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The notion of “community” has often been caught between concrete social relationships and imagined sets of people perceived to be similar. The rise of the Internet has refocused our attention on this ongoing tension. The Internet has enabled people who know each other to use social media, from e-mail to Facebook, to interact without meeting physica...
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... in 2006, coming to some public notice in 2007, and explosively growing in 2009 -with much media attention. Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows its users to send and read short (140 characters-long) messages known as "tweets": Figure 1 provides a small sample of tweets. Unlike other social media, Twitter is asymmetric: if you follow us, we do not have to follow you. ...
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... Furthermore, these methods contribute to understanding information diffusion processes, shedding light on how content spreads through communities and identifying viral sources (Goel et al. 2012). Community identification enables in-depth insights into engagement dynamics by probing user behavior within communities, including sentiment analysis and activity patterns (Gruzd et al. 2011). Furthermore, by exposing patterns that depart from real interactions, these techniques are helpful in the detection of fraud, enabling the discovery of abnormal activity or bogus accounts (Akoglu et al. 2013). ...
Network science has made tremendous advances, allowing the modeling of complex real-world systems. Although networks include sophisticated community structures by definition, discovering and understanding these communities remains a challenging endeavor, compounded by the need to navigate a multidisciplinary terrain. This comprehensive survey serves as a contemporary guide and systematically presents an up-to-date survey of community detection methods, meticulously categorizing them for a comprehensive understanding. Through critical analysis, we assess the strengths, weaknesses, and performance metrics of various algorithms, ranging from classical techniques to cutting-edge methods designed to address the complexities of overlapping community detection. Additionally, we explore emerging trends in dynamic community detection, including techniques like Temporal Motif Analysis and Continuous-Time Models. We additionally present an in-depth evaluation of these methods, examining their performance on both artificial benchmarks and real-world networks. This review also sheds light on the diverse applications of community detection across domains such as sociology, biology, education, and technology. By presenting a holistic view of community detection, we aim to facilitate researchers’ and practitioners’ access to this crucial field, addressing the theoretical and practical application gaps, and contributing to the continued evolution of network science.
... Customers can message the company directly to get problems fixed or questions answered. Customers at SM stores have many chances to talk to each other and share their ideas without meeting in person Gruzd et al., 2011). People can connect and make content for the web thanks to the collection of SM applications (Lai & Turban, 2008). ...
Background: Social media advertising strategies have radically changed how brands interact with consumers and cultivate brand loyalty. The study's principal objective was to identify the influence of social media marketing activities on consumer brand loyalty toward shopping goods. Methods: The study used primary data from a structured survey questionnaire with the six-point Likert scale sent to Nepalese customers. The study's sampling was convenient, and the Kathmandu-based location was chosen as the sample site. The study's population was the consumers of consumer shopping goods. People who purchase consumer shopping items were given 600 surveys, but only 395 usable questionnaires were collected. Results: Through the path analysis, the influence of the credibility of social media significantly and positively influenced brand loyalty (β = 0.165, p < 0.05). It was also found that the informativeness of social media significantly impacted brand loyalty toward consumer shopping goods (β = 0.130, p < 0.05). Likewise, it was also investigated whether social media entertainment significantly impacts brand loyalty (β = 0.426, p < 0.05) toward consumer shopping goods in the Nepalese market. Conclusion: By leveraging the power of social media venues to engage with customers, deliver pertinent content, and create personalized experiences, businesses may cultivate a strong emotional connection with their target audience, increasing brand loyalty and trust.
