Research on online social networks (OSNs) has focused overwhelmingly on their benefits
and potential, with their negative effects overlooked. This study builds on the limited existing …

This study aims to determine the role of social media in policymaking by reviewing journals
from 2010 to 2020. This study is a meta-model for the role of social media in policymaking …

With the growing use of technology in social work practice, social workers and their
agencies need to update and enhance their policies to promote the highest standards of …

This paper examines second-year social work students'(n= 19) reflections on empathy as
part of an interpersonal skills course at a regional university in Australia. Students were …

This study uses a survey of journalists from throughout Latin America (n= 1,094) to
understand the relationship between policies (or lack thereof) and journalists' work …

Love it or hate it, social media is here to stay (Mishna et al. 2014) and we are required to
learn how to use it well and manage it to our best effect as we would with any new …

Despite its ubiquity, social work educators are just beginning to harness social media in
teaching. In this teaching note, we discuss our use of Twitter in a bachelor's-level macro …

Incorporating social media into social work education is on the rise. Yet little research exists
on the outcomes of social media in the classroom. This article examines results from a study …

The portable, accessible nature of technology affords social workers opportunities to venture
outside traditional service contexts by engaging in the virtual realm. This qualitative article …

This paper presents pilot study results with 59 students enrolled in online Bachelor of Social
Work courses that used VoiceThread (VT), an asynchronous communication platform. This …