Browsing by Subject "social media"
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Applying the SOBC paradigm to explain how social media overload affects academic performance
(Elsevier, 2019-09-10)Research suggests University students are more disposed than others to develop problematic social media use. Social media overload, the phenomenon where users are exposed to a massive amount of information and communication ... -
Augmenting Social Media Items with Metadata using Related Web Content
(2012-01-23)The Web has shifted from a read-only medium where most users were solely consumers of information, to an interactive medium where collaborative technologies allow anyone to publish or edit content. In this environment, ... -
Disease mentions in airport and hospital geolocations expose dominance of news events for disease concerns
(Springer Nature, 2018-06-12)Background: In recent years, Twitter has been applied to monitor diseases through its facility to monitor users' comments and concerns in real-time. The analysis of tweets for disease mentions should reflect not only user ... -
Ireland’s agri-food and drink sector: The correlation between eWOM initiatives and employee brand advocacy
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-20)The Irish agri-food and drink sector has a rich heritage. It is Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, employing 8.4% of the working population and generating an annual turnover of €27.5bn. SMEs within the sector use social ... -
Nurturing global collaboration and networked learning in higher education
(Association for Learning Technology, 2016-01-01)We consider the principles of communities of practice (CoP) and networked learning in higher education, illustrated with a case study. iCollab has grown from an international community of practice connecting students and ... -
“openness” with and without information technology: a framework and a brief history
(Springer Nature, 2017-11-20)Over the past two decades, openness (e.g. 'open' innovation, 'open' education and 'open' strategy) has been of increasing interest for researchers and of increasing relevance to practitioners. Openness is often deeply ... -
Social media poetics: The technological forms of alt lit poetry
(John Hopkins University Press, 2022-09)Poets on Twitter often use the medium for the purposes of publication and promotion. However, writers from the Alt Lit movement have used Twitter and other social media platforms for more creative purposes. Here, I examine ... -
A survey of cyberbullying amongst students in Ireland's higher education sector
(International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015-10-26)Cyberbullying is an extension of traditional bullying where victims are harassed via the internet or mobile phones. This study investigated the victims’ experiences of cyberbullying including the prevalence, type and ... -
Tanning bed burns reported on twitter: over 15,000 in 2013
(Springer Nature, 2016-02-18)Few surveillance tools exist for monitoring tanning bed injuries. Twitter data were examined to identify and describe reports of tanning bed-caused burns. Tweets sent in 2013 containing keywords for tanning bed use and ... -
The sharing of radiological images by professional mixed martial arts fighters on social media
(SAGE Publications, 2017-06-01)Background: Mixed martial arts is a sport that has recently enjoyed a significant increase in popularity. This rise in popularity has catapulted many of these "cage fighters'' into stardom and many regularly use ... -
The ‘selfie’ phenomenon: reducing the risk of harm while using smartphones during international travel: table 1.
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2016-02-01)Background. Photography is an integral component of the international travel experience. Self-photography is becoming a mainstream behaviour in society and it has implications for the practice of travel medicine. Travellers ... -
Twitter journalism in ireland: sourcing and trust in the age of social media*
(Informa UK Limited, 2016-05-31)Twitter has been widely adopted into journalistic workflows, as it provides instant and widespread access to a plethora of content about breaking news events, while also serving to disseminate reporting on those events. ... -
“Waiting for Science to Catch up with Practice”: an examination of 10-year YouTube trends in discussions of chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency treatment for multiple sclerosis
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-03-26)Objective: The objective of this longitudinal study examined, first, whether people with multiple sclerosis who previously advocated for angioplasty to treat chronic cerebral spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) through ...