Examining abuse in online media

Examining for child abuse and child neglect.

Social Media and Politics: Examining Indonesians’ Political Knowledge on Facebook

The Internet and social media have played a significant role in contemporarypolitical sphere of Indonesia. In particular, they have been widely usedfor political activism and discussion; but whether the discussions areconstructive is another issue. Constructive political discussion requiresseveral preconditions; one of the most important requirements is rationalreasoning. Citizens must be equip...

Online sexual health services: examining youth's perspectives.

OBJECTIVES Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are high and rising in British Columbia, Canada, and youth ages 15-24 account for a disproportionate amount of the infections. As a result, new public health interventions have increasingly turned towards media such as the internet to reach youth populations at risk for STIs/HIV. We describe youth's perceptions about online sexual health service...

Examining student satisfaction with wholly online learning

Learner satisfaction has been shown to be positively correlated with quality of learning outcomes. An understanding of the factors that influence student satisfaction with online learning in a particular context can be used as an input to the appropriate design of learning environments, and for the provision of targeted support to students, with an aim to positively influence the student online...

Examining Online Poker as a Social Network

Data in the form of approximately 5 million No Limit Texas Hold’em hand histories collected from the online poker website PokerStars.com is used to model a game playing social network. Each player represents a node in the network, and weighted, directed edges represent the flow of money from the source to the target node, where the weight is equal to the amount of money transferred, normalized ...