scholarly journals Till Data Do Us Part: Understanding Data-Based Value Creation in Data-Intensive Infrastructures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niccolò Tempini
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Data Use ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
The Social

Much of the literature on value creation in social media-based infrastructures has largely neglected the pivotal role of data and their processes. This paper tries to move beyond this limitation and discusses data-based value creation in data-intensive infrastructures, such as social media, by focusing on processes of data generation, use and reuse, and on infrastructure development activities. Building on current debates in value theory, the paper develops a multidimensional value framework to interrogate the data collected in an embedded ethnographical case study of the development of PatientsLikeMe, a social media network for patients. It asks when, and where, value is created from the data, and what kinds of value are created from them, as they move through the data infrastructure; and how infrastructure evolution relates to, and shapes, existing data-based value creation practices. The findings show that infrastructure development can have unpredictable consequences for data-based value creation, shaping shared practices in complex ways and through a web of interdependent situations. The paper argues for an understanding of infrastructural innovation that accounts for the situational interdependencies of data use and reuse. Uniquely positioned, the paper demonstrates the importance of research that looks critically into processes of data use in infrastructures to keep abreast of the social consequences of developments in big data and data analytics aimed at exploiting all kinds of digital traces for multiple purposes.

scholarly journals Dangers of the digital fit: Rethinking seamlessness and social sustainability in data-intensive healthcare

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395171775296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Wadmann ◽  
Klaus Hoeyer
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subsequent Loss

For years, attempts at ensuring the social sustainability of digital solutions have focused on ensuring that they are perceived as helpful and easy to use. A smooth and seamless work experience has been the goal to strive for. Based on document analysis and interviews with 15 stakeholders, we trace the setting up of a data infrastructure in Danish General Practice that had achieved just this goal – only to end in a scandal and subsequent loss of public support. The ease of data access made it possible for data to be extracted, exchanged and used by new actors and for new purposes – without those producing the data fully realizing the expansion of the infrastructure. We suggest that the case has wider relevance for a still more data-intensive healthcare sector and a growing data economy: when those who produce the data are not made aware of new uses of data, it makes it more difficult to resolve potential conflicts along the way. In the Danish case, conflicting views on legitimate data use led to the collapse of the infrastructure. Therefore, while seamlessness may be a solution to the old problem of a poor fit between user and technology, this celebrated virtue may also involve new problems relating to social instability. As digital solutions tend to be integrated still more seamlessly in still more of our activities, we need to develop political mechanisms to define and protect the rights and obligations of both data suppliers and users in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of digital infrastructures.

scholarly journals Maximizing the Prediction Accuracy in Tweet Sentiment Extraction using Tensor Flow based Deep Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-79
Author(s):  
S Thivaharan ◽  
G Srivatsun
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Prediction Accuracy ◽  
Deep Neural Networks ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
The Other ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Class Prediction ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Devices

The amount of data generated by modern communication devices is enormous, reaching petabytes. The rate of data generation is also increasing at an unprecedented rate. Though modern technology supports storage in massive amounts, the industry is reluctant in retaining the data, which includes the following characteristics: redundancy in data, unformatted records with outdated information, data that misleads the prediction and data with no impact on the class prediction. Out of all of this data, social media plays a significant role in data generation. As compared to other data generators, the ratio at which the social media generates the data is comparatively higher. Industry and governments are both worried about the circulation of mischievous or malcontents, as they are extremely susceptible and are used by criminals. So it is high time to develop a model to classify the social media contents as fair and unfair. The developed model should have higher accuracy in predicting the class of contents. In this article, tensor flow based deep neural networks are deployed with a fixed Epoch count of 15, in order to attain 25% more accuracy over the other existing models. Activation methods like “Relu” and “Sigmoid”, which are specific for Tensor flow platforms support to attain the improved prediction accuracy.

scholarly journals Social consequences of the 2020 regional elections in Indonesia under the covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 536-542
Author(s):  
V. L. Muzykant ◽  
M. A. Muqsith
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Elections

The article considers the relationship between the 2020 regional elections in Indonesia under the covid-19 pandemic, public space, and political activism in the social media. The covid-19 pandemic has changed the social, political and cultural fabric of the contemporary world. First, the covid-19 threatened the countrys healthcare system, then it affected other aspects of social life, including the political sphere. The pandemic has been exacerbated by the spread of misinformation about the covid-19, which is also known as the infodemic. Thus, the covid-19 pandemic influenced the choice of holding elections or delaying it until the situation is under control. The development of the social media encourages political activism in the political public sphere and makes it more diverse in the sphere of egalitarianism. The political public sphere becomes increasingly dynamic and critical to various policies. Indonesia did not postpone the 2020 regional elections under the covid-19 crisis. According to the health protocol, this decision had its pros and cons in the digital space. The authors show that political activists in the social media called for prioritizing health rather than the process of democratization through elections, while the government supporters insisted on having elections even in the covid-19 pandemic situation. Finally, the 2020 regional elections were held but were followed by various incidents. The question is whether the governments argument to hold elections under the covid-19 pandemic was reasonable or, on the contrary, contributed to the wider spread of the covid-19 in Indonesia. Deliberative democracy should consider civil participation as the main pillar of the political system, which is relevant for the new social reality as based on the new social media technologies.

