Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement

2019 ◽  
pp. 995-1007
Author(s):  
Dominic Mentor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
And Performance

The literature on social connectedness through mobile phone engagement reveals positive tacit opportunities. Mobile phone engagement hosts micro and macro opportunities to start and maintain a sense of social connectedness. Increasing a sense of social connectedness encourages healthier emotional wellbeing among people, reducing potential feelings of isolation and chances of faster recovery from illness. Mobile social media access, participation, and messaging, be it face-to-face, peer-to-peer, group, or virtual, through intentional and unintentional social connectedness, may aid the improvement and performance among workers, students, and campaigns. Mobile engagement also offers possible improvement in performance and enhanced perceptions of emotional wellbeing. Engagement through social media networks, mostly accessed via mobile, including mobile gaming, or health monitoring, commenting or posting photos or short texts, increases the production and value of successful maintenance of reciprocal interpersonal relationships.

Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement

2018 ◽  
pp. 6184-6194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Mentor
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
And Performance

The literature on social connectedness through mobile phone engagement reveals positive tacit opportunities. Mobile phone engagement hosts micro and macro opportunities to start and maintain a sense of social connectedness. Increasing a sense of social connectedness encourages healthier emotional well-being among people, reducing potential feelings of isolation and chances of faster recovery from illness. Mobile social media access, participation and messaging, be it face-to-face, peer-to-peer, group or virtual, through intentional and unintentional social connectedness, may aid the improvement and performance among workers, students and campaigns. Mobile engagement also offers possible improvement in performance and enhanced perceptions of emotional well-being. Engagement through social media networks, mostly accessed via mobile, including mobile gaming, or health monitoring, commenting or posting photos or short texts, increases the production and value of successful maintenance of reciprocal interpersonal relationships.

An investigation of perceived family phubbing expectancy violations and well-being among U.S. older adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis Kadylak
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Expectancy Violations ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Checking Behavior

Phubbing refers to the nonverbal behavior of glancing at, or using, one’s mobile phone during a face-to-face (FtF) interaction, whereby the mobile-phone-checking behavior is perceived to breach expectations of attention or etiquette. In general, phubbing can negatively affect interpersonal relationships and well-being. When younger family members’ phubbing behavior is perceived by older adult relatives as a violation of their conversational expectations, these older adults may feel ignored and disrespected. This study may be the first to investigate the associations between intergenerational family phubbing expectancy violations and indicators of well-being among older adults. Survey data were derived from a sample of U.S. Internet users aged 65 or above ( n = 679). The results suggested that both perceived frequency of family phubbing and family phubbing expectancy violations were inversely associated with mattering and indicators of well-being. Study limitations and potential directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Social media use and social connectedness among adolescents in the United Kingdom: a qualitative exploration of displacement and stimulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizzy Winstone ◽  
Becky Mars ◽  
Claire M. A. Haworth ◽  
Judi Kidger
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Relationships ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Breathing Space

Abstract Background Connectedness to family and peers is a key determinant of adolescent mental health. Existing research examining associations between social media use and social connectedness has been largely quantitative and has focused primarily on loneliness, or on specific aspects of peer relationships. In this qualitative study we use the displacement hypothesis and the stimulation hypothesis as competing theoretical lenses through which we examine the complex relationship between social media use and feelings of connectedness to family and peers. Methods In-depth paired and individual interviews were conducted with twenty-four 13–14-year-olds in two inner-city English secondary schools. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded and thematically analysed. Results Analysis identified four themes: (i) ‘Displacement of face-to-face socialising’ (ii) ‘Social obligations’ (iii) ‘(Mis)Trust’ and (iv) ‘Personal and group identity’. Results indicated stronger support for the stimulation hypothesis than the displacement hypothesis. We found evidence of a complex set of reciprocal and circular relationships between social media use and connectedness consistent with a ‘rich-get-richer’ and a ‘poor-get-poorer’ effect for family and peer connectedness – and a ‘poor-get-richer’ effect in peer connectedness for those who find face-to-face interactions difficult. Conclusion Our findings suggest that parents should take a measured approach to social media use, providing clear guidance, promoting trust and responsible time management, and acknowledging the role of social media in making connections. Understanding and sharing in online experiences is likely to promote social connectedness. Supporting young people to negotiate breathing space in online interactions and prioritising trust over availability in peer relationships may optimise the role of social media in promoting peer connectedness.

Social Media in Lives of Parents and Children: Exploring Effects on Parents-Children Relationships

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kokab Shahzad Rathore ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Social Media Site ◽  
Study Results

Social media and its usage are one of the essential activities of this century. Many social media sites are there in the world, and they have millions of users. This research aims to explore the effects of social media usage on parents and children interpersonal relationships. Relationships among parents and children are an essential factor in having excellent bonding of family. The total numbers of respondents were 384, who were selected according to Morgan and Krejcie’sformula. Islamabad was the city where the survey was conducted. Probability sampling was used for this study. The study was based on the theory of Time displacement by Robert Putnam (1970). He argued that when we give more time to our virtual world, our time to our real-world will be less. Two hundred children and 184 parents were the respondents of this study. Results showed that most of the users are heavy users; they use social media more than 4 hours on a daily basis. The outcome revealed that Facebook is much admired social media site among users. According to results, 65% of respondents elaborated that social media unite families, and the rest of 35% said that they are against this statement. Furthermore, 73% of the total population responded that social media decreased face-to-face interaction between parents and children. On the other hand, 14% were neutral, and 11% were against this statement. According to results of hypothesis it has been found that both parents and children support positive aspects of social media usage. This study also finds out that heavy social media usage causes many troubles like sleeplessness, interest in the virtual world, and face-to-face interaction between children and parents. This study recommends the less usage of the virtual world and social sites to make strong relations in real life.

