The Impact Facebook and Twitter has on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students

Petersen, Chad; Johnston, Kevin

doi:10.28945/2160

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“…Ellison et al (2007) briefly put forward that the core factor of this concept is interpersonal relationship and reciprocal value. As one of the most commonly used concepts in various academic fields, social capital has successfully extended its scope to online space to emphasize the positive consequences of various online communication tools (Hofer & Aubert, 2013; Petersen & Johnston, 2015). In fact, social media, as an alternative platform, is particularly suitable for cultivating social capital at the individual level, because it strengthens the linkages between different social relationships (Pang, 2018).…”

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Mobile Social Media Use and Trailing Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Social Capital and Social Integration Perspective

Lei

Liang

2020

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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In recent years, a special group of elderly migrants emerged in some developing countries, namely “trailing parents,” who migrated with adult children in their later years. Lots of developing countries such as China have an increasing number of old people using mobile social media for social interaction, information, and entertainment. Based on social capital theory, we developed a research model and investigated the relationship between mobile social media use (MSMU) and social capital, social integration, and life satisfaction of trailing parents. We completed an empirical study by collecting 244 valid samples. The results show that MSMU has a positive impact on trailing parents’ life satisfaction, and bonding social capital, bridging social capital and social integration are all important predictors of trailing parents’ life satisfaction. Furthermore, social capital and social integration play an important chain mediation role in the relationship between MSMU and trailing parents’ life satisfaction.

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Section: Literature Review and Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

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Mobile Social Media Use and Trailing Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Social Capital and Social Integration Perspective

Lei

Liang

2020

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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“…In this study, consultation outside the classroom is known as Out-of-Class Communication (OCC). OCC have been observed to be varied but not limited to short message service (Abu and Abdul, 2012) and social networks (Petersen and Johnston, 2015;Woods et al, 2012). Kansanen (1999) describes this phase as a convenient and effective means of interaction.…”

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Measuring the impact of out-of-class communication through instant messaging

Nkhoma

Thomas

Nkhoma

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Purpose -Despite the growing body of literature demonstrating the role of communication in educational settings, there are limited up-to-date studies exploring the use of an Instant messaging (IM) tool and its impacts on students' learning outcomes, especially in the tertiary education in Vietnam. This study approached instant messaging as an out-of-class communication (OCC) approach in computer-mediated communication (CMC). The aim of this study was to investigate students' perceived quality of information received and its influence on their perceived performance proficiency as a result of their lecturers' clarification of their enquiries through an online instant message application, namely Remind (https://www.remind.com/). Design/methodology/approach -The target groups were first year Business students in an International University in Vietnam. The analysis of the data gathered from the questionnaire was carried out using a measurement model and a structural equation model. Findings -The findings indicate using out-of-class communication technology creates social bonding between students and lecturers by allowing students to clarify the ambiguity of concepts learnt in class and create a sense of connection with their lecturers which leads to better student engagement and hence improved learning outcomes. Originality/value -The author highlights the evidence of effective usage of IM tool by university students as a meaningful communication tool and the need to integrate technology into all educational settings.

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“…Other empirical studies, however, have revealed that an individual’s interactions with social media are related to increased feelings of depression, loneliness, and stress (e.g., [ 44 , 48 , 63 ]). A few studies have even suggested that social media use is not related, positively or negatively, to one’s psychosocial outcomes (e.g., [ 58 , 78 ]).…”

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How does WeChat’s active engagement with health information contribute to psychological well-being through social capital?

Zhang

Jung

2021

Univ Access Inf Soc

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This study aims to examine how the users’ engagement with health information benefits their well-being and to demonstrate the underlying mechanism of the relationships through bonding and bridging social capital. An online survey was conducted with 522 WeChat users in China. Structural equation modeling using the maximum likelihood of estimation was employed to test the study’s hypothesized model. Bootstrapping methods were used to examine mediation effects. The results revealed that users’ liking, sharing, and commenting behaviors were positively related to the bonding and bridging capital accumulated on WeChat. These two forms of social capital were also positively associated with users’ psychological well-being, though bridging capital exerted more power in our research model. Moreover, both bonding and bridging capital mediated the relationship between WeChat affordances and psychological well-being. The findings shed new light on directions for leveraging mobile social media as an alternative means to bring about improvements in well-being in mobile-phone-saturated China. This is likely to be the first study that examines the mediating roles of bonding and bridging social capital on the relationship between users’ health information engagement and users’ psychological well-being. By providing robust findings by adopting the variable-centered approach in a health context, the findings of this study are promising for the extension and theoretical development of mobile social media research in the context of health information engagement.

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The Impact Facebook and Twitter has on the Cognitive Social Capital of University Students

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

Mobile Social Media Use and Trailing Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Social Capital and Social Integration Perspective

Mobile Social Media Use and Trailing Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Social Capital and Social Integration Perspective

Measuring the impact of out-of-class communication through instant messaging

How does WeChat’s active engagement with health information contribute to psychological well-being through social capital?

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