Abstract:

While societies have become increasingly dependent on both internet- and information technology-based knowledge retrieval and applications and as social media has become an inextricable aspect of most people's daily lives, a keen interest has emerged regarding the impact that these technologies have on Deaf people's lives. This article describes an original preliminary investigation of how these technologies affect Greek Deaf people's lives—we intended to collect preliminary data on which future studies can be based. The collected data can be considered an early indication of the Greek Deaf community's generic attitude toward social media. The data also indicate that the use of social networking sites (SNSs) is altering the concept of the Greek Deaf community. It investigates—for the first time—the utilization frequency of most known SNSs (such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, and LinkedIn) by Greek Deaf adults, the daily amount of hours they spend surfing these sites, and their hardware technology preferences. Additionally, this research records the views of Greek Deaf adults regarding the purpose of social media utilization. The researchers compare their responses with those of hearing people, and they then conclude whether the results coincide or not. A questionnaire was filled out electronically by 49 Deaf people (24 males/25 females) and 229 hearing people (30 males/199 females) from across Greece via the Google.docs application. The gestural, visual–spatial modality of Greek Sign Language, as well as the Greek Deaf community's adjustment to the technology era, is mirrored in the responses of both Deaf and hearing participants. Hearing people use both Facebook (p = .021) and YouTube (p = .000) at a greater rate, while Deaf people significantly prefer Instagram (p = .006). Additionally, Deaf participants preferred to use desktop computers (p = .004), indicating introversion, while hearing participants preferred laptop computers (p = .002) for surfing social media. Lastly, the Deaf participants significantly used SNSs for gathering information, communicating, being entertained, and socializing.

摘要：

尽管社会越来越依赖基于互联网和信息技术的知识检索和应用，并且社交媒体已成为大多数人日常生活中不可分割的一部分，但人们对这些技术对聋人生活的影响产生了浓厚的兴趣。 。本文描述了这些技术如何影响希腊聋人生活的原始初步调查，我们打算收集初步数据，以作为未来研究的基础。可以将收集到的数据视为希腊聋人社区对社交媒体普遍态度的早期迹象。数据还表明，社交网站（SNS）的使用正在改变希腊聋人社区的概念。它首次调查了希腊聋人成年人最知名的SNS（例如Facebook，YouTube，Twitter，Instagram，Pinterest，Google +和LinkedIn）的使用频率，他们每天在这些网站上花费的小时数，以及他们的硬件技术偏好。此外，这项研究记录了希腊聋人成年人对社交媒体利用目的的看法。研究人员将他们的反应与听众的反应进行比较，然后得出结论是否一致。通过Google.docs应用程序，来自希腊各地的49位聋哑人（24位男性/ 25位女性）和229位听力正常的人（30位男性/ 199位女性）以电子方式填写了调查问卷。希腊手语的手势，视觉-空间模式以及希腊聋人社区对技术时代的调整，聋人和听力参与者的反应都反映了这一点。聆听者同时使用Facebook（p = .021）和YouTube（p = .000）的比例更高，而聋人则更喜欢Instagram（p = .006）。此外，聋人参与者更喜欢使用台式计算机（p = .004），这表明其内向，而听觉参与者则更喜欢使用笔记本电脑（p = .002）来浏览社交媒体。最后，聋人参与者大量使用SNS来收集信息，交流，娱乐和社交。