Creating Social Value in Societies

2019 ◽  
pp. 1492-1509
Author(s):  
Igbinakhase Idahosa
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Value Creation ◽  
The Uk

This chapter critically examines social value creation in societies focusing on the “shared value” theory and stakeholders' “collective responsibility” hinged on social responsibility. The social value creation process is reviewed from the social entrepreneurship perspective considering the essential business/social inputs required to create social value for the business and the host society. The United Kingdom (UK) is used as a case study, depicting factors shaping the business environment. Other current meaningful developments, which include the Social Value Act 2012 that promotes social value creation in the country, are discussed. An analysis of the UK model of social value creation and why it will be difficult to implement in developing countries is also provided. Constraints such as poor infrastructure, corruption and other limiting factors are considered. Finally, social value creation is a sustainable process and every stakeholder benefits from its outcomes.

scholarly journals UNRULY WOMEN IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: LA BARBE ON LE PETIT JOURNAL

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy E Forrest
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Television Programme ◽  
The Public Sphere

This article considers the social consequences of transgressing expected norms of gendered behaviour in the public sphere of a mainstream French television programme. La Barbe, who appeared on Le Petit Journal in December 2011, elicited an onslaught of indignant and sardonic public responses via social media. Drawing on Meehan (1995), Fraser (1990, 1995), and Landes (1995), this article analyses the televised appearance and the online reactions. Due to La Barbe’s unsuccessful communication and interested discourse, the public denounced, and so attempted to regulate, feminist disobedience.

scholarly journals Providing Housing for Orphancy Children: Key Challenges and Social Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Elena Yu. Vasilieva ◽  
◽  
Elena V. Frolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Consequences ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Housing Rights ◽  
Residential Institutions ◽  
Regional Authorities

Providing housing for orphans is one of the most pressing problems of modern Russian society. The purpose of the article is to analyze the key problems of providing housing for orphans and children left without parental care, to study the social consequences of violation of their housing rights. The analysis of statistical data illustrates a number of significant problems in the implementation of state policy aimed at ensuring the housing rights of orphans. The key one is the insufficient level of funding, which does not allow regional authorities to fulfill their obligations in a timely manner and in full. The following problems in the field of providing housing to orphans were highlighted: dysfunction of interagency interaction, legal gaps, lack of conditions for registering graduates of residential institutions at the place of residence, narrowing social support, medical care, existing practices of providing housing of unsatisfactory quality, in rural settlements with remote access, low level of infrastructure development, limited conditions for finding a job.

scholarly journals Considering Value-related Concepts in Service-oriented Approaches to Marketing Studies in Light of Philosophical and Economic Value Theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Michaela Haase
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Theoretical Context ◽  
The Social ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Value Cocreation ◽  
Further Development

The concepts of value, value creation, and value cocreation figure prominently in service-oriented approaches to marketing studies, especially servicedominant logic. However, the meaning of these concepts is fuzzy and dependent on the theoretical context in which they are used. In addition, philosophical, economic, and sociological conceptualizations, among others, have affected the meaning of the concept of value. Harking back to Kant and Lotze, with reference to epistemology and ontology, this paper investigates the role philosophical and economic value theory can play in understanding value-related concepts in marketing studies and in the further development of marketing studies within the social sciences.

Creating Social Value in Societies

2016 ◽  
pp. 21-38
Author(s):  
Igbinakhase Idahosa
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Value Creation ◽  
The Uk

This chapter critically examines social value creation in societies focusing on the “shared value” theory and stakeholders' “collective responsibility” hinged on social responsibility. The social value creation process is reviewed from the social entrepreneurship perspective considering the essential business/social inputs required to create social value for the business and the host society. The United Kingdom (UK) is used as a case study, depicting factors shaping the business environment. Other current meaningful developments, which include the Social Value Act 2012 that promotes social value creation in the country, are discussed. An analysis of the UK model of social value creation and why it will be difficult to implement in developing countries is also provided. Constraints such as poor infrastructure, corruption and other limiting factors are considered. Finally, social value creation is a sustainable process and every stakeholder benefits from its outcomes.

“News comes across when I’m in a moment of leisure”: Understanding the practices of incidental news consumption on social media

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 3523-3539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo J Boczkowski ◽  
Eugenia Mitchelstein ◽  
Mora Matassi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Filtering ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reading Patterns ◽  
Derivative Information ◽  
Depth Interviews

Incidental consumption of news on social media has risen in recent years, particularly among young people. Previous studies have characterized what the main dimensions and effects of this phenomenon are. In this article, we complement that literature by looking at how this phenomenon unfolds. Inspired by practice theory, we aim to answer two questions: (1) what are the practices that subtend incidental news consumption on social media among young people? and (2) What are the social consequences of these practices? We draw upon 50 in-depth interviews with respondents aged 18–29 years from Argentina. Our findings show the existence of (1) strong connections between technology and content, “anywhere and anytime” coordinates, derivative information routines, and increasingly mediated sociability and (2) fragmentary reading patterns, loss of hierarchy of the news, and coexistence of editorial, algorithmic, and social filtering. We conclude by elaborating on the empirical and theoretical implications of these findings.

‘Globalized difference’: Identity politics on social media

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Sanja Vico
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Global City ◽  
Technical Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Practices

By drawing on an ethnographic study of digital communication practices of Serbian Londoners, this article identifies a new form of subtle spontaneous identity politics on social media that seeks to reassert national identity and present it both as an exotic difference and as cosmopolitan. It argues that this form of identity politics has been brought about thanks to social surveillance on social media, the context of London ‐ as a global city ‐ and the particular socio-historical position of the Serbian national identity. Thus, this article contributes to the socio-technical approach to social media, which considers both technical properties of social media and a range of social factors, including users’ agency, in understanding the social consequences of social media. The article concludes that this identity politics is ambivalent in its character ‐ while it is a source of empowerment, it also tends to commodify difference.

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