Adolescents Like Instagram! From Secret Dangers to an Educational Model by its Use Motives and Features: An Analysis of Their Mind Maps

This study investigates the adolescents’ perceptions toward Instagram as a social network site via their mind maps and tries to understand this social phenomenon that affect them by its use motives and features. It also offers a general profile of social network site use among adolescents. Data were collected from 540 adolescents majoring in high schools of Turkey. The participants created their mind maps on Instagram in the visual arts course. Qualitative data were resolved using thematic analysis. Results highlighted the popularity of Instagram among adolescents. According to their mental images on Instagram, we found four categories: “communication and interaction,” “knowledge acquisition,” “entertainment and sharing,” and “negative effects of Instagram.” In addition to their positive perceptions toward Instagram, the majority of adolescents focused on the negative effects such as addiction, mood disorders, narcissistic acts, and ethics violations. Based on the findings, we also suggested a theoretical model for educational use of Instagram and directions for future research.

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Development and Validation of a Social Network Site Use Motives Scale for College Students in South Korea

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment ◽

10.1177/0734282917713499 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (8) ◽

pp. 808-815 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Na Young Shin ◽

Young-Jin Lim

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Social Network ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Internal Consistency Reliability ◽

Future Research ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Social Network Site ◽

Student Sample ◽

Network Site ◽

Site Use

Although it has been suggested that social network site (SNS) use motives are one of important determinants of SNS addiction, there has not been yet a scale to assess them. The aim of this study was to examine psychological properties of a newly developed Social Network Site Use Motives Scale (SUMS) in a college student sample. The SUMS was administered to 481 nonclinical participants. Exploratory factor analysis, internal consistency analysis, and correlation analysis were undertaken to examine its validity and reliability. Results of factor analysis indicated that the SUMS consisted of four factors. Indices of internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity of SUMS were acceptable. Our study suggested that SUMS could be used as an effective tool to assess SNS use motives. The usage of SUMS should be encouraged in future studies of SNS use motives. Future research using this measure could provide a more comprehensive model of the relationship between SNS use motives and SNS addiction.

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Investigating Culture as a Precedent Factor for Dual Social Network Site Use and Social Capital Development

Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_36 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 434-446

Author(s):

Chien Wen Yuan

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Site ◽

Network Site ◽

Site Use ◽

Capital Development

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Social network site use and Big Five personality traits: A meta-analysis

Computers in Human Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.009 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 280-290 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Chiungjung Huang

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Social Network Site ◽

Network Site ◽

Site Use

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“It's complicated.” A systematic review of associations between social network site use and romantic relationships

Computers in Human Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 75 ◽

pp. 684-703 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Holly M. Rus ◽

Jitske Tiemensma

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Social Network ◽

Romantic Relationships ◽

Social Network Site ◽

Network Site ◽

Site Use

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Facebook Addiction: A Reply to Griffiths (2012)

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/02.09.pr0.113x32z6 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 113 (3) ◽

pp. 899-902 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Cecilie Schou Andreassen ◽

Ståle Pallesen

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Networking ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Social Network Sites ◽

Future Research ◽

Social Network Site ◽

Network Site ◽

Facebook Addiction ◽

Shed Light

Our recent paper about a new Facebook addiction scale has stimulated an interesting and very welcome debate among researchers concerning the assessment of excessive use of social networking sites. The critique put forward by Griffiths (2012) is mainly built on the conception of “Facebook” as too narrow of a concept, and that assessment of addiction to social network sites in general would be more appropriate. We argue that the concept of “social network site” is not more specific than “Facebook,” so “Facebook addiction” rather than “social network addiction” is defensible. We acknowledge that more research in this area is needed and point specifically to new and important directions for future research that can shed light on the mechanism of addiction to social network sites.

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