Social Media Dependency Research Articles

The Relationship Between Social Media Dependence and Psychological Disorders in Adolescents

Bu arastirmanin temel amaci bazi psikolojik bozukluklarin ve sosyal medya gunluk kullanim suresinin ergenlerde sosyal medya bagimliligini yordama gucunu incelemektir. Bu amacla somatizasyon, fobik anksiyete, depresyon, kaygi, obsesif-kompulsif, kisilerarasi duyarlilik, paranoid dusunceler, psikotizm uyku ve yeme bozukluklari ofke-dusmanlik duygularinin ve sosyal medya gunluk kullanim suresinin sosyal medya bagimliligini yordayip yordamadigini test etmek icin standart ve asamali coklu dogrusal regresyon analizi yapilmistir. Arastirmaya 583 ergen katilmistir. Arastirmada Sosyal Medya Bagimliligi Olcegi ve SCL-90 Belirti Tarama Testi kullanilmistir. Arastirma bulgularina gore psikolojik bozukluklarin ve sosyal medya gunluk kullanim suresinin sosyal medya bagimliligini yordadigi gorulmustur. Sosyal medya bagimliligi ile en yuksek iliski gosteren degiskenler sosyal medya gunluk kullanim suresi ile birlikte psikotizm, paranoid dusunceler, fobik anksiyete ve ofke-dusmanlik duygularinin oldugu belirlenmistir. Elde edilen verilere gore sosyal medya bagimliligi uzerinde en cok etkili olan degisken gunluk sosyal medya kullanim suresidir. Sosyal medya bagimliligi ile gunluk sosyal medya kullanim suresi arasinda pozitif ve yuksek bir iliski bulunmaktadir. Gunluk sosyal medya kullanim suresi arttikca sosyal medya bagimliligi duzeyi yukselmektedir. Sonuc olarak ergenlerde bazi psikolojik bozukluklar ile sosyal medya bagimliligi arasinda bir iliski bulunmaktadir. Ergenin psikolojik bozukluklar duzeyinin artmasi sosyal medya bagimliliginin artmasinda etkili olmaktadir. Psikolojik bozukluklar sosyal medyada gecirilen surenin artmasini da etkilemektedir

Informed public against false rumor in the social media era: Focusing on social media dependency

This study explores how the public’s belief in false rumors about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome that spread across South Korea related to their accuracy-oriented information seeking as well as the moderating effects of people’s reasons for using social networking services (SNS). The survey results show that perceived credibility of false rumors did not affect accuracy-oriented information seeking. However, a significant result was shown in the moderating effect, such that SNS informational dependency interacted with false rumor credibility on accuracy-oriented information seeking. Overall, this study specifically identifies and discusses differences in SNS dependency and accuracy-oriented information seeking in the context of rumor communication to examine the construction of an informed public. Theoretical contributions of this study are discussed.

Yesterday Is History, Tomorrow Is a Mystery – The Fate of the Australian Jury System in the Age of Social Media Dependency

A number of incidents have arisen in common law jurisdictions including Australia, the US and the UK, in which jurors have used social media during a criminal trial. This conduct has had different consequences for the individual juror and the trial depending on the conduct. While some posts have had no consequences, others have led to the dismissal of the individual juror. Some trials continued after jurors’ social media use was detected while others resulted in a mistrial. Jurors’ social media use can have severe cost implications for the public especially where a mistrial has to be declared.

What’s Feeding Your Monster? A Look at Narcissistic Tendency and Low Self-Esteem as Driving Forces behind the Growth of Social Media Dependency

In current times social media is considered a necessity and it is often normal for people to be dependent on them. With the arrival of these platforms, it has created an opportunity for people to express themselves in a way that they could not otherwise. However this has also led to an addiction in some people and has proved to be disruptive of daily life activities. But the expression of this addiction to social media is not similar in all cases. The differences in behavioral and personality patterns manifest themselves as social media addiction. This may be rooted in narcissistic tendency as a way of portraying themselves as superior to their peers and a need to feed their ego; or low self esteem as a way of seeking approval and a need to boost their self-image. To test this hypothesis and to estimate the correlation between the three factors of social media addiction, narcissistic tendency and low self esteem we used the following questionnaires – Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale. The questionnaires were administered to 290 persons (104 males and 186 females) in the age group of 15 – 50 years. It was found that both males and females exhibited social media addiction with females having a higher tendency to be narcissistic and lower self esteem.

