Utilizing Structural Network Positions to Diversify People Recommendations on Twitter by Ekaterina Olshannikova, Erjon Skenderi, Thomas Olsson, Sami Koivunen, Jukka Huhtamäki

“…The proposed strategy contributes to the design of a people recommender system, which exposes users to diverse recommendations and facilitates new social ties in online social networks. In addition, we advance user-centered evaluation methods by proposing measures for subjective perceptions of people recommendations.…”
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Being a Nursing Home Resident: A Challenge to One's Identity by Maria Riedl, Franco Mantovan, Christa Them

“…In order to be able to cope with these strains, they need the help of family members, professionals, and identity-forming conversations in new social networks in the nursing home. The study participants draw enough strength from their faith in order to fight for their independence. …”
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A dynamic preference recommendation model based on spatiotemporal knowledge graphs by Xinyu Fan, Yinqin Ji, Bei Hui

“…Abstract Recommender systems are of increasing importance owing to the growth of social networks and the complexity of user behavior, and cater to the personalized needs of users. …”
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED NON-CLINICAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE LONELINESS IN THE ELDERLY: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Wahyu Agustin Eka Lestari

“…Other interventions are needed such as technological interventions (eg, digital applications (apps), online social networks and social robots) to enhance emotional support and social interaction. …”
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The Influence of Multimedia Input Mode Based on Complex System Discrete Model on College Students’ English Ability by Xiaoge Wang, Weihong Zhao, Yuanyuan Xu

“…In this network age, data have been generated, such as multimedia, social networks, and search records. Due to the generation of data, complex system discrete model technology is also widely used in all walks of life. …”
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University Students’ Expectations of their Lecturers’ Support Regarding Extensive Reading – A Case Study of first-year English major students at a South African University by Madoda Cekiso, Florence Olifant

“…The findings revealed that students expected lecturers to provide guidance on digital reading, encourage reading groups, improve access to diverse reading materials, consider students’ reading interests, expose them to newspapers and magazines, and promote the use of social networks for extensive reading. The study highlights the importance of considering students’ perspectives in shaping reading instruction pedagogy and offers practical implications for lecturers to effectively support and facilitate extensive reading.…”
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Resource- Based Conflict and Rural Poverty in Benue State by W. Yio Benjamin

“…Consequently, the struggle over some of these resources in the region especially agricultural land and water resources between Farmers and Pastoralists in the last two decades has led to a sustained violent conflict in the area leading to a large displacement of farmers, damage to infrastructure, institutions, production and brake up of communities and social networks therefore exacerbating poverty in the region. …”
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The Evolution Model of Public Risk Perception Based on Pandemic Spreading Theory under Perspective of COVID-19 by Yi-Cheng Zhang, Zhi Li, Guo-Bing Zhou, Nai-Ru Xu, Jia-Bao Liu

“…Second, we analyze the characteristics of risk perception transmission in social networks. Third, we establish the dynamic model of public risk perception evolution based on SEIR, and the evolution mechanism of the public risk perception network is revealed through simulation experiments. …”
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An Emotion Detection GIS-Based Framework for Evaluating Exposure to Heatwave Scenarios in Urban Settlements During a Pandemic by Barbara Cardone, Ferdinando Di Martino, Cristiano Mauriello, Vittorio Miraglia

“…To assess the prevalence of this stressor, a fuzzy-based emotion detection method is utilized, which uses the FREDoC framework to categorize the subzones that comprise the urban study area according to the relevance of the pleasant and unpleasant emotions of the citizens, identified based on the examination of posts that have been published on social networks. The proposed model was tested on the urban area of study of the city of Naples in Italy, taking into consideration a heatwave scenario that occurred in the summer of 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzing the variation in exposure in the thirty districts into which the city is partitioned. …”
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Book review: Kravchenko S. A. “Sociology of Digitalisation: university textbook” by N. N. Meshcheryakova, L. A. Vasilenko

“…Kravchenko calls this new reality the socio-digital-natural reality, in which, primarily in social networks, both human actors and non-human (digital) actors, sociotechnical and techno-social hybrids operate. …”
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Individual differences in event experiences and psychosocial factors as drivers for perceived linguistic change following occupational major life events by Wirtz Mason A., Pickl Simon, Pfenninger Simone E.

“…Qualitatively, the thematic analysis revealed that facets of the linguistic marketplace seemed responsible for occupational MLE-related linguistic change, but also socio-affective drivers such as dialect pride and career-resultant shifts in one’s social networks and contact with other dialects.…”
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The Role of Islamic Social Capital in Strengthening National Governance by Luqman Mahmud, Ayu Nor Azilah Mohamad

“…It has three main components: social networks, social norms, and social rules, all of which help strengthen information flow and harmony among organisation members. …”
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A Metaphorical Approach to Developing Behavior Within the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic by Ceren Yegen, Arthur Berger

“…The resultsof the social network analysis show that the course of the pandemic did not arouse public reaction (inthe scope of the analysis period). …”
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Democracy and Social Movements: A Critical Review on the Book Can Democracy Be Saved? Participation, Deliberation and Social Movements by Behnam Joodi, Mohammad Yeganeh

“…The second part is the practice of democracy by social movements in the contemporary world in light of the evolution of the Internet and social networks, which seeks to move from representative democracy to direct democracy. …”
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Prerequisites for the legal mechanisms development to combat disinformation in social media in the context of national security: problem statement by A. I. Marushchak

“…It is noted that regulations on combating disinformation in social networks should take into account international human rights requirements, national interests, as well as business processes of social media companies.…”
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Public accountability and institutional change in Latin America. Introduction to dossier by Adrián Gurza-Lavalle

“…Finally, the diffusion of transparency policies has produced synergies with the opportunities created by other changes (social networks, among others).…”
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The culture of ecological centers as a significant element of urban life in eco-cities by Alina Shaikhieva, Anastasya Korovina, Sergey Tkach, Maya Rusakova

“…Most users regularly come to the center, visit other eco-friendly spaces, and follow this topic on social networks. A significant proportion (47%) of respondents actively pursue environmentally friendly lifestyles, with occasional engagement in environmental organizations and infrequent financial contributions. …”
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Language as a creator of realities and public opinion: Critical analysis in the context of the current media ecosystem by Sabina Civila de Dios, Luis M. Romero-Rodríguez, Ignacio Aguaded

“…The main conclusion of this study highlights how public opinion is no longer created unidirectionally and monopolistically through conventional media, but with the interaction and participation of the “prosumer audience” within social networks. However, this does not mean the role of the media in social control has been completely lost through strategies such as framing and priming. …”
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The Role of Museums in the Process of Creating a Brand City: The Case of Ankara by Burcu Zeybek, İlknur Doğu Öztürk

“…It is crucial to evaluate the usage practices of social networks in sustaining the urban brand. In this study, we discussed how museums as social memory spaces are subject to social media posts. …”
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Needs of persons with disabilities for competences that expand employment opportunities in the conditions of society digitalisation by V. N. Kozlov, D. F. Romanenkova

“…As a result, professional competencies were identified that expand their employment opportunities for people in this category: practical professional skills; professional knowledge in the subject area; digital competencies and information technology skills; the ability to work in the media space, including social networks; knowledge of interaction technologies, self-presentation and effective communication; the ability to tell a wide audience about their services, skills, about themselves as a specialist; the ability to promote themselves, their professional competencies and services. …”
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