Social media content analysis of public and private Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency facebook groups

Background@#As social media continue to grow as popular and convenient tools for acquiring and disseminating health information, the need to investigate its utilization by laypersons encountering common medical issues becomes increasingly essential. @*Objectives@#This study aimed to analyze the content posted in Facebook groups for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and how these engage the members of the group. @*Methods@#This study employed an inductive content analysis of user-posted content in both public and private Facebook groups catering specifically to G6PD deficiency. The G6PD Facebook groups with 10 or more posts within the past 12 months were selected for this study. Data were harvested from posts and comments using ExportComment. @*Results@#A total of 46 G6PD-related Facebook groups were identified. Of which, 19 were public and 27 were private groups, with an average membership of 5000-6000 accounts. After eligibility based on criteria and authorization for private groups, 3 public and 3 private groups were included, with the majority of these groups focused on sharing information. Five main themes of posted content were identified: diagnosis, management, beliefs, psychosocial factors, and medical requirements. “Diagnosis”-related posts referred to conversations about the causes and symptoms of G6PD, “management” referred to medication or diet, “beliefs” involved traditional or lay perceptions, “psychosocial factors” referred to posts that disclosed how psychosocial factors influenced G6PD deficiency practices, and “medical requirements” referred to documentation regarding the condition. The bulk of these posts used three strategies for communication: information-requesting, self-disclosure, and promotion of products/services. Information requests were the most common. @*Conclusion@#The results of the study showed opportunities and challenges in health education on G6PD, especially in evaluating the credibility and accuracy of the information given and received. Looking at the content and manner of communicating information noted, the newborn screening program may improve its advocacy and education campaign, and may develop targeted educational materials and effective dissemination strategies that could clarify, explain, or refute information and beliefs mostly shared on these platforms.

Músicas do elevador virtual: vaporwave, a estética, a comunidade e a violação ao direito autoral / Music from the virtual elevator: vaporwave, the aesthetics, the community and the copyright infringements

O presente artigo busca descrever e analisar o Vaporwave, movimento artístico surgido e popularizado exclusivamente na Internet. Pretende-se tratar de seu conteúdo, dos tipos de produção cultural a ele pertencente e da comunidade formada em seu entorno. Em seguida, pretende-se compreender como o sistema de direitos autorais trata o Vaporwave e quais seriam os problemas de possíveis incompatibilidades entre o sistema e este tipo de produção cultural.

This article aims to describe and analyze Vaporwave, an artistic movement that emerged and was popularized exclusively on the Internet. I intendto outlineits content, the types of cultural production related tothe movement,and the community formed in its surroundings. Afterwards, I intendto understandhow the copyright system treats Vaporwaveworksand the problems of possible incompatibilities between the copyright system and this type of cultural production.

Social Media in Relation to Politics in Odisha, India :An Overview.

Social media offers innovative opportunities for political actors, political institutions and the public to interact with one another. Most of the prominent political parties are getting attracted toward the use of social media for their election campaigns. Most of the prominent political parties are getting attracted toward the use of social media for their election campaigns. The use of social media by politicians for wooing the younger generation continues. In Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who has asked his party men to use social media to woo young voters, who constitute above 40 percent of the total electorate in the state, In an attempt to cash on the popularity of social media among the youths, the Odisha unit of Congress logged into social media by inaugurating social media unit ahead of 2014 Assembly election in Bhubaneswar. In Odisha, many members of parliament (MPs) and members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) have created accounts on popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Orkut. The content posted on these sites may relate to policy issues and the official work of politicians or to aspects of their personal lives. We have also seen some candidates also campaign through the popular social network sites like Facebook, Twitter etc. in recent Urban Local Body (ULB) elections. However social media will become a an important platform for electoral campaign in future elections. No doubt Social media will a game changing platform in near future.