scholarly journals Motivating Students to Learn AI Through Social Networking Sites: A Case Study in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsz Kit Ng ◽  
Kai Wa Chu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Research Process ◽  
After School ◽  
School Activities ◽  
After School Activities

In Hong Kong, after-school activities have long been used to foster friendships and to allow students to pursue their interests in an informal setting. This case study reports on a three-phase action research process in which information technology teachers delivered after-school activities focused on artificial intelligence during the COVID-19 transition to remote learning. Using semi-structured interviews, a motivational questionnaire, and lesson observations, this study describes how extracurricular activities were delivered online using social networking sites and how students perceived the new experience. Our results suggest that, in order to deploy meaningful activities via social media, teachers need to build collaborative environments that facilitate social engagement among students. These findings have implications for new practices in social media and other blended technologies, and can help students strike a healthy balance between their academic and non-academic life during this challenging period.

scholarly journals New Interpretation of Extracurricular Activities via Social Networking Sites: A Case Study of Artificial Intelligence Learning at a Secondary School in Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Tsz Kit Ng
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
After School ◽  
School Activities ◽  
After School Activities ◽  
New Interpretation

During the COVID-19 pandemic, attending after-school activities now becomes a luxury to students, which used to establish interests, friendships and social networks in an informal setting. Students lost contact with peers and teachers and were forced to attend blended courses at home, which may constitute threats to their non-academic issues, especially social needs and mental health of the most vulnerable students. This article overviews a new interpretation of extracurricular activities (ECAs) to teach artificial intelligence (AI) via a social networking site (SNS) among junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. A three-stage action research with the use of semi-structured interviews, motivational surveys and lesson observation was conducted. Based on how students perceived such pedagogical changes, the teachers employed various strategies to transform the “after-school” activities online. The investigation presented the planning processes on how to transform the informal learning activities to an online mode via SNSs that can reach the roles of ECAs in schooling. Our study indicated that meaningful activities rely on teachers’ leading role to build a collaborative social media environment in order to facilitate social engagement among students.

“Hey, Look at My Body!”

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lik Sam Chan ◽  
Hing Weng Eric Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Risks ◽  
The Relationship

This article considers the phenomenon of online body display by users of social networking sites in Hong Kong. A survey of 392 young adults was conducted to investigate the relationships between narcissism, grandiose exhibitionism, body image satisfaction, perceived privacy risks, and online body display. A Body Display Index was developed to measure the perceived level of sexual explicitness of photographs shared by Facebook users. Grandiose exhibitionism, a sub-trait of narcissism, was found to be a stronger predictor of online body display than narcissism. The relationship between body image satisfaction and online body display was not significant, and no relationship was found between such displays and perceived privacy risks, thus implying a lack of social media-related privacy concerns among the respondents.

scholarly journals Social networking sites and participatory reluctance: A case study of Gaydar, user resistance and interface rejection

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 2613-2628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elija Cassidy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Marriage Equality ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
User Resistance ◽  
Gay Male

This article conceptualises ‘participatory reluctance’ as a particular orientation to social media that problematises binarised notions of connection and disconnection in social networking sites. It qualitatively examines how the concept has functioned within gay men’s social networking service, Gaydar, among 18- to 28-year-old users of the site in Brisbane, Australia. Participatory reluctance is shown to be a central aspect of the culture of this space, fostered among the studied demographic by the convergence of the growing global push for marriage equality and increasing normalisation of the kinds of gay male identities commonly adopted among this group, with three key factors rooted primarily in Gaydar’s design: (1) young users’ perceptions of the site as a space for procuring casual sex, (2) their perceptions of the imagined user as embodying existing stereotypes of gay masculinity and (3) a lack of genuine alternatives in terms of niche digital spaces for gay men’s social networking.

“Hey, Look at My Body!”

2019 ◽  
pp. 302-319
Author(s):  
Lik Sam Chan ◽  
Hing Weng Eric Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Body Image Satisfaction ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Privacy Risks ◽  
The Relationship

This article considers the phenomenon of online body display by users of social networking sites in Hong Kong. A survey of 392 young adults was conducted to investigate the relationships between narcissism, grandiose exhibitionism, body image satisfaction, perceived privacy risks, and online body display. A Body Display Index was developed to measure the perceived level of sexual explicitness of photographs shared by Facebook users. Grandiose exhibitionism, a sub-trait of narcissism, was found to be a stronger predictor of online body display than narcissism. The relationship between body image satisfaction and online body display was not significant, and no relationship was found between such displays and perceived privacy risks, thus implying a lack of social media-related privacy concerns among the respondents.

