An exploratory investigation of online and offline social behaviour among digital natives

Abstract

In response to calls for IS researchers to investigate how digital natives are using information and communication technologies to shape their interpersonal interactions, an exploratory, survey- based study was conducted to investigate patterns of online social behaviour on two popular SNSs (Facebook and Instagram) and, on this basis, compare their online and offline social behaviour. To capture online social behaviour a novel typology involving three high-level interactions — producing, consuming, and reacting— was proposed. The investigation found that, among digital natives, Instagram is used more frequently than Facebook, with consumptive behaviour on Instagram occurring most frequently, and productive behaviour on Facebook occurring least frequently. While online social behaviour was found to positively relate to offline socialisation, personality traits were found to account for a larger proportion of the variance in offline social behaviour than online actions. The findings are of particular relevance to those seeking to understand associations between behaviour online and behaviour offline. Moreover, the typology introduced is likely to be useful in a variety of contexts.

Digital wellbeing applications: Adoption, use and perceived effects

“…The study involved a sample of undergraduate students at a large, research-intensive university in South Africa. Previous research shows that students at such institutions are comparable to their Western counterparts when it comes to media use (Broughton et al, 2019;Chokalingam et al, 2019;le Roux et al, 2021). Invitations to complete an online survey were emailed to all undergraduate students at the institution in mid-2020.…”

The Cloud-powered Hybrid Learning Process to Enhance Digital Natives’ Analytical Reading Skills

“…Thus, digital natives' analytical reading should start with reaching and comprehending the elements of the media symbol systems, especially digital media, and then considering their validity and analyzing the message of the story in digital media by checking the elements to see how those elements make sense in terms of being intelligible, justifiable, or practicable or not. Digital natives' analytical reading essentially disassembles the entire intrinsic elements of the story under specific media symbol systems and examines how the elements relate to one another to respond to the story via interacting digital media symbol systems [2][3][4][8][9][10]. Elements of analytical reading for digital natives can be put into five main categories [2-10]: 1) the media symbol system; 2) content; 3) language; 4) purpose; and 5) structure.…”

“…Many teenagers and children in developed countries are considered "digital natives" because they communicate and learn primarily through computers, social networking sites, and instant messaging. Thus, digital natives think, learn, and understand the world differently than people who have not been exposed to digital technologies [8][9][10].…”

Digital Wellbeing Applications: Adoption, Use and Perceived Effects

“…Previous research shows that students at such institutions are comparable to their Western counterparts when it comes to media use (Broughton et al, 2019;Chokalingam et al, 2019).…”