General and health-related social media use among adults with children in the household: findings from a national survey in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Lama ◽  
Xiaoli Nan ◽  
Sandra Quinn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Health Related

Divergent effects of social media use on meaning in life via loneliness and existential isolation during the coronavirus pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 026540752110669
Author(s):  
Peter J. Helm ◽  
Tyler Jimenez ◽  
Madhwa S. Galgali ◽  
Megan E. Edwards ◽  
Kenneth E. Vail ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Emotional Loneliness

Stay-at-home orders issued to combat the growing number of infections during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 had many psychological consequences for people including elevated stress, anxiety, and difficulty maintaining meaning in their lives. The present studies utilized cross-sectional designs and were conducted to better understand how social media usage related to people’s subjective isolation (i.e., social loneliness, emotional loneliness, and existential isolation) and meaning in life (MIL) during the early months of the pandemic within the United States. Study 1 found that general social media use indirectly predicted higher MIL via lower existential isolation and social isolation. Study 2 replicated these patterns and found that social media use also predicted lower MIL via higher emotional loneliness, and that the aforementioned effects occurred with active, but not passive, social media use. Findings suggest social media use may be a viable means to validate one’s experiences (i.e., reduce existential isolation) during the pandemic but may also lead to intensified feelings concerning missing others (i.e., increased emotional loneliness). This research also helps to identify potential divergent effects of social media on MIL and helps to clarify the relationships among varying types of subjective isolation.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on Social Media Use and Public Participation in Korea and the United States: Does Social Media Matter?

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-230
Author(s):  
Kim Eun Yi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Impact

This study examines how the use of different types of social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, affects public participation, drawing on the theory of motivation, which addresses the effect of internal and external political efficacy as well as the perceived political importance of social media. The study also investigates the interaction effect between social media use and perceived the political importance of social media on public participation. Employing a comparative perspective on an issue that has not been well studied, the study further seeks to discover potential variations in the impacts of different social media on public participation in the United States and Korea, both of which held presidential elections at the end of 2012. This study conducted hierarchical multiple regression analyses using data collected from college students in the United States and Korea. It shows the positive impact of social media use and its interaction effect with the perceived political importance of social media on the offline and online public participation of youth. The political motivational factor is found to be critical to driving public participation. This study also shows that the impact of Facebook use is more influential than Twitter use on public participation in the United States, whereas the opposite pattern is observed in Korea.

scholarly journals Social Media Use among Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency Programs in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Jain ◽  
Daniel Crane ◽  
Sami Tarabishy ◽  
Isis Scomacao ◽  
Fernando A. Herrera
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Reconstructive Surgery ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery

Social Media Use, Body Image, and Psychological Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Korea and the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1343-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye-Ryeon Lee ◽  
Hye Eun Lee ◽  
Jounghwa Choi ◽  
Jang Hyun Kim ◽  
Hae Lin Han
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Comparison ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison

Associations Between Social Media Use, Physical Activity, and Emotional Well-Being From the Midlife in the United States Refresher Daily Diary Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xin Yao Lin ◽  
Margie E. Lachman
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Daily Diary Study

Only a small percentage of adults engage in regular physical activity, even though it is widely recommended as beneficial for well-being. Thus, it is essential to identify factors that can promote increased physical activity among adults of all ages. The current study examined the relationship of social media use to physical activity and emotional well-being. The sample is from the Midlife in the United States Refresher daily diary study, which includes 782 adults ages 25–75 years. Results showed that those who used social media less often engaged in more frequent physical activity, which, in turn, led to more positive affect. This relationship was found for midlife and older adults but not younger adults. The findings show the benefits of physical activity for well-being and suggest that social media use may dampen efforts to increase physical activity, especially among middle-aged and older adults.

Social Media Use in the United States: Implications for Health Communication

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-ying Sylvia Chou ◽  
Yvonne Hunt ◽  
Richard Moser ◽  
Bradford Hesse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Media Use

Untangling International Sport Social Media Use: Contrasting U.S. and Chinese Uses and Gratifications Across Four Platforms

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 630-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Billings ◽  
Ryan M. Broussard ◽  
Qingru Xu ◽  
Mingming Xu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sports Fans ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Sports Media ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
International Sport

This study of 409 sports fans from the United States and China contrasts uses sought and gratifications obtained within four different social media platforms: Facebook and Twitter (in the United States) and WeChat and Weibo (in China). Results indicated that each of the platforms function in starkly contrasting manners. In the United States, Facebook scored higher than Twitter on every motivational measure; in China, WeChat was found to be better at fostering camaraderie, entertainment, habitual use, and maintaining relationships, while Weibo was found to be better for arousal. Moreover, Chinese respondents reported higher gratifications obtained than American respondent on all 12 factors. Implications are offered for uses and gratifications research as well as sports media scholarship.

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