A model for understanding new media literacy: Epistemological beliefs and social media use

Increasingly complex and multipurpose social media platforms require digital competences from parents and adolescents alike. While adolescents grow up with social media, parents have more difficulties with them, leading to uncertainties regarding their adolescents’ social media mediation. This study contributes to parental mediation research by (1) investigating whether mediation strategies defined by previous research are also relevant for social media use, and (2) exploring whether parents’ social media literacy is connected to the choice for a certain mediation strategy, as previous research already identified other impact factors such as children’s age or family composition. Using a qualitative research design, we interviewed 14 parents and 13 adolescents from 10 families in Belgium. Results indicate that, consistent with previous research, parents in this study mostly use active mediation focusing on risks and safety on social media. However, some parents monitor their children through social media accounts specifically set up for monitoring, or specialized mobile apps. Furthermore, parents with high (mostly critical) social media literacy choose active mediation over restrictive or technical strategies, recognizing opportunities of social media and letting adolescents explore on their own.

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Social media use and political cynicism among German youth: the role of information-orientation, exposure to extremist content, and online media literacy

Journal of Children and Media ◽

10.1080/17482798.2021.1977358 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Desirée Schmuck ◽

Nayla Fawzi ◽

Carsten Reinemann ◽

Claudia Riesmeyer

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Media Use ◽

Online Media ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Political Cynicism ◽

Role Of Information

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Facebook as an edutainment medium to engage students in sustainability and tourism

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology ◽

10.1108/17579881111112430 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 81-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Annica Isacsson ◽

Ulrike Gretzel

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Collaborative Learning ◽

New Media ◽

Learning Environments ◽

Media Use ◽

Sustainable Tourism ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Content Type ◽

Tourism And Hospitality

PurposeEmerging technologies offer an ever expanding variety of means to support and enrich learning environments. However, there is currently a lack of information on how to best implement new media in tourism and hospitality education. This paper aims to describe an example of an international, collaborative learning project that involves Facebook so that future practice regarding social media use in teaching can be informed.Design/methodology/approachThis paper adopts a case study approach to describe in detail how Facebook was used to foster self‐directed learning about sustainable tourism.FindingsThe findings presented in the paper are based on the postings of the students in Facebook as well as student and faculty reflections on the success of the project. Overall, the project was a success and led to the construction of a useful, current and engaging knowledge base about sustainable tourism. Also, the students appreciated the more informal learning environment. However, there were clear barriers to collaboration that could not be overcome by using Facebook. In addition, not all students were equally engaged and some clearly lacked experience with the medium.Originality/valueThe paper documents the use of Facebook in support of a collaborative learning project to illustrate the potential of social media in creating engaging learning environments. It situates the case study in the theoretical discussion of the value of edutainment and the promise of social media to foster self‐directed and social learning. The findings provide theoretical implications for the conceptualization of social media use in education and practical implications for tourism and hospitality educators who would like to integrate social media in their teaching.

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UNDERSTANDING THE NEW MEDIA LITERACY IN SPREADING HOAXES AND HATE SPEECH

Book Chapters of The 1st Jakarta International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (JICoSSH) ◽

10.33822/jicossh.v3i0.18 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 247-269

Author(s):

Intan Putri Cahyani

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Role Models ◽

Hate Speech ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

The Subject ◽

New Media Literacy ◽

Massive Information

The emergence of the internet and social media has changed the ease of interaction and the position of humans where they are no longer just as consumers, but as producers and distributors of messages. Whatsapp as the top three social media platforms that are widely used in Indonesia is one of the most common social media circulating information on hoaxes and hate speeches. With the massive information circulating on social media, new media literacy has a very significant role. Lecturers as professional and well-educated people should be able to understand, analyze, assess, and criticize every information carried by social media. But lately there have been various cases of misuse of social media involving lecturers to the realm of law. This will be a threat because lecturers are professions that are used as role models and key opinion leaders in the society. Therefore, researchers are interested in understanding the experience of new media literacy in the dissemination of information on hoaxes and hate speech among social media lecturers, especially Whatsapp Group. Jenkins's theory of new media literacy is used in this qualitative research with an interpretive constructivism paradigm. The research method uses Edmund Husserl's classical phenomenology which emphasizes the essence of the subject (human consciousness) and its activities. The results show that Whatsapp Group is used as a form of communication and information exchange. Sharing is caring has a strong influence on lecturers to spread all the information that is on Whatsapp Group. The main reason for disseminating information related to perceptions of interests and usefulness of the information, so that sometimes the lecturers unwittingly spread hoaxes and hate speech.

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Reaching Them Where They Live

Social Media and Networking ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8614-4.ch080 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1760-1783

Author(s):

Danielle Lawson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Social Media ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Media Use ◽

Social Media Use ◽

The Social ◽

Key Issues ◽

Natural Inclination ◽

Communicative Power

This chapter addresses the interconnected nature of social media use in higher education and business, exploring how educators and employers should use the social media literacy of “C-borgs” as a means of not just communicating with them, but allowing them to do what they do best – consume, create, collaborate, and connect with content. The chapter presents key issues educators and employers face when working to effectively harness the social media literacy of C-borgs, including: how their social media use differs according to their “mode” (work/personal/educational), how to strategically incorporate the C-borg's social media use into educational and business contexts, and how to utilize the C-borg's natural inclination toward a connected, content-centric lifestyle to facilitate educational and corporate engagement. The chapter concludes by discussing several key social media strategies educators and employers can use for harnessing the creative, collaborative, and communicative power of C-borgs.

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Pattern of social media use among youth: implication for social media literacy

Mental Health and Addiction Research ◽

10.15761/mhar.1000189 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Happy Baglari ◽

Manoj Kumar Sharma ◽

P Marimuthu ◽

Suma N

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Media Use ◽

Social Media Use

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Cognitive Effects of Social Media Use: A Case of Older Adults

Social Media + Society ◽

10.1177/2056305118787203 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 205630511878720 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Kelly Quinn

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Inhibitory Control ◽

Social Engagement ◽

Media Use ◽

Well Being ◽

Cognitive Effects ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Wait List Control ◽

Cognitive Domains

Research on the effects of social media use at older ages has largely focused on social benefits. Yet, participation in these new media forms may result in other favorable outcomes, such as improved cognitive functioning. Using a wait list-control design, this study examines the effects of social media engagement among novice adult social media users, aged 65 and older, in four cognitive domains: attention, processing speed, working memory, and inhibitory control. Baseline and multiple post-tests indicate improvement of intervention participants in inhibitory control. These findings demonstrate that the benefits of social media use at older ages extend beyond mere social engagement, and into other domains of everyday well-being.

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