书目名称 | Social Media Generation in Urban China |
副标题 | A Study of Social Me |
编辑 | Hanyun Huang |
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概述 | First book analyzing social media addiction among adolescents in China.Valuable first-hand empirical data from adolescents in five major cities in China.Analyzes in detail the social media addiction s |
丛书名称 | Understanding China |
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描述 | .Social media such as instant messaging (IM), social networking sites (SNS), blogs and microblogs are an integral part of adolescents’ lives in China. Anecdotal evidence reported in the news has suggested that the increasing popularity of social media could make adolescents more vulnerable to being addicted. This exploratory study proposes the concept of “social media addiction” and examines (a) whether social media addiction exists among adolescents in urban China and, if so, who the addicts are, what their symptoms are and to what extent they are addicted; (b) whether sociopsychological traits (e.g., need for affiliation, impression management, narcissism and leisure boredom) can predict social media addiction among adolescents; (c) what gratifications are obtained by adolescents from their use of social media and whether these gratifications can predict social media addiction and (d) to what degree social media addiction influences adolescents’ academic performance and social capital..This study employed quantitative questionnaire surveys among adolescents as the main research method, supplemented by qualitative pre-survey focus groups among adolescents and post-survey in-depth |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Adolescents; Internet Addiction; Social Media; Sociopsychological Traits; Urban China |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45441-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-662-51442-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-642-45441-7Series ISSN 2196-3134 Series E-ISSN 2196-3142 |
issn_series | 2196-3134 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 |