers, but they did not respond in real-time to these responses. The engagement stage of MNC Trijaya FM used public figures in managing its Instagram but did not have a specific strategy to build good relationships with followers
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Wang, Dawei, Shaila Miranda, and Inchan Kim. "Structuration of Community Knowledge and Community Engagement: Social Media, IoT, and Big Data." Academy of Management Proceedings 2017, no. 1 (August 2017): 14914. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2017.14914abstract.
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Setiawan, Arif Ady, Triyanto, and Moh Muchtarom. "Using a Social Media Facebook to Develop Civic Engagement in Indonesia." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 10, no. 2 (March 5, 2021): 220–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2021-0052.
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This research is aimed at exploring how to use Facebook to develop civic engagement in Klaten Regency Indonesia by the Info Cegatan Klaten (ICK) community. Technological advances result in the ease of communication in everyday life. However, these technological advances also have the effect of increasing personal egoism and lack of social care. Given this condition, the ICK community, as a Facebook virtual community, tries to build civic engagement to eliminate social disparities that occur using social media as the main media. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach. The sampling method was purposive sampling. In this study, 6 informants were taken. The data were collected using an interview, observation, and documentation. The interviews were conducted with the general chairperson of ICK, the treasurer, social media administrators, and 3 members of the community. Observations were made on the Facebook group page of the community and its activities. The data were then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman model which consists of three activities, namely data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The results showed that the civic engagement was built through social media by: first, the ICK Community made the Facebook group an online space to collect information about Klaten's community problems; second, the ICK community utilizes the Facebook group features to invite the people around Klaten to become Stakeholders and join the discussions for the good of the community in the future; third, Facebook is used to provoke civic engagement by informing each agenda to be carried out.