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  1. Twenty-Five Years of Social Media: A Review of Social Media Applications and Definitions from 1994 to 2019

    Introduction. The term "social media" (SM) was first used in 1994 on a Tokyo online media environment, called Matisse. 1 It was in these early days of the commercial Internet that the first SM platforms were developed and launched. Over time, both the number of SM platforms and the number of active SM users have increased significantly, making it one of the most important applications of ...

  2. The impact of social media on academic performance and interpersonal

    BACKGROUND: Social media has become a most inseparable part of young adults' lives with the rapid development of information and communication technology. The study aimed to assess the use of social media and its association with academic performance, well-being, and interpersonal relation of the health sciences undergraduates.

  3. Social Media Use and Its Connection to Mental Health: A Systematic

    Social media are responsible for aggravating mental health problems. This systematic study summarizes the effects of social network usage on mental health. Fifty papers were shortlisted from google scholar databases, and after the application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were chosen and all papers were evaluated for ...

  4. The evolution of social media influence

    To study the evolution of social media influence on an individual, systematic literature review process suggested by Brereton et al. (2007) had been followed. Figure 1 presents the process followed for the selection of the articles. For developing the review protocol, existing studies like Brereton et al. (2007); Chauhan et al., and Kar (2016); Grover and Kar (2017); Grover et al., and Davies ...

  5. The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health: a Mixed-methods Research

    THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MENTAL HEALTH: A MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH ...

  6. Social media use and its impact on adolescent mental health: An

    Introduction. The past years have witnessed a staggering increase in empirical studies into the effects of social media use (SMU) on adolescents' mental health (e.g. [1∗∗, 2∗, 3]), defined as the absence of mental illness and the presence of well-being [4].This rapid increase may be due to at least two reasons.

  7. Advances in Social Media Research: Past, Present and Future

    The research papers reviewed in this study exhibit diversity in studying authenticity of reviews for travel sites, social bookmarking and review sites, movie ratings, car manufacturing, and social media check-ins. Studies concur that there has been an exponential increase in the number of fake reviews, which is severely damaging the credibility ...

  8. Frontiers

    Background. In just a few decades, the use of social media have permeated most areas of our society. ... Research on social media use is a new focus area, and it is therefore important to get an overview of the studies performed to date, and describe the subject matter studies have investigated in relation to the effect of social media use on ...

  9. A systematic review of social media as a teaching and ...

    The use of social media in higher education has been demonstrated in a number of studies to be an attractive and contemporary method of teaching and learning. However, further research and investigation are required in order to align social media's pedagogical benefits with the theoretical perspectives that inform educational practices. It is the objective of this study to provide a systematic ...

  10. A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression

    Social media. The term 'social media' refers to the various internet-based networks that enable users to interact with others, verbally and visually (Carr & Hayes, Citation 2015).According to the Pew Research Centre (Citation 2015), at least 92% of teenagers are active on social media.Lenhart, Smith, Anderson, Duggan, and Perrin (Citation 2015) identified the 13-17 age group as ...

  11. The effects of social media usage on attention, motivation, and

    Bianca A Barton was a graduate student in the Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Valdosta State University. Her research interests include differing variables that impact attention and self-regulating skills needed for academic achievement as well as social media usage on university students.

  12. (PDF) The Effect of Social Media on Society

    Depression, anxiety, catfishing, bullying, terro rism, and. criminal activities are some of the negative side s of social media on societies. Generall y, when peoples use social. media for ...

  13. Effect of social media use on learning, social interactions, and sleep

    Background. Social networking sites are widely used by university students. This study investigated the purposes for which social networking sites are used and their effects on learning, social interaction, and sleep duration. ... (p = 0.035), and 66% of them are more attracted towards social media than studies (Table 1). University students ...

  14. Social media and the social sciences: How researchers employ Big Data

    Despite the appeal of such data for social scientists, many researchers interested in this field of study do not possess the background skill set equipping them to engage in such work. "SNS ... Through a meta-analysis of social media research in the field of communication studies, it is clear that many social scientists are not using data ...

  15. Social media in marketing research: Theoretical bases, methodological

    In the fifth research stream, social media are conceived as a general strategic marketing tool, with the bulk of studies focusing on the strategic role of social media adoption for marketing purposes, ... Researchers have employed a wide range of theories to study the social media marketing phenomenon, the most frequent being "resource-based ...

