SOCIAL MEDIA AS CORRELATE OF PROSTITUTION AMONG STUDENTS OF HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA
This study sought to determine the relationship between social media and prostitution among students of institutions of higher learning in Delta State, Nigeria. The population comprised the approximate 150,000 students studying in various institutions of higher learning in Delta State. From this population, 3,438 students were selected as sample. Survey and questionnaire were used respectively as method and instrument of data collection. The findings indicated that the students use social media significantly for prostitution. There was a significant relationship between the students‟ use of social media and their involvement in prostitution. There was also a significant relationship between the students‟ gender and their use of social media for prostitution. The study recommends that the authorities of the selected institutions, Non–Governmental Organizations and the government should mount orientation programmes and formulate policies to discourage the students from using social media for negative purpose. Keywords: Prostitution, Social media, Students, Higher institutions, Delta state
What guidance on prostitution is there for medics?
No precedent has been set for disciplinary action over those who prostitute themselves, such as “D,” (http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20007043) says Jodi Dixon
Age differences in online social networking - A study of user profiles and the social capital divide among teenagers and older users in MySpace
The aim of this research was to investigate age differences and similarities in the use of the social networking website MySpace, to explore potential differences in social capital among older people (users over 60 years of age) compared to teenagers (users between 13 and 19 years of age). We used locally developed web crawlers to collect data from MySpace's user profile pages, and to quantify any differences that exist in the networks of friends of older people and teenagers. Content analysis was applied to investigate differences in social activities between the two age groups on MySpace, and the way they represent themselves on their profile pages. Our findings show a social capital divide: teenagers have larger networks of friends compared to older users of MySpace. On the other hand, we found that the majority of teenage users' friends are in their own age range (age+/-2 years), whilst older people's networks of friends tend to have a more diverse age distribution. In addition, our results show that teenagers tend to make more use of different media (e.g. video, music) within MySpace and use more self-references and negative emotions when describing themselves on their profile compared to older people.