“The stakes could not be higher”: A mixed methods study of parental social media use in pediatric oncology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Foot ◽  
Amanda Leonhard ◽  
Jill Majeski ◽  
Lauren Zahn ◽  
Hsin H. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Pediatric Oncology ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Social Media Use

Blurring the Boundaries

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Julie A Delello ◽  
Kouider Mokhtari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This article reports the results of a mixed methods study aimed at exploring faculty and student perceptions regarding the use of social media in the higher education classroom. Two groups of faculty (n = 50) and students (n = 396) voluntarily responded to an online survey consisting of a mix of close and open-ended questions pertaining to their perceptions of social media use inside and outside the classroom. Key findings revealed that among faculty (52%) and students (23%) see social media as a distraction. In addition, contrary to prior research indicating that interpersonal boundaries between faculty and students are shifting as people become more connected via social media, only 17% of students and 29% of faculty reported forming social media friendships outside of the classroom. These findings are discussed in light of extant research on the use of social media along with implications for the role of social media in the higher education classroom.

Scholars’ temporal participation on, temporary disengagement from, and return to Twitter

First Monday ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Veletsianos ◽  
Royce Kimmons ◽  
Olga Belikov ◽  
Nicole Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Traditional Work

Even though the extant literature investigates how and why academics use social media, much less is known about academics’ temporal patterns of social media use. This mixed methods study provides a first-of-its-kind investigation into temporal social media use. In particular, we study how academics’ use of Twitter varies over time and examine the reasons why academics temporarily disengage and return to the social media platform. We employ data mining methods to identify a sample of academics on Twitter (n = 3,996) and retrieve the tweets they posted (n = 9,025,127). We analyze quantitative data using descriptive and inferential statistics, and qualitative data using the constant comparative approach. Results show that Twitter use is predominantly connected to traditional work hours and is well-integrated into academics’ professional endeavors, suggesting that professional use of Twitter has become “ordinary.” Though scholars rarely announce their departure from or return to Twitter, approximately half of this study’s participants took some kind of a break from Twitter. Although users returned to Twitter for both professional and personal reasons, conferences and workshops were found to be significant events stimulating the return of academic users.

scholarly journals Puff or pass: do social media and social interactions influence smoking behaviour of university students? A cross-sectional mixed methods study from Dhaka, Bangladesh

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e038372
Author(s):  
Naym Uddin Roby ◽  
M Tasdik Hasan ◽  
Sahadat Hossain ◽  
Enryka Christopher ◽  
Md Kapil Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectiveTo determine whether the odds of being a smoker differ based on social media use and social interactions among urban university students in Bangladesh.HypothesisSocial media use and social interactions influence the smoking behaviour of Bangladeshi university students, particularly in starting and maintaining cigarette smoking.Design and settingA cross-sectional study using mixed methods on 600 student smokers and non-smokers recruited from two public and two private universities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a lower middle-income country with limited resources. Exclusion criteria were those who did not use any form of social media and PhD students.ResultsOdds of smoking were significantly higher for those who socialised more than 4 hours/day (p<0.05; OR 1.75; 95% CI 1.12 to 2.75) and typically at night (p<0.05; OR 2.80; 95% CI 1.95 to 4.00). Odds of smoking were also higher for those who liked (p<0.05; OR 4.85; 95% CI 3.32 to 7.11), shared (p<0.05; OR 20.50; 95% CI 13.02 to 32.26) and followed (p<0.05; OR 2.88; 95% CI 1.36 to 6.11) tobacco-related content on social media. Qualitative analysis resulted in emergent themes of smokers imitating tobacco-related photos or videos seen on social media and peers as an influence for smoking initiation.ConclusionThis study suggests social media and social interactions may influence smoking behaviour in university students in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Future research should continue to investigate the roles social media and social interaction have on smoking in order to explore social media-based smoking cessation interventions or dissemination of smoking health hazards through social media.

scholarly journals Social media use for nutrition outcomes in young adults: a mixed-methods systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen M. Klassen ◽  
Caitlin H. Douglass ◽  
Linda Brennan ◽  
Helen Truby ◽  
Megan S. C. Lim
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use
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