Background of “Pinned” Images

2019 ◽  
pp. 267-284
Author(s):  
Aslı Sezgin ◽  
Zaliha İnci Karabacak
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Advertising Industry ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
People’S Daily ◽  
Personal Appearance ◽  
People's Daily

The presence of a hidden enforcement is a matter in social media networks, whose contents are made attractive by rich images illustrating the rearrangement of the living spaces belonging to the followers of these networks. Every detail of private life including personal appearance, spaces where time is spent with friends, food is consumed, coffee is drunk, and houses are decorated, is presented through charming images. Inspired by these images, people have started to make their preferences regarding what mobile phone to use, what sports to practice, or what films to watch. The content of social media has begun to draw attention to “lifestyle advertising” and has provided a convenient ground for the advertising industry. Pinterest is a network where images reflecting modern people's daily habits, including consumption, are pinned in order to serve as sources of inspiration. In this study, the perfect living spaces which have been fictionalised as models in the images shared on Pinterest will be investigated in terms of “lifestyle advertising” and in comparison to real life.

Partisan Disagreement: The Role of Media, Personal Networks and Gender in Forming Political Preferences

Urbanisation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. S141-S157
Author(s):  
Sumitra Badrinathan ◽  
Deepaboli Chatterjee ◽  
Devesh Kapur ◽  
Neelanjan Sircar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Political Preferences ◽  
Working Age ◽  
And Gender

In this article, we seek to understand the role of media and non-media personal networks in generating the opportunity for women to express political preferences that are different from men within the household—what we call partisan disagreement—using a survey of over 6,000 households in the Indian urban clusters of Patna and Dhanbad. We demonstrate a significant gender gap in both mobile phone ownership and media access among working age women. Due to low media access among women, we find that partisan disagreement is most likely when women have access to personal networks outside of the household, either due to employment or an opportunity to travel outside the home. For instance, women engaged in agricultural labour are 8 to 9 percentage points more likely to demonstrate partisan disagreement than unemployed women. While access is still low among women, men and women display similar patterns of social media usage. We suggest that this is due to the fact that social media can be consumed privately without family interference and highlight the potential of social media to reduce gender gaps in media access as mobile phone penetration and levels of education grow in India.

Utilizing Twitter for Concept Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand Buzzelli ◽  
E. Gregory Holdan ◽  
Daniel Rota ◽  
John McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Study Guide ◽  
Information Distribution ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Posttest Performance ◽  
Introductory College

Despite the perception that face-to-face classrooms provide speaking opportunities, studies by , , and have conveyed that there is limited interaction in a traditional college lecture setting. Social media networks such as Twitter provide an opportunity for instructors to utilize popular mobile technology to create a discussion beyond the classroom. Twitter's 140-character maximum creates an efficient method of communication that can be spaced over time. Spacing practice has the potential for improving classroom learning (). This mixed-methods study utilizing a convenience sample tested if Twitter could serve as a more effective method of review than a traditional paper study guide in an introductory college history course. No significant differences were found in in the posttest performance of both groups. Participants found Twitter easy to use, were unconcerned about their privacy on social media, and reported that Twitter did not increase student engagement when used only as an information distribution tool.

Context, Frame, Opportunity, and Resource

2020 ◽  
pp. 338-355
Author(s):  
Pedro Pereira Neto ◽  
Mariana Serra Santos
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
New Public

Social media have become an important tool in our interactions and networks. Studies around social movements focused on these platforms' potential for becoming a new public sphere given their nature and features. However, an address of their influence on social engagement can't overshadow they're used by social actors themselves as part of a greater social frame. In this light, a qualitative characterization of Facebook's role on Portuguese anti austerity social movements “Geracao a Rasca” and “Que se lixe a troika!” is presented through discourse analysis of the testimony of several of their founding members. While it may be unquestionable Facebook had an important role in these movements, it wasn't the only tool used or the most relevant: face-to-face and direct mobile phone interaction were essential tools for this end, along with traditional media whose gaze the movements capitalized on for reach. Thus, the question in this chapter is whether these technologies represent a new way for us to communicate, or constitute an additional forum for that end?

scholarly journals Screen Time Versus Face Time: How Social Media Usage Affects Time Spent Face to Face

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Donlevie
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Network Usage ◽  
Social Media Network

How has the recent surge in social media network usage affected in-person social interaction? As the Internet continues to become more integrated in everyday forms of communication and interaction, sociologists disagree about the implications it will have on in-person socialization. Some argue that social media will revolutionize social interactions, while others believe that it will lead to a loss of privacy and an increase in isolation. I propose that the more social media networks an individual is a regular user of, the fewer days they will interact face-to-face with other people. Using 685 responses garnered from computer-assisted interviews in the 2016 General Social Survey, regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between social media network usage and in-person social interaction while controlling for age. Results from bivariate analysis show a positive but weak association between social media usage and in-person social interaction, revealing that the more networks an individual used, the more they interacted with others in-person. In multivariate results, this relationship disappeared. The results do not support the hypothesis, but instead indicate that age is a more important predictor of decreased in-person social interaction. In future studies, researchers should investigate the effects of social media usage on in-person social interaction with larger samples and more in-depth questions about the ways in which social media networks are being used and time spent online.

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