Tag: COVID-19

Communities and Social Media

“Social networking sites like Facebook and Reddit have amplified the voice of alt-right extremists and allowed for faster spread of misinformation.”

Taj Powell17 Comments

Powell_17756073_ConferencePaperDownload Social networking sites have changed the way we view and access information on the internet. It is now easier than ever to communicate, share opinions and forge relationships with like-minded people all across the world. The internet is now the most powerful tool used by organisations of all forms to share their message and expand their horizons. Unfortunately, this has meant that there has been a surge of hate speech broadcast across social networking Read more […]

Online Networks and Social Change

The Power of Social Media: A Social Transformation from Traditional Culture

Gustavo Chavez Moreno6 Comments

Topic: Social media is the new platform for raising social concerns and creating awareness more effectively Chavez_20092223_Essay-1Download Introduction             Social media has become a part and parcel of human lives in the 21st century. Across the world, billions of people use social media on a daily basis and the number keeps on growing. The social media has entered in every part of life, like personal relationship, entertainment, Read more […]

Online Networks and Social Change

Privacy on social platforms are quite at risks nowadays, what are your views?

Joel Yohann Sinien14 Comments

Assignment-1-Conference-paper-1-_19965046Download Abstract Social media privacy helps individuals to mind their business without interference from the outside world, social media helps to fascinate an identity on the virtual aspect and let you communicate with one another with the helps of the innovative aspect of some outstanding social media of today. However, the breaches may affect the level of privacy to an extent where some of your personal data that is mail and so one can be leaked. Read more […]

Communities and Social Media

Vlog: converging image and audio, linking web and life

Peiqian Wu1 Comment

The purpose of this essay is to explain the Reflective Web Media Creation (RWMC) and to explore the integration of video and audio in online media by explaining the creative process, creative issues, and creative thinking. Media is all around us (Cheng& Paul, 2017). And everyone can participate in it. Therefore, in this assignment, I will start from a short video (vlog) that I shot and edited, combine the short video I shot on a walk with the audio of my favorite musician, and create a second Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

TikTok, identity struggles and mental health issues: How are the youth of today coping?

Erin Harwood14 Comments

READ OFFLINE HERE:Download ABSTRACT The way that young people interact with each other has changed significantly, with a noticeable shift occurring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which broke out in Asian countries in late 2019. Lockdowns around the world led to isolation and a forced sense of loneliness, meaning those with mental health issues were at times forced to find other outlets and ways of coping with such things. Social media sites such as TikTok created a third sense of place for Read more […]

Identity and Online Advocacy

#StopAsianHate: Facebook and Instagram aid in advocacy and the development of Asian identity

Terina Litchfield21 Comments

ConferencePaper_TerinaLitchfieldDownload Abstract: Social networking sites have evolved the way individuals can perform their identities and participate in online advocacy. This conference paper uses the #StopAsianHate movement, which was created after the rise in discriminatory actions against Asian individuals after the Covid-19 outbreak, to analyse how the affordances on Facebook and Instagram have facilitated the spread of community messages worldwide. Specifically, how these platforms Read more […]

As a hyperlocal form of social media, Nextdoor helps neighbours connect – but not always for the better
Communities and Social Media

As a hyperlocal form of social media, Nextdoor helps neighbours connect – but not always for the better

Amanda Druck30 Comments

Abstract While much social research has been dedicated to how the Internet generally, and social networking sites specifically, enable people to connect across great distances, little attention has been paid to the impacts of these technologies on more local communities other than to suggest a negative correlation between online communications and neighbourly behaviour. This paper explores how the locally-focused social media platform Nextdoor supports theories that contend social networking Read more […]