... Uno de los principales cambios traídos por la popularización de las redes sociales es la ruptura de la absoluta verticalidad de la comunicación de masas tradicional. Las redes dan a las personas usuarias la capacidad de publicar su propio contenido, de reaccionar al de otras, de coordinarse para la movilización y, especialmente X, de redifundir el contenido de otras personas, contribuyendo así a que llegue a más audiencia (Gruzd et al. 2011, Isa y Himelboim 2018. Así, parece haberse producido cierta democratización de la comunicación de masas (Castells 2012), como dan cuenta los notables y numerosos casos de movilizaciones populares que han nacido en las redes o, al menos, han tenido una contraparte digital que las ha impulsado (Brym et al. 2014, Hussain y Howard 2013, Kumar y Thapa 2015, Hodges y Stocking 2016, entre los que podemos mencionar, solo a efectos ilustrativos, #OcuppyWallStreet (Calhoun 2013), #BlackLivesMatter (Taylor 2016, Garza 2017) o #MeToo (Murphy 2019, Brünker et al. 2020. ...
La digitalización y el auge de las redes sociales han transformado el panorama comunicativo actual, generando preocupación por la desinformación y la polarización. Este estudio se enfoca en cómo los medios y Twitter abordan la propuesta de abolición de la prostitución, revelando que las noticias se centran en el debate político sin profundizar en detalles específicos o consecuencias. En Twitter, los comentarios, mayormente de actores políticos, se centran en posturas políticas más que en aspectos técnicos o legales. El análisis sugiere que, en esta plataforma, el derecho penal se utiliza como pretexto para la discusión política, limitando la comprensión del fenómeno ante la ciudadanía. Aunque la digitalización puede democratizar el debate público, la falta de enfoque en detalles técnicos puede reducir la comprensión de temas complejos como la abolición de la prostitución.
... To assess the effectiveness of this combination of data and its ability to provide a more comprehensive view of social dynamics, thereby complementing the indicators of official statistics, on the one hand, it is necessary to consider the complementarity of data sources, which is a fundamental feature of this strategy. While official data provide a solid and structured database, real-time social network information reflects the opinions and emotions of society more immediately and dynamically [41]. This combination allows the capture of events and tendencies in real-time, complementing official information that may suffer from a time lag [42]. ...
Social networks and official statistics have become vital sources of information in times of health emergencies. The ability to monitor and profile social sentiment is essential for understanding public perception and response in the context of public health crises, such as the one resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This study will explore how social sentiment monitoring and profiling can be conducted using information from social networks and official statistics, and how this combination of data can offer a more complete picture of social dynamics in times of emergency, providing a valuable tool for understanding public perception and guiding a public health response. To this end, a three-layer architecture based on Big Data and Artificial Intelligence is presented: the first layer focuses mainly on collecting, storing, and governing the necessary data such as social media and official statistics; in the second layer, the representation models and machine learning necessary for knowledge generation are built, and in the third layer the previously generated knowledge is adapted for better understanding by crisis managers through visualization techniques among others. Based on this architecture, a KDD (Knowledge Discovery in Databases) framework is implemented using methodological tools such as sentiment analysis, fuzzy 2-tuple linguistic models and time series prediction with the Prophet model. As a practical demonstration of the proposed model, we use tweets as data source (from the social network X, formerly known as Twitter) generated during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period in Spain, which are processed to identify the overall sentiment using sentiment analysis techniques and fuzzy linguistic variables, and combined with official statistical indicators for prediction, visualizing the results through dashboards.
... Di Twitter, pengguna dapat mengikuti orang lain untuk menerima informasi yang diberikan oleh orang tersebut (following), mendapatkan pengikut (followers), mengunggah kembali tweet orang lain (retweet), dan berbagai interaksi lainnya. Secara komparatif, seorang pengguna Twitter yang memiliki lebih banyak pengikut memiliki basis audiens yang lebih luas (Bruns & Burgess, 2011); (Gruzd et al., 2011); (Takhteyev et al., 2012). Berbagai topik dapat dibahas melalui platform media sosial ini, topik yang berkaitan politik menjadi salah satunya. ...