Social Media in Library and Information Centres

2012 ◽  
pp. 293-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodele John Alonge
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Academic Collaboration ◽  
Library Users

This chapter discusses social networking as a new tool in information management, using Facebook as case study. It explicates how social networking can enhance library outreach and librarians’ collaboration. It presents social networking as new tool in information management that is capable of creating future prospects, opportunities, and hope for library users, and information and library professionals. For the purpose of this work, three groups were created on Facebook. One for library users and two for Librarians: Academic Library Users, African Librarian, and Nigerian Librarians. Social networking sites could be effectively used to disseminate information and promote pleasant professional relationship among librarians and library users. It encourages academic collaboration. With Facebook group, pictures of memorable events could be shared, news could be posted, and meetings, conferences, and workshops could be announced.

scholarly journals Social Networking Addiction Among Hong Kong University Students: Its Health Consequences and Relationships With Parenting Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Yu ◽  
Tingyu Luo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Parenting Behaviors ◽  
Occurrence Rate ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Health Consequences

The use of social networking sites (SNSs) has been growing at a staggering rate, especially among university students. The present study investigated the prevalence of social networking addiction (SNA), its health consequences, and its relationships with parents' Internet-specific parenting behaviors in a sample of Hong Kong university students (N = 390). Adopting the 9-item social media disorder scale, 21.5% of the participating students met the criteria for SNA. Students with SNA showed longer sleeping latency, more sleep disturbance, poorer academic performance, lower levels of life satisfaction, and higher levels of depression than did students without SNA. Parental reactive restriction and limiting online behaviors of the participants were associated with higher risk of SNA. The findings suggest the severity of SNA and its negative consequences among Hong Kong university students. While parental behaviors limiting children's use of SNSs were found to increase the occurrence rate of SNA among university students, longitudinal studies are needed to further examine this causal relationship.

Coming of Age?

2020 ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Edward Entee ◽  
Anthony Afful-Dadzie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Coming Of Age ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Capability Development ◽  
Teaching Case ◽  
Lessons Learnt

Social networking sites such as Facebook have developed massive acceptance as commercial channels among users, and this is commonly known as social commerce. Despite the significance of social media sites for commercial purposes, entrepreneurs struggle with capability development as well as strategies to achieve benefits. To address this gap, this chapter presents a teaching case study that explores how a microentrepreneur used social media as a resource to create social commerce capabilities to achieve benefits. Lessons learnt are proposed in the case, and questions for reflections are proposed whilst a debate topic is also suggested.

scholarly journals Developing a Social Media Strategy: A Professional Association Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy McLean-Cobban
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Social Media Strategy

Relationship engagement is the cornerstone of social media, hence the word “networking” in social networking sites. Social media sites can make excellent communications vehicles for many not-for-profits since building and maintaining relationships are fundamental to their existence. This social media strategy audit and case study examines the best practices for organizations, in particular, non-profit professional associations, and proposes a social media strategy for a national Canadian professional association. The study found that while many professional associations are using social media to engage with their members and other stakeholders, there are a number of key elements that need to be considered when associations develop social media strategies including: implementing a social media policy for staff and members; allocating proper staff resources, including training; tying social media activities back to the strategic plan of the organization; ensuring consistency of messages and content across platforms; and finally making sure social media activities are measured with both quantitative and qualitative measures.

scholarly journals You are Cancelled: Virtual Collective Consciousness and the Emergence of Cancel Culture as Ideological Purging

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Ching Velasco ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Generic Term

Social networking platforms were originally conceived to enable individuals to engage in various forms of online interactions. As social networking sites robustly permeated different facets of society, they have been commonly grouped under the more generic term “social media.” Social media has become a powerful force in contemporary life, paving the way for the rise of digital participatory cultures and social movements. More recently, the culture of cancellation has entered the vernacular of digital culture, primarily targeted at public figures who break the loose norms of social acceptability. Specifically, cancel culture is a form of public shaming initiated on social media to deprive someone of their usual clout or attention with the aim of making public discourse more diffused and less monopolized by those in positions of privilege. Conversely, cancel culture has also been framed as a form of intolerance against opposing views. In this essay, I unpack the nuances and implications of cancel culture through Neil Alperstein’s concept of “virtual collective consciousness.” In Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines, cancel culture has become more demonstrable on social media. I will use a case study of a public figure from the Philippines who has been subjected to cancel culture in order to examine the complexity of this social phenomenon.

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