scholarly journals Using Social Media in the Selection Process: An Ethical Perspective for Employers and Applicants

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Andrew F. Johnson ◽  
Katherine Roberto ◽  
Elwin Myers
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Communication Platform ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Recommendations For Practice ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Available Information

Social media is a widely popular communication platform that has been quickly adopted by millions of users world-wide (Statista, 2020). The vast amount of available information on social media is increasingly utilized in the selection process (Landers & Schmidt, 2016). This manuscript considers the use of social media in the selection process through the lens of two ethical perspectives. The utilitarian perspective provides an ethical lens with which to discuss the actions of employers. Alternatively, the deontological perspective provides an ethical lens to better understand the position of job seekers. The manuscript concludes with a discussion and recommendations for practice.

scholarly journals The Use Of Social Media For Health Research Purposes: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charline Bour ◽  
Susanne Schmitz ◽  
Adrian Ahne ◽  
Camille Perchoux ◽  
Coralie Dessenne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
Annual Growth Rate ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
Evidence Map ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Use Of Social Media

BACKGROUND As social media are increasingly used worldwide, more and more scientists are relying on them for their health-related projects. But so far, social media features, methodologies and ethical issues are unclear with no overview of this relatively young field of research. OBJECTIVE This scoping review aimed to provide an evidence map of the different uses of social media for health research purposes, their fields of applications and their analysis methods. METHODS We followed the scoping review methodologies developed by Arksey and O’Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute. After developing search strategies based on keywords (e.g., Social media, health research), comprehensive searches were conducted in Pubmed/MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. We limited the search strategies to documents written in English and published between 2005/01/01 and 2020/04/09. After removing duplicates, articles were screened at title/abstract and at full text level by two independent reviewers. One reviewer extracted data that were descriptively analyzed to map the available evidence. RESULTS After screening 1237 titles and abstracts and 407 full-texts, 268 unique papers were included, dating from 2009 to 2020 with an average annual growth rate of 32.71% for the 2009-2019 period. Studies mainly came from America (64.55%, N=173/268, including 151 from the USA). Articles used machine learning or data mining techniques (N=60/268) to analyze the data, discussed opportunities and limitations of the use of social media for research (N=59/268), assessed the feasibility of recruitment strategies (N=45/268) or discussed ethical issues (N=16/268). Communicable (e.g., influenza, N=122/268) and then chronic (e.g., cancer, N=40/268) diseases were the two main areas of interest. CONCLUSIONS Since their early days, social media have been recognized as a resource of high potential for health research purposes but yet the field is still suffering from a strong heterogeneity in the methodologies used, which prevents the research from comparison and generalisability. For the field to be fully recognized as a valid, complementary approach to more traditional health research study designs, there is now a need for more guidance by types of applications of social media for health research, both from a methodological and an ethical perspective.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Social Media Integration to Teach Speaking

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9047
Author(s):  
Emily John ◽  
Melor Md Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Speaking Skills

The ubiquitous nature of social media (SM) makes it a very essential tool to use in the world of education, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic which has led to a paradigm shift in the approaches used in the teaching and learning of English language skills. This review focuses on the use of social media as a medium of instruction to aid the acquisition of speaking skills, which many learners find extremely challenging and inhibiting. Thus, this systematic review investigates the integration of social media in the teaching and learning of speaking skills. To ensure the systematic analysis of the selected articles, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines were utilized. A total of 36 peer-reviewed journal articles from the year 2016 to 2021 were accessed from two databases: ERIC and Google Scholar. Prior to the start of the review, an inclusion and exclusion criteria selection process was conducted to ensure the focus of the review. Overall, the articles reviewed presented the claim that the integration of social media is seen as a positive inclusion for the teaching of speaking skills using various social media applications. Findings reveal that there are improvements in speaking skills, as well as confidence to speak and a decline in speaking anxiety. Teachers and educators can now make use of the various social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and others to provide learners with more practice that is not only restricted to the classroom but has moved beyond it.

scholarly journals Pemanfaatan Sosial Media Sebagai Bentuk Inovasi, Strategi Komunikasi dan Kreatifitas Layanan di Perpustakaan Perguruan Tinggi

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Endhar Priyo Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Available Information ◽  
College Library

Nowadays social media has become a lifestyle of some Indonesian people and libraries as one of the institutions that provide information services and providers of information sources for users. In addition to the phenomenon of the use of social media as mentioned above, in several studies on the use of social media in libraries it was found that at present there has begun to be growing awareness from libraries to use social media as a form of innovation from services provided by libraries to visitors. In this study trying to analyze the use of social media as a form of innovation, communication strategies and service creativity in the college library. The method used is descriptive analysis. In order for the use of social media in the library to be more optimal, there are several things that must be considered. Optimizing the use of social media in libraries needs to be done so that all available information can be conveyed properly.

scholarly journals Information and the Transformation of Sociology: Interactivity and Social Media Monitoring

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Monitoring Tools ◽  
Social Media Monitoring ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Monitoring ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Information Today

This paper explores some key ways in which the scale and form of information today challenges sociology’s methods and practice. Information has shaped sociology in two key ways. First, it has become an object of study, largely in the form of accounts of ‘the information society’. This paper argues that interactivity is a key element of such changes, albeit a notion has not been a major focus of information society theorists. The second way in which sociology is being transformed by the growth of information is that, with the growth of huge volumes of commercial transactional information, social information is no longer the preserve of sociologists. Moreover, new tools have emerged to challenge the research methods that lie at the heart of sociology. Linking the growth of interactivity with new forms of data and research tools, this paper discusses the case of the BBC World Service’s use of social media monitoring tools. The paper concludes by arguing that the vast amount of available information affords new possibilities for sociologists as well as for the organisations that collect it.