Consumer intentions to engage in s-commerce: a cross-national study

ABSTRACTSocial media has reached global proportions; yet, little is known about how consumers engage with firms in ways that lead to social commerce (s-commerce) – an emerging area of importance in the literature. This study addresses this gap and extends previous research by examining factors that influence consumers’ intentions to engage in s-commerce in four countries: Chile, Spain, South Africa and Australia. Specifically, this study develops and tests a model of consumers’ intentions to engage in s-commerce through brands’ Facebook pages incorporating personal variables (involvement in brands’ products and services, satisfaction with brands’ Facebook page), trust variables (message credibility of Facebook posts, trust in firms’ Facebook) and social variables (peer communication, social media dependency, online social interaction propensity) on predicting intentions to purchase products and services through brands’ Facebook pages if s-commerce was available to them. The findings show that the main drivers of s-commerce engagement are message credibility, trust in the brands’ Facebook, involvement, peer communication and online social interaction propensity, as influencers of consumer satisfaction with brands’ Facebook and social media dependency, which in turn drive intentions to engage in s-commerce. Contributing to theory and practice, these relationships are discussed for the four countries involved in the study.

Understanding Social Media Peer Communication and Organization–Public Relationships

This study proposed and tested a social media peer communication model that links tie strength, social media dependency, and public–organization social media engagement to the peer communication process as well as organization–public relationship (OPR) outcomes. Through an online survey of 328 American and 304 Chinese social media users, results showed that tie strength and public–organization social engagement are positive predictors of peer communication about companies on social media, which further leads to quality OPRs.

Does Gender Matter in Buying Choice: Influence of Social Media on Purchase Behaviour of the Youth

The use of social media is growing rapidly be it for networking or for making choices for online purchase. Today's youth, both men and women, are getting hooked to online purchase because of several factors such as convenience, comfort, availability, wider choice, pricing or time saving. For marketing professionals and companies, social media is a new outlet that can potentially be used to help increase the interest in a product or service of the surfer. This paper presents, analyses and interprets the results of a survey conducted in Delhi/NCR area on the influence of social media in framing product preference among the buyers, particularly youth. The structured questionnaire included several questions concerning the relationship between social media usage and online purchase behaviour of the young men and women and the overall impact socialmedia marketing has on purchase behaviour. In addition to the demographics, key questions aimed at eliciting the use of one particular social media dependency from amongst several popular socialmedia sites and the frequency of visits to these sites as well as the consequential frequency with which selected opinions were expressed during these visits.

Who Pays for Online Content? A Media Dependency Perspective Comparing Young and Older People

This study examines predictors of online content purchases through media dependency theory and comparing young and older people. It focuses on actual online content purchases instead of willingness-to-pay used in previous studies. The effects of two dimensions of media dependencies are compared: intensity and referent scopes. Social media dependency and mobile media dependency are examined specifically, in addition to general Internet dependency as new media dependency. Our results show young people make more actual purchases of online content than older people. Predictors of online content purchases include age group, online shopping habits, ownership of mobile applications and mobile devices, Internet referent dependency, and social media intensity dependency. New media referent dependency is more important than intensity dependency for predicting online content purchases.

A theory of social media dependence: Evidence from microblog users

Anecdotal evidence suggests that problematic use of social media has become prevalent among a large proportion of users and led to significant behavioral and psychological problems. Nevertheless, theory-driven investigation into this issue is still relatively scarce, and the few existing studies tend to adopt only a conceptual or descriptive approach. This study uses a theory-guided approach and seeks to clarify the development of psychological dependence in the context of social media, with a particular focus on microblogging. Building on the theory of rational addiction, this study hypothesizes that dependence is initially developed from habit. Furthermore, the study draws on the cognitive–affective–behavioral modeling paradigm to hypothesize that maladaptive cognition and affect tend to distort habit into psychological dependence. We conduct a longitudinal empirical test to validate the underlying mechanism of social media dependence as theorized in our study. The study concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications.

