616 research outputs found

    Sexual Self-Disclosure on Adolescents Who Do Porn, Masturbate, and Orgasm (PMO) on Social Media

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    PMO stands for porn, masturbation, & orgasm. Many individuals, especially adolescents, have begun to take up sexual pleasure via social media. Reputable studies have noted that individuals who experience sexual experimentation on social media have diverse dynamics and various indications of factors. This study aims to describe the experiences of individuals who have done PMO. Two participants participated through snowball sampling. Data was collected based on semi-structured interviews with the participants. Data analysis was carried out phenomenologically descriptively to see the substance of the PMO experience in the form of themes. This research study obtained 8 PMO themes, including self-limitation, self-control, exploratory behavior, idle curiosity, insecurity, escape coping, fetish, and addiction. The interest of this research is how it can be an effort to will sexual self-disclosure in a more positive way to build self-development

    Cities at risk? Exploring the synergies between smartphones and everyday vulnerabilities

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    Smartphones present new forms of spatiality and sociality for cities worldwide. The sudden outburst in smartphone technologies has revolutionised human relations creating new possibilities of encounter and connectivity. This paper examines people's smartphone usage patterns and highlights how this is increasing human vulnerabilities in cities with resultant wider societal implications. Drawing on the theory of vulnerability, Hofstede's cultural dimension theory and carrying out semi-structured interviews in the United Kingdom and Ghana, the paper reveals that the current scale of usage and addiction to smartphones and social media are fostering emerging forms of everyday vulnerabilities. Victimisation, privacy breach, home emergencies and road accidents are prevalent vulnerabilities in both Accra and London. By comparing participants' smartphone usage patterns and their motives for adopting or ignoring certain social media practices, the study illustrates how the concept of attitudinal vulnerability extends our understanding of Hofstede's theory of collectivism and individualism. While the finding from Accra complicates Hofstede's collectivism label as there seems to be a loss of genuine sense of care and people-centeredness among participants it confirms individualism tendencies among the participants in London though some tendencies of ‘virtual collectivism’ were observed. In conclusion, the study emphasises how significant behavioural changes among smartphone users can reduce human-induced vulnerabilities in cities. By so doing, we add weight to the literature that focuses on the importance of developing context-specific cutting edge ICT policies vis-a-vis building smart, safe and sustainable cities

    VIEWER RECEPTION TOWARD YOUTUBER'S GIVEAWAY

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    Lately Youtuber is one of the favorite professions by people because easy to getting money from uploading videos that generate Adsense. The amount of Adsense that you get depends from account owners traffic, that is the number of viewers on the video uploaded. This makes Youtubers use their brain more creative to promoting their channel with giveaway as the way. However, when something becomes a trend, there will be various reactions from the audience. For example, news about suspicion about Youtubers who give fake giveaways, giveaway law in islam, videos of giveaway reactions by Youtubers, how to get giveaways from Youtuber and many more. From the many pros and cons, the reason based on the main goal of Youtuber making giveaway to get Adsense, makes value of the video ignored. So that video Is considered less education and seems just s setting. From this respons, the researcher wants to know how the viewer receptions about giveaway trend that youtuber doing lately using Stuart Hall’s theory. The results of this qualitative descriptive study found that the viewer’s reading position is negotiated reading because they accept the existing giveaway trends, but they are quite selective and have their own standart to join giveaway and choosing Youtube videos. &nbsp

    Generation Y’s Complaint Behavior toward Online Shopping

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    The purpose of this research was to analyze factors that influence Generation Y’s complaint behavior in online shopping. In general, Generation Y’s consumer of this research have a good perception of consumer rights. In contrast, the result showed that Generation Y in this research had a low complaint behavior. The research found that gender, strivers lifestyle, and number of social media account were influence Generation Y’s complaint behavior in online shopping. The result showed that male student did more complaint than female student. Generation Y who had strivers lifestyle will increase complaint behavior. The more Generation Y had social media account, the more Generation Y prefer to did a complaint