Toward the general election in 2024, discussions and political polemics in Indonesia are increasingly heated. This is also discussed through social media platforms, especially Twitter, which disseminates information widely and quickly so that more and more people know this information and share their opinions associated with the hashtag #Pilpres2024. This study aims to analyze the relations between actors (nodes) and social networks in terms of types of relationships, patterns of relations, and network relations of communication between actors, which are formed from the hashtag #Pilpres2024 from public participation on Twitter. This study uses the theory that is mostly used for network research, namely Graph Theory. The results of the research show that the social network design that is formed is the complete network design with 581 nodes and 320 edges. The type of relationship that is formed is a two-mode relationship type with a wheel communication pattern and a chain communication pattern. The communication network formed is directed and asymmetric. Based on the visualization results of this research, it can be concluded that the message can be conveyed effectively through the help of Twitter social media because it is carried out by various actors in it.
... Nutzer*innen, die wenig oder keine Rückmeldung erhalten, fühlen sich weniger zugehörig und sogar sozial ausgeschlossen (Tobin et al., 2015). Soziale Medien müssen aber nicht zwangsläufig einsam machen, sondern können auch das genaue Gegenteil erreichen: Das Gemeinschaftsgefühl kann gestärkt werden, man fühlt sich mit anderen Personen verbunden und unter Umständen weniger einsam (Steinfield et al., 2008;Deters & Mehl, 2013;Gruzd et al., 2011;Lou et al., 2012). Wenn Menschen die Sozialen Medien dafür gebrau-chen, um Beziehungen zu Freund*innen zu pflegen und anderweitige Kontakte aufrecht zu erhalten, dann kann das ihr Selbstwertgefühl und Wohlbefinden steigern (Ellison et al., 2014;Krämer et al., 2017). ...
(*English below) Zusammenfassung: Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt die Ergeb-nisse einer Online-Befragung von n=38 erwachsenen Personen mit Hörschädigung zur Nutzung Sozialer Medien vor, wobei zugleich Angaben der Personen zu ihrer mentalen Gesundheit über ein Self-Assessment mit Hilfe verschiedener Skalen erhoben und mit dem Nutzungsverhalten der Sozialen Medien in Verbindung gebracht werden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen im Vergleich zu vorherigen Untersuchungen, dass sich die hier befragten erwachsenen Personen mit Hörschädigung in der Anzahl ihrer Social-Media-Accounts und in der Nutzungsdauer der Medien nicht von guthörenden und anderen hörgeschädigten Personen unterscheiden. Auf der anderen Seite lassen sich jedoch insofern erwartbare Unterschiede in der Nutzung Sozialer Medien beobachten, als dass die lautsprachlich orientierten Personen mit Hörschädigung häufiger schrift-und lautsprachliche Medien nutzen und die gebärdensprachlich orientierten Personen häufiger Foto-oder videobasierte Medien. Gebärdensprachlich orientierte Personen nutzen Soziale Medien insgesamt seltener als lautsprachlich orientierte Menschen, wobei hier Teilhabebarrieren an schrift- und lautsprachlich orientierten Social-Media-Kanälen ursächlich sein könnten. Ein Social-Media-Suchtverhalten, das mit zunehmender Nutzungsdauer der Sozialen Medien korreliert, geht nach den Ergebnissen dieser Untersuchung einher mit einem geringen Selbstwertgefühl, einem Gefühl sozialer Isolation und der Angst, etwas zu verpassen. In dem Beitrag werden abschließend die Chancen und Gefahren der Nutzung Sozialer Medien, insbesondere mit Blick auf die mentale Gesundheit, ausführlich diskutiert und auf den Kinder- und Jugendbereich übertragen. *Abstract: This paper presents the results of an online survey of n=38 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults on their use of social media. In addition, information about the individuals' mental health is collected and related to their social media use behaviors via self-assessment with different scales. Compared to previous research, the results of this study suggest that the DHH individuals in this study do not differ from other DHH or hearing individuals in terms of the number of social media accounts they have and the amount of time they spend on social media. On the other hand, however, differences in social media use can be observed, as expected, in that DHH individuals who use spoken language tend to use social media more often in written or spoken form, while DHH individuals who use sign language tend to use social media more often in the form of photos or videos. DHH individuals who use sign language are less likely to use social media overall than DHH individuals who use spoken language, though participation barriers to written and spoken content may be causal here. According to the results of this study, social media addictive behavior correlates with increasing social media use and is also associated with low self-esteem, a
sense of social isolation, and a fear of missing out. Finally, the article discusses the opportunities and risks of using social media, especially with regard to mental health, and applies these findings to
DHH children and adolescents.
