scholarly journals Understanding domestic social media use among Chinese college students under the framework of uses and gratifications

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Pang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Relationship Maintenance ◽  
Related Factor ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Social

Although China has the world’s largest population of social media users, little is known what drives Chinese users to adopt the country’s leading media platforms, like QQ, WeChat, and Weibo, and what gratifications are satisfied by using these fastest-growing sites. In light of the literature on the uses and gratifications theory, the study explored the essential pattern of computer-mediated communication phenomena and interaction behaviors in Mainland China. In this exploratory study, 258 college students from Chinese universities were asked about their uses and gratifications of these social media sites. The factor analysis reveals five key dimensions relating to gratifications obtained from social media are identified: relationship maintenance, amusement, style, information seeking and sociability. Moreover, a hierarchical OLS regression analysis shows that there is a positive relationship between frequency of social media use and the needs of relationship maintenance and amusement. Furthermore, among the five socio-psychological values, the social related factor is revealed to be significantly and positively linked with spending time on the social media.

Is Social Media Use Socially Enhancing or Compensating?

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-288
Author(s):  
Rahul Gadekar ◽  
Peng Hwa Ang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Manova Analysis ◽  
Compensation Hypothesis

Who benefits more from the use of social media—those who are already socialable and have a wide network of friends or those who do not and so seek to make up for their deficiency by going online? The social enhancement hypothesis says that extroverts benefit more through being able to enlarge their network of friends online more than introverts. The social compensation hypothesis, on the other hand, argues that social media use benefits introverts more; shy users who avoid face-to-face communication can communicate freely online. MANOVA analysis of the survey of 1,392 college students in a western state of India who are Facebook users found evidence predominantly for the social enhancement hypothesis.

Social media use and college students' academic performance: Student engagement as a mediator

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xin Su ◽  
Jiatao Huang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social

We investigated the relationships between students' social media use, engagement, and academic performance, proposing that student engagement would mediate the social media use–academic performance relationship. Using survey data from 307 Chinese college students, we found that student engagement played a mediating role in the link between social media use and academic performance. In addition, the results show that the direct effect of social media use by college students on their academic performance was nonsignificant. Our results contribute to knowledge of the relationships between social media use, student engagement, and academic performance in a Chinese higher educational context. They also provide educators with meaningful implications for improving students' academic performance. Future directions for research are discussed.

Stay Home, Drink at Home? A Daily Diary Study on College Students’ Alcohol and Social Media Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Robyn Vanherle ◽  
Sebastian Kurten ◽  
Robin Achterhof ◽  
Inez Myin-Germeys ◽  
Kathleen Beullens
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
At Home

scholarly journals The social media political participation model: A goal systems theory perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Knoll ◽  
Jörg Matthes ◽  
Raffael Heiss
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The Social ◽  
Goal Systems ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Although studies suggest that the use of social media can promote political participation (PP), there is a lack of theorizing about the psychological processes underlying this relationship. This article attempts to fill this gap by suggesting a social media political participation model. Taking a goal systemic perspective, the model specifies a set of interrelated processes that need to be realized so that social media use affects PP. Furthermore, key contingent conditions are outlined and insights into fostering PP are offered. The article explains ways of testing the model with surveys and experiments. Implications for future research are discussed.

Exploring the “Social” in Social Media: Adolescent Relatedness—Thwarted and Supported

2021 ◽  
pp. 074355842110621
Author(s):  
Monique West ◽  
Simon Rice ◽  
Dianne Vella-Brodrick
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Rich Picture ◽  
Relational Experiences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Research

The pervasiveness of social media in adolescents’ lives has important implications for their relationships. Considering today’s adolescents have grown up with social media, research capturing their unique perspectives of how social media impacts their relationships is needed to increase understanding and help guide behaviors that nurture social-connectedness. Utilizing multiple qualitative methods, this study explores adolescents’ perspectives of how their social media use impacts their relationships. The sample comprised 36, Year 9 students aged 15 years from four metropolitan schools in Melbourne, Australia. All participants completed a rich picture mapping activity and focus group discussions. To gain deeper understandings, a sub-sample of 11 adolescents participated in subsequent one-on-one interviews. Reflexive thematic analysis generated two overarching themes (1) developing and strengthening relationships and (2) diminishing relationships. Sub-themes included; making new friends, maintaining relationships, deepening connections, enhancing belonging, rifts and strains, and anti-social behavior. Findings revealed nuanced insights into “how” and “why” adolescents believe social media impacts relationships. Adolescents explained that social media transforms interactions through amplifying and intensifying relational experiences resulting in both beneficial and detrimental outcomes for their relationships. Cultivating the positive aspects of adolescents’ social media use whilst mitigating the negative is important toward supporting relatedness and fostering wellbeing.

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