    Readers’ Responses to Homoerotism on Indonesian Online Fictions

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    The dominant masculine stereotype constructed in our society's view is considered to be restrictive and unfavorable in some aspects inherent in masculine gender. This condition sometimes makes men depressed and suffer because they cannot express certain feelings and emotions which also require other men's point of view and internalize certain values. Bromance is considered as a concept against masculine views that develop in society so that they are able to express their feelings, empathize with each other, motivate each other, and together show concern in difficult times so that they can share the problems they face and find solutions from a male point of view. man. This study aims to explore he  reader’ respond to homoeroticism depicted in Indonesian online fiction  and an offer  to  ideal homosocial concept as a solution for male friendship that should be depicted in a fictional world as the basis for building a better civilization and source of literacy. This study uses a qualitative method. The result showed that the male body becomes the source of the emergence of homoeroticism in friendship interraction. Sexual stimulation and words that have homoerotic tendencies in character interactions lead to sexual feelings. Strong and intense emotions lead them to feelings of homoeroticism. The more intimate emotional and physical closeness leads them to change their sexual desire towards other sexual acts. The offer of the concept of the ideal friendship of heterosexual men in a fictional world should include aspects: togetherness, sharing problems openly and comfortably, providing emotional support, and giving surprises by avoiding things that are not accepted by our society, namely affection without deep emotions. and a description of ethical interactions without physical contact so that the strength of male homosocial bonds is built as well as to uphold certain images of masculinity and sexuality in accordance with the masculine stereotypes adopted and developed in the society. In other words, men must maintain ethics and dignity in a friendshi

    Exploring the Connection between Social Media & Body-Image and the Impact of Art Therapy Interventions on a Woman’s Self-Esteem

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    This current study desired to illuminate the connection between social media and body image, as well as determining if art therapy interventions may impact a woman’s self-esteem. An individual’s body-image and self-esteem are very much correlated, as both concepts directly influence one another. Fourteen participants were recruited through social media after meeting the qualifications: being eighteen years old and/or older, identifying as a woman, and being active on social media. A mixed-methods research design was utilized for this research using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Qualitative data was obtained through semi structured interviews, participant’s artwork, and reflections on their art. Art-based data was focused on the art assessment of self-portraits and on the art therapy intervention of found poetry with positive affirmations. Quantitative data was obtained through two questionnaires: Self Esteem Scale and the Social Media Appearance Preoccupation Scale. The results from this study illuminate the strong connection between social media and body-image, as well as the impact that art therapy interventions have on self-esteem. Recommendations for future research include broadening the population size, as well as expanding the age range of participants

    Online Marketing of Cultural Tourism: A Case Study of a 5A Ancient Town

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    For Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs), the use of social media marketing has become their most important marketing tool.This paper discusses the online marketing process of cultural tourism through the thematic analysis method, and reveals the online marketing content of cultural tourism from three stages: pre-tour marketing, in-tour marketing and post-tour marketing.Research shows that the marketing of cultural tourism on social media is mainly through the self-established IP of tourism-related stakeholders and tourists to automatically generate or forward high-quality cultural tourism content, generate certain influence and attract a group of fans, from which trust can be built by interacting with uploaders. The results imply that the high quality cultural tourism content is the key to the success of online marketing, therefore, both the tourism destination organizations and the tourism enterprises should do a good job in the content generatio

    The Cord (November 23, 2011)

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    Consider the Source: Receiver-Assigned Attributions of Credibility to Influential Bloggers

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    The purpose of this study is to examine credibility as it pertains to blogging. While studies have traditionally considered credibility in the context of the material being created, this study examines source credibility in the context of the personality creating the material. Therefore, this study functions primarily as an exploratory study and seeks to present an understanding of source credibility from the perspective of the individuals participating in blogging communities cultivated by influential bloggers. An interview questionnaire was specially developed for this study. Ten participants were selected for this study. Eight of them are females, two of the participants are males. All but one of the participants are Caucasians. The study’s results show that support for attributions of credibility differing based on receiver gender and ethnicity does not exist. However, there was a difference in the types of credible behavior attributed to the bloggers in this study. Responses concerning the male Hispanic blogger indicate credibly behavior oriented toward providing depth of information, whereas responses concerning the White female blogger indicated an inclination toward a community-centric blog focused on providing a broad range of resources. Due to the limited sample size of this study, the ability to make general statements and infer statistical significance is limited, thus relegating this study to being only useful for exploratory purposes. This study’s results, data interpretation, implications, and possibilities for future research are discussed at length

    The Cowl - v. 84 - n. 15 - Feb 6, 2020

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    The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 84 - Number 15 - February 6, 2020. 24 pages
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