... Due to the heterogeneity of social media contacts, this in turn reinforces the emotional and social cohesion, facilitates access to new information and knowledge, and increases the users' wellbeing (Ellison et al., 2014). Further studies found that active and intensive relationship building on social online platforms-besides the establishment of a social capital-also creates a strong community spirit and feeling of connectedness and might considerably reduce the feeling of loneliness (Steinfield et al., 2008;Gruzd et al., 2011;Lou et al., 2012;Deters and Mehl, 2013). ...
This paper presents the results of an online survey on digital participation through
the use of socialmedia of n = 38 German deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. In
addition, information about the respondents’ mental health is collected with four
different scales: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Fear of Missing Out
Scale (FoMoS), the Patient-ReportedOutcomesMeasurement Information System
Social Isolation Scale (PRO-MIS SI-S) and the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS).
Correlation analyses using Pearson correlation and Spearman rank correlation
tests were conducted to identify relationships between mental health and use
of social media. The results indicate that the DHH adults have 4.13 social media
accounts on average and use social media 3.78 h per day. This is consistent with
other research findings, so that the DHH individuals in this study do not differ
from other DHH adults or hearing adults in the number of their social media
accounts and in their media usage time. However, there are differences in usage
of social media that concern, for example, the social media platforms that are
used and time of usage due to communication modality (spoken language, sign
language, bimodal bilingualism, and mixed forms). DHH individuals who use sign
language use social media less overall compared to DHH people who use spoken
language. In terms ofmental health, it was found that, as expected, addictive social
media behavior and high usage time are interrelated. Addictive behavior, in turn,
is often associated with low self-esteem, a sense of social isolation, and a fear
of missing out. In general, many participants in the study score high in scales
for self-perception of social isolation and loneliness. Nevertheless, there are also
positive effects and opportunities of using social media, especially in terms of
digital participation, for DHH people, which are also discussed in the article.
... Due to the heterogeneity of social media contacts, this in turn reinforces the emotional and social cohesion, facilitates access to new information and knowledge, and increases the users' wellbeing (Ellison et al., 2014). Further studies found that active and intensive relationship building on social online platforms-besides the establishment of a social capital-also creates a strong community spirit and feeling of connectedness and might considerably reduce the feeling of loneliness (Steinfield et al., 2008;Gruzd et al., 2011;Lou et al., 2012;Deters and Mehl, 2013). ...
This paper presents the results of an online survey on digital participation through the use of social media of n = 38 German deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. In addition, information about the respondents' mental health is collected with four different scales: the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMoS), the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Social Isolation Scale (PRO-MIS SI-S) and the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS). Correlation analyses using Pearson correlation and Spearman rank correlation tests were conducted to identify relationships between mental health and use of social media. The results indicate that the DHH adults have 4.13 social media accounts on average and use social media 3.78 h per day. This is consistent with other research findings, so that the DHH individuals in this study do not differ from other DHH adults or hearing adults in the number of their social media accounts and in their media usage time. However, there are differences in usage of social media that concern, for example, the social media platforms that are used and time of usage due to communication modality (spoken language, sign language, bimodal bilingualism, and mixed forms). DHH individuals who use sign language use social media less overall compared to DHH people who use spoken language. In terms of mental health, it was found that, as expected, addictive social media behavior and high usage time are interrelated. Addictive behavior, in turn, is often associated with low self-esteem, a sense of social isolation, and a fear of missing out. In general, many participants in the study score high in scales for self-perception of social isolation and loneliness. Nevertheless, there are also positive effects and opportunities of using social media, especially in terms of digital participation, for DHH people, which are also discussed in the article.
