scholarly journals Use of Social Networking Services among Slovenes around the World

Two Homelands ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damjan Fujs ◽  
Simon Vrhovec
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Online Groups ◽  
The World ◽  
Regulatory Protection ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Insight Into

The authors conducted a survey of online groups on Facebook (N = 270) and a survey of Slovenian migrants (N = 629) to gain insight into the use of social networking services (SNSs) during different phases of the migration process. SNSs can help migrants establish new relationships with migrants in the destination country, which may help them to cope with periods of loneliness in the post-migrant phase. Online groups are an important source of information on the destination, aiding informed decision-making in the pre-migrant phase. Migrants in the post-migrant phase may have lower privacy concerns and perceive higher regulatory protection of their privacy than in the settled phase.

scholarly journals The mechanism of synergetically controlled self-organization of actors in social networking services

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Kateryna Molodetska
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
State Information ◽  
The World

Today social networking services are one of the most popular virtual platforms for implementing social communication in the information space. In this case, social networking services provide the basic needs of actors in communication, belonging to virtual communities, new knowledge, self-realization, security, etc. At the same time, social networking services can be used by the world leading countries to achieve one-sided advantages in the national information space and influence on social and political processes in the state, public opinion, social exacerbation, interethnic and interreligious conflicts, etc. That’s why providing the state’s information security in social networking services is one of the most acute problems in Ukraine and around the world. It is established that the most promising direction of counteracting the threats to state information security in social networking services and managing the dynamics of interaction between the actors is the use of the concept of synergetic management. However, currently there are no practical recommendations for the implementation of synergistic management with the use of social control for self-organization in social networking services. The article systematizes the basic components of social control in social networking services. It is established that they are divided into social norms and social sanctions. The structure of each component of social control in social networking services and the peculiarities of their implementation are revealed. The synergetic model of interaction between the actors in social networking services is synthesized, which will ensure the formation of a stable virtual community. Such a virtual community is capable of counteracting the threats to the state’s information security in the information space of services through the implementation of social control over the members of the virtual community and the dissemination of a strategic narrative to counteract the content of destructive nature. The experimental research of the proposed model of synergetic control for a hidden artificially controlled transition of the virtual community of actors in social networking services to the state of state information security is performed. It is proved that the effectiveness of such a management compared to the unmanaged processes of the formation of stable virtual communities increases 3.3 times and allows to attract a greater number of actors of social networking services.

scholarly journals Y, X, Z KARTOS: PASAULIO BE SIENŲ IDĖJOS FORMAVIMAS NAUDOJANTIS SOCIALINIAIS TINKLAIS (LIETUVOS ATVEJIS)

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasa Levickaitė
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Short Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Technological Impact ◽  
Insight Into

This article is based on sociological insight into the concept of up‐to‐date world without borders: technological impact and social networking. Generations X, Y and Z are discussed according to three categories: social, technological and historical environment. The survey results are provided representing the Lithuanian case. Six areas are analysed: 1) country of residence (a survey has been carried out among Lithuanians through social networks Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and MySpace); 2) age (generation) share; 3) number of social network connections ("friends"); 4) type of social network associates; 5) demand of physical meeting with social network associates; and 6) frequency of social networking. Out of 812 Lithuanians (social network users) who participated in a short survey the conclusion might be offered that they follow same digital trends and changes happening all over the world. Social networking may be part of every communication tool one uses; those tools in the very essence change how people interact with each other. In this case social networking loses categories of time and space providing the concept of the world without borders. Y, X, Z kartos: pasaulio be sienų idėjos formavimas naudojantis socialiniais tinklais (lietuvos atvejis) Santrauka Straipsnyje remiamasi sociologinėmis įžvalgomis, kaip socialiniai tinklai šiandien padeda formuoti pasaulio be sienų idėją. Straipsnyje aptariamos paskutinių penkiasdešimties metų X, Y ir Z kartos trimis aspektais: remiantis socialine, technologine ir istorine aplinka. Pateikiami tyrimo, atlikto Lietuvoje 2010 m., naudojant socialinius tinklus, rezultatai. Tyrimo metu aiškintasi šešios sritys: 1) gyvenamoji šalis (visi tyrime dalyvavę respondentai buvo lietuviai, klausimynas buvo platinamas per socialinius tinklus Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn ir MySpace); 2) pasiskirstymas pagal amžių; 3) kontaktų skaičius socialiniuose tinkluose; 4) kontaktų tipas socialiniuose tinkluose; 5) fizinio susitikimo poreikis su socialinių tinklų dalyviais; 6) dalyvavimo socialiniuose tinkluose dažnis. Iš 812 lietuvių, socialinių tinklų vartotojų, atsakymų matoma, kad Lietuvoje vyrauja pasaulio socialinių tinklų tendencijos, vyksta komunikacijos ir medijų pokyčiai. Socialiniai tinklai gali būti žmonių naudojamos komunikacijos priemonių dalis, kurios iš esmės keičia žmonių bendravimo įpročius. Remiantis

