What is Social Media and What Questions Can
            Social Media Research Help Us Answer?

McCay‐Peet, Lori; Quan‐Haase, Anabel

doi:10.4135/9781473983847.n2

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“…Social media services are defined as “web‐based services that allow individuals, communities, and organizations to collaborate, connect, interact, and build a community by enabling them to create, co‐create, modify, share, and engage with user‐generated content that is easily accessible” (McCay‐Peet & Quan‐Haase, , p. 17). Among web‐based interventions, the use of social media has increased over time, from 50% in 2011 to 77% in 2017 among American adults and from 16.8% to 84% over the same period among Korean adults (Statista , ).…”

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Effectiveness of a Social Media–Based, Health Literacy–Sensitive Diabetes Self‐Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kim

Utz

2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Aims:The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of a social media-based, health literacy-sensitive diabetes management intervention on patient activation, self-care behaviors, and glucose control compared to telephone-based, health literacy-sensitive diabetes management intervention and usual care. Additionally, this study aimed to identify how patient health literacy influenced the effectiveness of health literacy-sensitive diabetes management interventions. Design: 3 (treatment condition) × 2 (health literacy level) randomized factorial trial. Methods: In total, 151 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to the social media-based or telephone-based, health literacy-sensitive diabetes management interventions or the usual care control. The health literacy-sensitive diabetes management intervention consisted of an initial face-to-face diabetes nurse education using easy-to-read educational materials, the teach-back method, and eight weekly action-planning sessions guided with the use of social media or phone calls for each group. Findings: Patients with high health literacy at the 9-week follow-up showed higher levels of patient activation than those with low health literacy in the control group, but the effect of health literacy was no longer significant when patients were provided with social media-based or telephone-based interventions. Patients who received the telephone-based, health literacysensitive diabetes management intervention had a significantly higher score for self-care behaviors than the usual care control group at 9 weeks' followup. No other effects for self-care behaviors or glycated hemoglobin were significant at follow-up. Conclusions: The social media-based, health literacy-sensitive diabetes management intervention was effective at mitigating the disadvantages faced by people with low health literacy when attempting to improve self-care activation. Clinical Relevance: Social media-based self-management interventions accommodating low health literacy have the potential to help people overcome their disadvantages associated with low health literacy.Health literacy is a critical factor that influences diabetes self-management. The chronic nature of this illness necessitates modifications to patients' lifestyles and selfcare. Defined as the "capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (Institute of Medicine, 2004, p. 32), health literacy affects patients' capacity for diabetes self-management through the

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Effectiveness of a Social Media–Based, Health Literacy–Sensitive Diabetes Self‐Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kim

Utz

2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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“…Suomi24 consists of 21 thematic discussion areas, further divided into subgroups with their own discussion norms (Lagus et al, 2016). Thus, given it enables interaction and community-building through creating, sharing and engaging with user-generated content, Suomi24 can be described as a social media site (McCay-Peet and Quan-Haase, 2017). However, it differs from other platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, in that it allows anonymous participation without registration.…”

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‘The nightmare of multiculturalism’: Interpreting and deploying anti-immigration rhetoric in social media

Nortio¹,

Niska

Renvik

et al. 2020

New Media & Society

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Social media is an important transmitter of anti-immigration political rhetoric. In this study, we examine the discussions posted in a Finnish online forum provoked by an MP’s anti-multiculturalist Facebook post. We draw upon frame analysis and discursive social psychology to analyse the communicative processes that challenge and normalise anti-immigration political rhetoric. Using frame analysis, we study how forum users entered heated societal discussion on multiculturalism by framing the MP’s anti-multiculturalist address as either hate speech or – more dominantly – as normal political conduct. Using discursive social psychology, we examine constructions of multiculturalism in these discussions. We demonstrate how anti-immigration political communication was normalised, multiculturalism was constructed as a threat and the proponents of multiculturalism were discredited. We argue that to understand the rise of anti-immigration political movements, it is important to examine everyday political deliberation online as part of a wider discursive landscape.

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“…The use of social media has changed the communication landscape resulting in changes in ethical norms and behavior. The unprecedented level of growth in usage has resulted in the reduction in the use of other media and changes in areas including civic and political engagement, privacy and safety [14]. Alexa, a company that keeps track of traffic on the Web, indicates that as of August, 2019 YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are among the top four (4) most visited sites with only Google, being the most popular search engine, surpassing these social media sites.…”

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Social Media, Ethics and the Privacy Paradox

Barrett-Maitland¹,

Lynch²

2020

Security and Privacy From a Legal, Ethical, and Technical Perspective

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Today's information/digital age offers widespread use of social media. The use of social media is ubiquitous and cuts across all age groups, social classes and cultures. However, the increased use of these media is accompanied by privacy issues and ethical concerns. These privacy issues can have far-reaching professional, personal and security implications. Ultimate privacy in the social media domain is very difficult because these media are designed for sharing information. Participating in social media requires persons to ignore some personal, privacy constraints resulting in some vulnerability. The weak individual privacy safeguards in this space have resulted in unethical and undesirable behaviors resulting in privacy and security breaches, especially for the most vulnerable group of users. An exploratory study was conducted to examine social media usage and the implications for personal privacy. We investigated how some of the requirements for participating in social media and how unethical use of social media can impact users' privacy. Results indicate that if users of these networks pay attention to privacy settings and the type of information shared and adhere to universal, fundamental, moral values such as mutual respect and kindness, many privacy and unethical issues can be avoided.

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What is Social Media and What Questions Can Social Media Research Help Us Answer?

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Effectiveness of a Social Media–Based, Health Literacy–Sensitive Diabetes Self‐Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effectiveness of a Social Media–Based, Health Literacy–Sensitive Diabetes Self‐Management Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial

‘The nightmare of multiculturalism’: Interpreting and deploying anti-immigration rhetoric in social media

Social Media, Ethics and the Privacy Paradox

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