A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Exploring Antecedents to Facebook Dependency

Ferris, Amber L.; Hollenbaugh, Erin E.

doi:10.1080/08838151.2017.1375501

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“…Yet, although motives for social media use were identified in a recent study ( Ferris and Hollenbaugh, 2018 ) for agreeableness (joining a ‘Virtual Community’), neuroticism (‘Companionship’), and openness (‘Companionship,’ ‘Exhibitionism,’ and ‘Relationship Maintenance’), neither this study nor a previous study using the same ‘uses and gratifications’ scale ( Hollenbaugh and Ferris, 2014 ) identified a significant motive for use of social media by those high in extraversion. This is despite other measures suggesting that people high in extraversion need to ‘connect’ ( Bhattacharya et al, 2014 ; Orchard et al, 2014 ; Scherr and Brunet, 2017 ), communicate ( Marshall et al, 2015 ; Horzum, 2016 ), and socially interact on social media ( Eşkisu et al, 2017 ; Lin et al, 2017 ).…”

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“…In contrast to the extensive body of work on uses and gratifications generally, research that compares social media uses and gratifications with personality traits is limited. Results to date suggest that individual personality characteristics alter the motives for using social media as users seek different benefits, such as those higher in agreeableness seeking a ‘Virtual Community,’ and those higher in Openness seeking ‘Relationship Maintenance’ ( Ferris and Hollenbaugh, 2018 ). In the context of physically distanced situations, the current study therefore seeks to understand how personality traits affect the desire to use social media, given that many needs, such as social interaction, cannot be fulfilled offline.…”

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Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

2021

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This paper explores individuals’ motives for using social media when living under ‘social distancing’ conditions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they were instructed to physically distance from other people. Adopting a ‘uses and gratifications’ approach, and using a previously established five-factor scale, we examine the relationship between individuals’ motives for using social media and their personality traits. Hundred and eighty-nine social media users living in the United Kingdom completed surveys assessing their motives for using social media and their personality. Our findings demonstrate that participants were generally motivated to use social media to ‘pass time’ and to ‘maintain relationships.’ Further, we find that those high in extraversion in particular use social media to ‘maintain relationships.’ By comparing our findings to previous studies where face-to-face interaction was not restricted, our findings indicate that individuals’ motives for using social media change when they are placed under physical distancing restrictions. We reflect on the potential application of our findings for others experiencing similar conditions, such as those working in remote locations, as well as the potential implications for living in a post-pandemic world with increased virtual ‘meetings’ using social media.

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Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

2021

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“…These media applications have been found by many studies [124,[130][131][132] as critical contemporary information tools. Attaining a significant presence [133], its impact is indeed impressive; from changing the manner of information access and sharing [134], to improving interaction abilities, engagement and influence [135,136]. It has become widespread and is increasingly used as a connectivity, networking, interactive and learning tool [137][138][139].…”

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Information Sources and Constraints to Climate Change Adaptation amongst Smallholder Farmers in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

2020

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With current global climate change conditions, the urgency to provide agricultural knowledge on adaptation has risen. The dearth of climate change information is one amongst many agricultural production challenges faced by the majority of rural farming communities. This study aimed to identify smallholder farmers’ sources of climate change information and constraints to their coping and adaptation. Descriptive statistical tools, mean scores and the ‘problem confrontation index’ (PCI) were used to assess and describe the study’s findings. Analysis revealed that public extension services play a minute role in rural farmers’ climate change knowledge; they get their information elsewhere. The most critical constraint to climate change coping and adaptation in the study area was lack of access to agricultural extension services.

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“…Particularly, the theory explains that a person's motivations and gratifications sought from media explains media sources regularly attended to. U&G has been applied to study the relationship between people and video games (De Simone, 2013), television (Lin, Chen, & Sung, 2018), smartphones (Soto, Almarza, & Wilkinson, 2017), social media (Ferris & Hollenbaugh, 2018), and the focus of this research, online dating (Sumter et al, 2017). In fact, it's because of the uses and gratifications theory's ability to explain the relationship between internet technology and humans that the theory has been resurrected as a relevant theoretical approach.…”

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Effects of Modern Dating Applications on Healthy Offline Intimate Relationships during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Tinder Dating Application

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2021

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This work is a review study on the outcome of online dating applications on offline mode healthful affairs during the corona virus outbreak. This study establishes the positive and negative effects social media dating applications such as the tinder app which is used as a case study for this work, have on healthy offline intimate relationships. The analysis further reveals future directives on how to stay clear of and also resist temptations that emanate from the use of social media dating app to maintain a healthy affair with the offline partner, especially during a pandemic. The study concludes therefore that due to the COVID-19 epidemic which resulted in loneliness and boredom due to adhering to the stay at home policy, there was a rapid increase of online dating applications especially on Tinder and had in so many ways, positively and negatively affected healthful offline affairs.

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A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Exploring Antecedents to Facebook Dependency

Cited by 32 publications

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Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

Information Sources and Constraints to Climate Change Adaptation amongst Smallholder Farmers in Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Effects of Modern Dating Applications on Healthy Offline Intimate Relationships during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Tinder Dating Application

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