scholarly journals Social networking services analysis: main challenges and application areas.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8-2020) ◽  
pp. 192-196
Author(s):  
A.L. Shchur ◽  
◽  
I.O. Datyev ◽  
A.M. Fedorov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
The World

Online social networking services are one of the most popular types of social media in the world. The report discusses some areas of research built on the use of information obtained from social networks, as well as the main difficulties that arise during the extraction of these data arrays.

Lessons from Cypris Chat

2017 ◽  
pp. 299-316
Author(s):  
Jean-Paul Lafayette DuQuette
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Second Life ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
World Wide ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Online Groups ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

What makes a successful online community? This is a question that would probably not have much meaning to someone in the early 1990. At the time, use of the World Wide Web had just begun to spread, first across college campuses and then among the general public in North America and Western Europe. A more common question, and one that Wellman and Gulia (1999) asked, was do online groups even call themselves communities at all? This chapter examines how much has changed about how we perceive online community since 1995: the people we converse with, the reasons for communicating online and the pitfalls encountered. It also introduces Cypris Chat, a virtual world community within Second Life that stubbornly clings to Internet first adopter values and goals, a group that reminds us that an online existence dominated by social networking sites has its alternatives.

scholarly journals Shared is not yet Sharing, Or: What Makes Social Networking Services Public?

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
Marie-Luisa Frick ◽  
Andreas Oberprantacher
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Political Dissent ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World

According to a libidinally charged slogan, Social Networking Services are meant to give “people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” But does the digital act of sharing personal information – invested in so many of the New Social Media – make such internet domains a public realm? What characterizes actually the public according to classical political theory, and what sort of performances become visible in digital fora under the banners of interactivity, friendship and an alleged dissolution of boundaries? Against the background of increasingly elastic borders between things considered private and spaces declared public as well as of a remarkable spectrum of modes of sharing – ranging from disclosing daily trivia to collectively expressing political dissent – our contribution will examine the ambivalence of sharing in Social Networking Services, not least in Facebook, in terms of a paradoxical nexus of passions and risks.

scholarly journals Discourses of transnormativity in vloggers’ identity construction

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (256) ◽  
pp. 85-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Transgender Identity ◽  
The World ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract This article investigates the construction of two transgender vlogger personas, providing insight into the prevalence of normative discourses which may be drawn on when constructing transgender identities. Many transgender people around the world rely on the internet as a source of information and guidance, with online video diaries (“vlogs”), in which young people record and chart their experiences of transition, playing a particularly important role. In this article, discourse from two popular transgender vloggers is critically analysed. It is found that the vloggers index identities which are broadly in line with what Lal Zimman terms the archetypal “true transsexual”, an ideological model of what it means to be “authentically” transgender. This corresponds with heteronormative, essentialist expectations of binary gender. The vloggers are shown to authenticate their own experiences by stating what is “typical” and positioning themselves as “experts”. Ultimately, it is argued that the version of transgender identity and experience that they put forward reproduces prevalent discourses of normative gender and sexuality.

