Cultural values and Facebook use among Palestinian youth in Israel

Cultural and Personality Predictors of Facebook Intrusion: A Cross-Cultural Study

“…In a similar vein, other research also provided evidence that culture shapes Facebook use (e.g., Abbas and Mesch, 2015). It showed that cultural values are associated with how people use Facebook.…”

“…Jackson and Wang (2013) indicate that users from the Chinese culture, where collectivistic values dominate, use social networks less often than people from the American culture. A study among Palestinian youth in Abbas and Mesch (2015) indicated that cultural values such as collectivism, power distance, or uncertainty avoidance predict motivation for using Facebook for maintaining existing relationships.…”

“…In a study of self-construal in 29 countries under Singelis' framework, there were four factors constituting this construct: group loyalty, understood as a sense of duty and obligation toward the group; uniqueness, defined as a feeling of uniqueness, and personal reward; low context, connected with directness in communication; and relational interdependence, understood as in-group harmony and relation (Fernández et al, 2005). Okabe (1983, p. 38; as cited in Abbas and Mesch, 2015, p. 8) characterized low context cultures as follows: “where very little is taken for granted, greater cultural diversity, and heterogeneity are likely to make verbal skills more necessary and, therefore, more highly prized.” The dimensions of low context and relational interdependence of the self are not related to individualism. Whereas, uniqueness and a low level of group loyalty are not related to masculinity culture, there is a preference in this culture for achievement and heroism, and the social roles are clearly distinct.…”

Cultural Differences in Garnering Social Capital on Facebook: French People Prefer Close Ties and Americans Prefer Distant Ties

“…Nevertheless, research on Facebook and other social media platforms has suggested that levels of autonomy and relatedness in different cultures may play a role in the network composition and communication patterns of users (e.g. Abbas & Mesch, 2015;Huang & Park, 2013;Marshall, Cardon, Norris, Goreva, & D'Souza, 2008). Therefore, in the current study we compare two countries, France and the U.S., which differ in their levels of relatedness with two main aims: (1) examining differences in network composition and associated differences in levels of social capital and (2) examining differences in the relationship between frequency of communication and social capital.…”

“…This generally results in a smaller network of friends and a higher proportion of close to distant ties in their social networks. For example, studies have shown that people in high relatedness cultures have smaller networks on Facebook (Cho, 2010;Lee-Won, Shim, Joo, & Park, 2014), and less desire to make new friends on the site (Abbas & Mesch, 2015). Moreover, in a recent study comparing Facebook users in France and the U.S., it has been shown that French students had smaller Facebook networks than American students (Brown, Michinov, & Manago, 2017).…”