  16. International Students' Social Media Use: An Integrative Review of

    Siyu Zhou is an Assistant Professor in International Communication at the Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, Shantou University (China). He holds a PhD in Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. Zhou's research interests encompass social media study, intercultural communication, and international education.

  17. Social media's growing impact on our lives

    A 2018 Common Sense Media report found that 81 percent of teens use social media, and more than a third report using social media sites multiple times an hour. These statistics have risen dramatically over the past six years, likely driven by increased access to mobile devices. Rising along with these stats is a growing interest in the impact ...

  18. Social Media Use and Mental Health: A Global Analysis

    Of the 39 studies identified, 20 were included in the meta-analysis. Results indicate that while social media can create a sense of community for the user, excessive and increased use of social media, particularly among those who are vulnerable, is correlated with depression and other mental health disorders. Keywords: systematic review, social ...

  19. (PDF) Analyzing the Impact of Social Media on Humanities and Social

    The study recommends developing guidelines and training for researchers to utilize social media effectively in disseminating their research results. Discover the world's research

  20. Chapter 1

    Chapter 1: Background of The Study Introduction. Being in to our society nowadays include having account on various Social Networking Sites (SNS) where in profiles, themes and walls, posts and pictures are uploaded based on map or location on real time.

  21. The Role of Social Media Content Format and Platform in Users

    The purpose of this study is to understand the role of social media content on users' engagement behavior. More specifically, we investigate: (i)the direct effects of format and platform on users' passive and active engagement behavior, and (ii) we assess the moderating effect of content context on the link between each content type (rational, emotional, and transactional content) and ...

  22. How Americans Use Social Media

    Roughly eight-in-ten U.S. adults (83%) report ever using the video-based platform. While a somewhat lower share reports using it, Facebook is also a dominant player in the online landscape. Most Americans (68%) report using the social media platform. Additionally, roughly half of U.S. adults (47%) say they use Instagram.

  23. A framework for using social media for organisational learning: An

    The framework helped explore at what level and what type of OL occurred from employees' use of social media in organisations. The study used the interpretive research philosophy/paradigm, inductive approach and case studies to determine how employees use Web 2.0 tools in organisations and how that use leads to OL.

  24. The effect of social media on the development of students' affective

    In recent years, several studies have been conducted to explore the potential effects of social media on students' affective traits, such as stress, anxiety, depression, and so on. The present paper reviews the findings of the exemplary published works of research to shed light on the positive and negative potential effects of the massive use ...

  25. Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media—Challenges and

    Background: This scoping review accompanies our research study "The Experience of Health Professionals With Misinformation and Its Impact on Their Job Practice: Qualitative Interview Study." It surveys online health misinformation and is intended to provide an understanding of the communication context in which health professionals must operate.

  26. Influence of Social Media on Education

    Social media also has a direct impact on the self-esteem of students. One study found teens and young adults who cut back on social media use by 50 percent saw "a significant improvement in how they felt about both their weight and their overall appearance." Social media can be overwhelming because of the sheer number of photos and videos.

  27. Social Media and Mental Health: Social Media Addiction

    Using social media has become a substitute for a lot of your offline social interaction. Even if you're out with friends, you still feel the need to constantly check social media, often driven by feelings that others may be having more fun than you. Comparing yourself unfavorably with others on social media. You have low self-esteem or ...

  28. The Use of Social Media in Children and Adolescents: Scoping Review on

    Clinical study: Higher levels of social media use are associated with lower happiness, especially in girls. Psychological problems: Walsh S.D. et al. Clinical study: Problematic social media use such as substance use, bullying, and low social support, have been identified as clusters of risk for children mental health. Psychological problems Sleep

  29. 16 International Development Studies students receive 2024 Faculty of

    Lauren Kandalaft, U3, International Development Studies Lauren Kandalaft is a third-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts with a major in International Development and minors in Communication Studies and Social Entrepreneurship. This summer, she will be serving as a Citizen Engagement Education Intern at Éduconnexion in Montreal.

  30. The Relationship between Social Media and the Increase in Mental Health

    The research design of this study is described in Section 3.1, which is then followed by the population, the sampling method, and the survey instrument. The phases of the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) used in the research are explained in the following subsections. ... The elements of social media in this study are private chats, group ...