MOBILE SOCIAL WORK
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How Are Mobile Phones Changing Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application
23 Facts About Kids And Technology You Might Not Know
The Huffington Post, the first commercially run, United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize, recently published a post on a study about kids‘ use of social media … Continue reading
Social Media Addiction Disorder – [INFOGRAPHIC]
In 2012 researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway developed and published a Facebook Addiction Scale to measure the addiction to social media based on the six core elements … Continue reading
How Social Workers can fight Cyberbullying
Rena Malai, member of the news staff of the American National Association of Social Workers (NASW), shared her thoughts about on- and offline bullying. Here are the statements I find … Continue reading
How young people use social media and social networks for sexual health communication
Researchers from Australia explored how young people use social media and social networks for sexual health communication. Here is the abstract of the article publishes in the The International Journal … Continue reading
Social Media Use of Older Adults: A Mini-Review
Social Media Use of Older Adults: A Mini-ReviewLeist A.K. Gerontology (DOI: 10.1159/000346818) Abstract Background: Maintaining social relationshipshas been defined as a core element of aging well. With a considerable amount of older … Continue reading
Virtual Boundaries: Ethical Considerations for Use of Social Media in Social Work
Virtual Boundaries: Ethical Considerations for Use of Social Media in Social Work (Commentary) Ericka Kimball, PhD, MSW, is assistant professor, Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454, JaeRan Kim, … Continue reading
How mobile phones and social media keep us connected
Mobile Social Work focusses on two topics in relation to social work: mobile phones and social media. The close connection between the two topics can be seen in a recent … Continue reading
Social media as a tool for career development for social workers
Deona Hooper, founder of the network socialworkelper.com, shared her thoughts on „Social Work and Social Media: Tools for Networking and E-Advocacy“ on the socialworkhepler.com blog, She emphasizes that social workers … Continue reading