Australia's Amazing Kangaroos

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Richardson
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
The World ◽  
Species Characteristics ◽  
National Attitudes ◽  
And Function ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Insight Into

This book provides an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Topics include: species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also discusses culling and the commercial kangaroo harvest, as well as national attitudes to kangaroos and their value for tourism. There are 71 recognised species of kangaroo found in Australasia. Of these, 46 are endemic to Australia, 21 are endemic to the island of New Guinea, and four species are found in both regions. The various species have a number of common names, including bettong, kangaroo, pademelon, potoroo, quokka, rat kangaroo, rock wallaby, tree kangaroo, wallaby and wallaroo. Illustrated in full colour, Australia’s Amazing Kangaroos will give readers insight into the world of this intriguing marsupial – an animal that has pride of place on the Australian Coat of Arms.

scholarly journals Transparency in Cooperative Online Education

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Dalsgaard ◽  
Morten Flate Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Insight Into

The purpose of this article is to discuss the following question: What is the potential of social networking within cooperative online education? Social networking does not necessarily involve communication, dialogue, or collaboration. Instead, the authors argue that transparency is a unique feature of social networking services. Transparency gives students insight into each other’s actions. Cooperative learning seeks to develop virtual learning environments that allow students to have optimal individual freedom within online learning communities. This article demonstrates how cooperative learning can be supported by transparency. To illustrate this with current examples, the article presents NKI Distance Education’s surveys and experiences with cooperative learning. The article discusses by which means social networking and transparency may be utilized within cooperative online education. In conclusion, the article argues that the pedagogical potential of social networking lies within transparency and the ability to create awareness among students.

Ultrastructure of neuromuscular relationships in the canine heartworm (dirofilaria immitis)

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 278-279
Author(s):  
W. L. Steffens ◽  
Nancy B. Roberts ◽  
J. M. Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Dirofilaria Immitis ◽  
Domestic Dogs ◽  
Structural Description ◽  
Pharmacological Effects ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Canine Heartworm ◽  
The World ◽  
Synaptic Region ◽  
Muscle Innervation ◽  
Insight Into

The canine heartworm is a common and serious nematode parasite of domestic dogs in many parts of the world. Although nematode neuroanatomy is fairly well documented, the emphasis has been on sensory anatomy and primarily in free-living soil species and ascarids. Lee and Miller reported on the muscular anatomy in the heartworm, but provided little insight into the peripheral nervous system or myoneural relationships. The classical fine-structural description of nematode muscle innervation is Rosenbluth's earlier work in Ascaris. Since the pharmacological effects of some nematacides currently being developed are neuromuscular in nature, a better understanding of heartworm myoneural anatomy, particularly in reference to the synaptic region is warranted.

On Metaphysics and the Political: A Polemics of Reading Baudelaire in the 1930s

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-259
Author(s):  
Joseph Acquisto
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Modern Poetry ◽  
Progressive Politics ◽  
The World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

This essay examines a polemic between two Baudelaire critics of the 1930s, Jean Cassou and Benjamin Fondane, which centered on the relationship of poetry to progressive politics and metaphysics. I argue that a return to Baudelaire's poetry can yield insight into what seems like an impasse in Cassou and Fondane. Baudelaire provides the possibility of realigning metaphysics and politics so that poetry has the potential to become the space in which we can begin to think the two of them together, as opposed to seeing them in unresolvable tension. Or rather, the tension that Baudelaire animates between the two allows us a new way of thinking about the role of esthetics in moments of political crisis. We can in some ways see Baudelaire as responding, avant la lettre, to two of his early twentieth-century readers who correctly perceived his work as the space that breathes a new urgency into the questions of how modern poetry relates to the world from which it springs and in which it intervenes.

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