Social media screening and content effects: implications for job applicant reactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora Jeske ◽  
Kenneth S. Shultz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Applicant Reactions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Applicant ◽  
Use Of Social Media

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to pursue several goals: first, what is the relationship between perceived respect for privacy and potential job pursuit of student applicants in a hypothetical application scenario which includes social media screening as part of the selection process? Second, if the job involves vulnerable others, what are the implications for privacy perceptions? And third, to what extent does the use of social media for non-work purposes relate to perceived respect for privacy?Design/methodology/approachUsing a cross-sectional sampling approach, data were collected from 388 student participants in two different data collection rounds via an online survey.FindingsPerceived respect for privacy was positively correlated, and information privacy concern was negatively correlated, with job pursuit intention. However, perceived respect for privacy differed across the different jobs. Specifically, respect for privacy was higher when the employer screened social media for jobs involving explicit work with children. Social media use and content effects also emerged. Those who either observed others online or interacted with others online to socialize reported lower respect for privacy. Participants with more sensitive content online and content they would be unwilling to share also reported lower scores for privacy.Research limitations/implicationsThe results were based on cross-sectional data, correlational analyses and hypothetical job scenarios due to ethical considerations and causal restrictions in what may be bi-directional effects.Originality/valueThe current study adds to the limited research on the negative effects of social media screening by employers on applicant reactions and the role of job-specifics on how applicant may react to screening.

scholarly journals Social Media Screening and Procedural Justice: Towards Fairer Use of Social Media in Selection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Vosen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Inaccurate Information ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Right ◽  
Source Of Information

AbstractCompanies have started using social media for screening applicants in the selection process. Thereby, they enter a low-cost source of information on applicants, which potentially allows them to hire the right person on the job and avoid irresponsible employee behaviour and negligent hiring lawsuits. However, a number of ethical issues are associated with this practice, which give rise to the question of the fairness of social media screening. This article aims to provide an assessment of the procedural justice of social media screening and to articulate recommendations for a fairer use of social media in the selection process. To achieve this, a systematic literature review of research articles pertaining to social media screening has been conducted. Thereby, the benefits and ethical issues relating to social media screening, as well as recommendations for its use have been extracted and discussed against Leventhal’s (1980) rules of procedural justice. It turns out that without clear guidelines for recruiters, social media screening cannot be considered procedurally fair, as it opens up way too many opportunities for infringements on privacy, unfair discrimination, and adverse selection based on inaccurate information. However, it is possible to enhance the fairness of this practice by establishing clear policies and procedures to standardize the process.

scholarly journals Using ZMET for Investigating the Role of Social Media in the Employment Process

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-32
Author(s):  
Magdalena Danileț ◽  
Claudia Stoian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Employment Setting ◽  
Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of social media in the employment setting as it is perceived by the job seekers. The study is a qualitative investigation in which thirteen in-depth interviews based on Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique (ZMET) were conducted in order to gain a deeper understanding of the link between social media and the process of employment. The 22 elicited bipolar constructs associated with the role of social media in the employment setting were framed into six deep metaphors: Connection, Resource, Journey, Control, Affective Distress and Transformation. The size of the sample and the deeply subjective nature of answers provided by the subject’s limits the generalization of the results for a wider range of job seekers in the social media environment. This research provids an insight into deep-seated motivations, attitudes and behaviors involved in the use of social media by job seekers.

scholarly journals Scoping review protocol on the use of social media for health research purposes

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e040671
Author(s):  
Charline Bour ◽  
Susanne Schmitz ◽  
Adrian Ahne ◽  
Camille Perchoux ◽  
Coralie Dessenne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
World Population ◽  
Evidence Map ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Oriented Research

IntroductionMore than one-third of the world population uses at least one form of social media. Since their advent in 2005, health-oriented research based on social media data has largely increased as discussions about health issues are broadly shared online and generate a large amount of health-related data. The objective of this scoping review is to provide an evidence map of the various uses of social media for health research purposes, their fields of applications and their analysis methods.Methods and analysisThis scoping review will follow the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework (2005) as well as the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s manual. Relevant publications will be first searched on the PudMed/MEDLINE database and then on Web of Science. We will focus on literature published between January 2005 and April 2020. All articles related to the use of social media or networks for health-oriented research purposes will be included. A first search will be conducted with some keywords in order to identify relevant articles. After identifying the research strategy, a two-part study selection process will be systematically applied by two reviewers. The first part consists of screening titles and abstracts found, thanks to the search strategy, to define the eligibility of each article. In the second part, the full texts will be screened and only relevant articles will be kept. Data will finally be extracted, collated and charted to summarise all the relevant methods, outcomes and key findings in the articles.Ethics and disseminationThis scoping review will provide an extensive overview of the use of social media for health research purposes. Opportunities as well as future ethical, methodological and technical challenges will also be discussed based on our findings to define a new research agenda. Results will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication.

The Use of Social Media in the Higher Education Institutions in Turkey

2015 ◽  
pp. 95-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Acılar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Many

Social media has been widely adopted world-wide, especially by young generations, and has become an integral part of today's society. As a popular Web 2.0 application, social media has significantly affected our daily life; from communication to education, from entertainment to business life. With a large percentage of young adults using social media in daily life, social media has become present in nearly all aspects of the higher education, ranging from admission to education in the classroom. Despite the many benefits and advantages, while many universities actively use social media, some lag behind in adopting this technology, especially in developing countries. The main aim of this chapter is to investigate the presence of social media in Web sites of the higher education institutions in Istanbul and analyze how they use it.

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