Social Networks Mining for Analysis and Modeling Drugs Usage

Yakushev, Andrei V.; Mityagin, Sergey A.

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.230

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“…[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68] Only one study used a qualitative study design, 69 the others used content analysis of data from SM.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…57,[63][64][65][66] Other SNSs that were analyzed included Facebook and LiveJournal. 58,67 Participants The studies' participants were from the general public, college students, young adults, adolescents, and Myspace and Twitter users. SM users ranged from school-aged children to young adults, with the majority reported between ages 17 and 24 years.…”

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the reviewed studies followed a two-step process to track illicit drug trends. [56][57][58][59][60][61]63,[65][66][67]69 In the first step, data were collected from the SM chosen for study and prepared for analyses. In the second step, researchers used the data to analyze trends with the help of software or techniques like SPSS 61 and STATA, 58 Machine Learning Algorithms 63,64 or Hadoop framework.…”

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the second step, researchers used the data to analyze trends with the help of software or techniques like SPSS 61 and STATA, 58 Machine Learning Algorithms 63,64 or Hadoop framework. 67 In one study, Cameron et al 62 developed a software application called PREDOSE, which is a publicly available web forum to collect data and identify emerging trends in drug abuse. The software also helped mechanize the mining of semantic data from web forum content to enable illicit drug abuse research using SM.…”

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, 57% of the studies (n = 8) lacked demographic filters and indicators due to privacy restrictions, presenting issues of sampling bias and limiting generalizability. 56,57,[61][62][63][64]67,68 Convenient small samples also limited generalizability. 60,68,69 Hanson et al 65 noted their inability to observe actual behavior made it impossible to determine which public tweets corresponded with actual illicit drug use.…”

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systematic review of surveillance by social media platforms for illicit drug use

Kazemi

Borsari

Levine

et al. 2017

Journal of Public Health

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A B S T R A C TBackground The use of social media (SM) as a surveillance tool of global illicit drug use is limited. To address this limitation, a systematic review of literature focused on the ability of SM to better recognize illicit drug use trends was addressed. Results Selected studies used a range of SM tools/applications, including message boards, Twitter and blog/forums/platform discussions. Limitations included relevance, a lack of standardized surveillance systems and a lack of efficient algorithms to isolate relevant items.Conclusion Illicit drug use is a worldwide problem, and the rise of global social networking sites has led to the evolution of a readily accessible surveillance tool. Systematic approaches need to be developed to efficiently extract and analyze illicit drug content from social networks to supplement effective prevention programs.Keywords illicit drug prevention, social media surveillance, systematic review IntroductionIllicit drug use is a foremost global public health issue facing individuals, families and society contributing to significant morbidity among youth and adults. 1 In 2014, over a quarter of a billion adults worldwide used drugs, and of these individuals 29 million are estimated to suffer from a drug use disorder and 12 million inject drugs. It is estimated that 14% of drug users are living with human immunodeficiency virus. In 2014, there were >207 000 drug-related deaths worldwide. Global regional differences exist in consumption patterns of illicit drug use; for example, recent trends indicate cocaine use is greater in western and southern European countries whereas amphetamine use is higher in Northern and Eastern Europe. 1,2,3 The prevalence of illicit drug use among US young adults was 21.5% and 22% among those transitioning into young adulthood (18-25 years). 4 In the USA, the most commonly used drugs are tobacco, alcohol, cannabinoids, opioids, stimulants, club drugs, dissociative drugs (Phencyclidine, Salvia divinorum, etc.), hallucinogens, inhalants and prescription medications (pain relievers).5 Cannabis is rated as the most preferred used drug globally with overall use not falling and increasing in some populations.1 Adderall is also widely used by young adults.6 Among first-time illicit drug users,~25% use non-medical prescription drugs, 6.3% use inhalants and 2% hallucinogens.5 Among young adults, there is also a high prevalence of polydrug use: i.e. a combination of 7 The most commonly used substance is alcohol: 42% of young adults have indulged within the past 30 days. 4 Prescription drugs are readily available in doctors' offices and home medicine cabinets and can be bought anonymously without a prescription from drug dealers and through the internet. Emerging new recreational drugs among young adults include synthetic cathinones 'bath salts,' synthetic cannabinoids and Salvia divinorum. 6,8,9 Globally, illicit drug use is highest among 18-25 year olds, 1 an age range shared by most active users of internet/ social media (SM).9,10 Social networking site...

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“…[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68] Only one study used a qualitative study design, 69 the others used content analysis of data from SM.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Media Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systematic review of surveillance by social media platforms for illicit drug use

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Social Media-based Research of Interpersonal and Group Communication in Russia

Koltsova

Porshnev

Sinyavskaya

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies

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Rapidly proliferating social media not only serve as a new channel of human communication but also open up research opportunities to ask a wider set of questions about political, sociological and psychological factors that influence interpersonal and group online communication, development and maintenance of personal networks and the growth or decline of social capital. In this chapter we discuss the research opportunities provided by new survey, observational and experimental data that may be obtained from a social networking site. For doing so, we refer to Russian-language social networking sites (SNS) or SNS segments, notably VKontakte as the most popular SNS in Russia. We demonstrate how the aforementioned types of data may or have already been used to address research tasks from a number of disciplines.

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