... On the other hand, I depart from studies of the impact of social media platforms on personal relationships that are framed through the imagined/real binary, and I take seriously the imagination as an important realm in which political collectives are forged and examine these platforms' corrosive effect on it. Most of these studies reference Benedict Anderson's (1983) "imagined" communities simply to highlight their difference from "real" ones (e.g., Gruzd, Wellman, and Takhteyev 2011). Instead, I understand Anderson's imagination as the active site where the relationship between the individual and the collective is cultivated. ...
At first glance, there seems to be a shared mission between social media’s promise of increased dissemination of information and truth commissions’ commitment to truth, granting victims a voice, and safeguarding people’s right to information—which would suggest that the rise of the former could only empower the latter. This study suggests otherwise. I argue that social media can impede truth commissions’ liberal vision that celebrates “speaking” as synonymous with “healing” and hails publicizing victims’ testimonies as key to facilitating national reconciliation. Through a study of the Tunisian Truth and Dignity Commission’s Facebook-mediated public hearings, I analyze these platforms’ algorithmic mode of content circulation and argue that one of its less analyzed features is its “war on silence.” While “voice” has been celebrated and silence decried in human rights discourse, I analyze silence as a “gap in knowledge” and argue for its role in forging empathetic publics and mediating reconciliation.
... This process evolves as these groups adapt their imaginaries to accommodate the perspectives of diverse stakeholders, ultimately resulting in interventions that resonate with a multiplicity of ideas (Greenwood & Wolfram Cox, 2023;Gruzd et al., 2011;C. Taylor, 2004). ...
Organisations and how society organise play a vital role in achieving societal goals, and imaginaries as part of a process to achieving collective objectives. This thesis examines the mobilisation of imaginaries in Organisation and Management Studies (OMS) through a case study of the Big Worm (BW), an elevated highway that has sparked intense discussions and unexpected solutions. I define imaginaries as shared perspectives encompassing values, beliefs, and desires that influence and actualise organisational activities. The central question that follow is: How do imaginaries shape both public and private organisations and how does the interplay of imagination and organised life bring about inertia and changes to their environment? In the first chapter, I conduct a systematic review of 1,071 OMS articles published in top journals, demonstrating that organisational activities, inertias, and changes in organisational forms align with imaginaries-based perspectives. Understanding a formative nature of imaginaries in organisational phenomena then led to the question: How do shared experiences and accumulated knowledge contribute to the formation of imaginaries, and how do they attempt to arrange lives, surroundings, and their actuality? Chapter two examines 590 news clippings, spanning the period from the BW's construction in 1969 to 2013, when the first hearing attempted to define the purpose of the BW, to understand the emergence and development of imaginaries over the decades, culminating in solutions to either maintain ongoing operations and BW's existence, implement an Elevated Park, or demolish the structure. Forty-five years of controversial existence and operation garnered online attention, digital movements, and virtual discussions, which prompted a question on the role of imaginaries to organise online communities and to generate and disseminate impactful knowledge for civil society. Chapter three presents a five-year study of online group netnography, delving into the demolition and Elevated Park proposals. Imaginaries were found to be critical in creating, sustaining, and expanding "virtual bubbles" where participants' knowledge circulated, proposals were refined through their inputs, and online and offline activities organised recommendations based on social expectations. On the in-person confrontation of these solutions raises questions about the persistence of divergences within social imaginaries and why shared subjectivities remain fundamental to effective, civic-centred decision-making. Chapter four investigates the discursive struggles that occurred in nine consecutive official meetings among policymakers attempting to reach a consensus on the future of the BW. These face-to-face meetings initially failed to find common ground due to varying justifications, further deepening divergences regarding the most appropriate adaptation of the elevated highway. Ultimately, an ambivalent decision was made to recognise the BW as a "sui generis" Park. The conclusion chapter recall all these empirical findings to demonstrate that imaginaries and organised life co-create a voluntary and spontaneous organisation of everyday affairs that emerges by contrasting implicit and explicit dimensions in organising. this interplay, imaginaries and organised life intertwine in routines and ordinary activities, accommodating deep-seated opinions, irreconcilable divergences, and personalised experiences. This ensures civic-centred forms of organising that meet the demands of society.