Consumer engagement with brands on social network sites: A cross-cultural comparison of China and the USA

To advance theoretical understanding of consumer engagement on social media, this cross-cultural study evaluates how culture influences consumers’ engagement levels and activities on brand pages of social network sites. It further evaluates the underlying motivations and engagement mechanisms in two culturally distinct countries, China and the USA. Specifically, social media dependency, parasocial interaction, and community identification are examined as the key antecedents of consumer-brand engagement. The results confirm the effects of the proposed antecedents and reveal both cultural differences and similarities between Chinese and American consumers’ engagement with brand pages on social network sites.

Toward an Integrated Model of Public Engagement on Corporate Social Networking Sites: Antecedents, the Process, and Relational Outcomes

The importance of social media engagement as an influential factor for cultivating quality organization-public relationships has been increasingly recognized by strategic communication scholars and professionals. However, there exist few theoretical deliberations on the underlying mechanisms of organization-public engagement on social media. This study focused on organization-public engagement and relationship management via social networking sites. We proposed and tested an integrative model that incorporated the antecedents of social media dependency, parasocial interaction, and community identification, as well as the effects of user engagement on relational outcomes of trust, satisfaction, and commitment. Acknowledging the worldwide popularity of social networking sites, the proposed model was tested among users of leading social networking site in China (i.e., Renren, Sina Weibo), the country with the world's largest Internet population and second-largest economy. The study findings well supported the proposed conceptual model. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are also provided.

Motivations and Antecedents of Consumer Engagement With Brand Pages on Social Networking Sites

Brand pages on social networking sites (SNSs) have become the key platform where consumers interact with brands. This study explored the types of consumer engagement with brand pages on Facebook as well as the motivations and antecedents that drive such engagement. Given the participatory and communal nature of SNSs, this study focused on the effects of social media dependency and three social relationship factors, including parasocial interaction, perceived source credibility, and community identification on consumer engagement with Facebook brand pages. A web survey was conducted to understand the motivations and antecedents of consumer engagement. The results confirm that, with the exception of perceived credibility, relationship-oriented factors played a significant role in inducing consumer engagement on SNSs.

Beyond liking or following: Understanding public engagement on social networking sites in China

Corporate pages on social networking sites (SNSs) have become the key platform where publics interact with companies and organizations around the world. Focusing on one of the most important world economies, China, this study explored the types of public engagement with corporate pages on leading Chinese SNSs as well as the motivations and antecedents that drive such engagement. Given the participatory and communal nature of SNSs, this study proposed a conceptual model incorporating social media dependency and several social relationship factors, including parasocial interaction, perceived source credibility, and community identification, that influenced Chinese publics’ engagement with companies on SNSs. We conducted a web survey with a random sample of 245 Chinese SNS users to test the proposed model. The results confirm that with the exception of perceived credibility, social media usage and relationship-oriented factors played a significant role in inducing public engagement in China.

Social Identity and Media Dependency in the Gay Community

This study examined the interplay between social identity and media dependency in the prediction of safe sex attitudes in the gay community. A sample of 76 gay men completed a survey measuring (a) frequency of gay media use and media dependency, (b) identification with the gay community and perceptions of community norms, and (c) personal attitudes toward safe sex. Consistent with media system dependency theory, safe sex attitudes were a function of media dependency moderated by the frequency of media use. Somewhat consistent with social identity theory, attitudes were also predicted by group norms. More important, results indicated an across-domain interaction in which the association between media dependency and safe sex attitudes was more pronounced for men who identified strongly with the gay community; an effect that was partially mediated through norms. These results emphasize the social psychological basis of media influence in the context of community-based HIV prevention campaigns.