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Yuli Patrick Hsieh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Online Social Networking skills the Social affordances approach to digital inequality
First Monday, 2012Co-Authors: Yuli Patrick HsiehAbstract:This paper sets out to develop a theoretical framework for examining implications of digital media uses for digital inequality in the domain of Social interaction. First, by drawing on the Social affordances perspective, this paper seeks to establish an additional dimension of digital skills, namely, Online Social Networking skills. Furthermore, to explore the implications of interactional ICT use for digital inequality, this paper theorizes how people’s Online Social Networking skills may condition their uses of various digital media for communication (i.e. communication multiplexity) and proposes two propositions for future empirical examination.
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Online Social Networking skills the Social affordances approach to digital inequality
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Yuli Patrick HsiehAbstract:This paper sets out to develop a theoretical framework for examining implications of ICT uses for digital inequality in the domain of Social interaction. First, by drawing on Social affordances perspective, this study seeks to establish an additional dimension of digital skills, namely, Online Social Networking skills. Additionally, by offering a nuanced framework to theorize the relationship between Online Social Networking skills and practice of communication multiplexity this paper connects the notion of Online Social Networking skills to the perspective of communication multiplexity in order to explore the implications of interactional ICT use for digital inequality.
Catherine Sokum Tang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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addiction to internet use Online gaming and Online Social Networking among young adults in china singapore and the united states
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2017Co-Authors: Catherine Sokum Tang, Yee Woen Koh, Yiqun GanAbstract:The current study investigated the rates of addictions to Internet use, Online gaming, and Online Social Networking as well as their associations with depressive symptoms among young adults in China, Singapore, and the United States. A total of 3267 undergraduate students were recruited. Psychological instruments were used to assess various Internet-related addictions and depressive symptoms. Male students were more addicted to Internet and Online gaming whereas female students were more addicted to Online Social Networking. Compared with students in the United States, Chinese and Singaporean students were more addicted to Internet use and Online Social Networking but less to Online gaming. The odds of depression among students with addiction to various Internet-related addictions were highest in China. Internet-related addiction is a new public health concern of young adults, especially in the Asia-Pacific regions. It is found to associate with depressive symptoms. Strategies should address this phenomenon with attention to specific needs of gender and region while managing mood disturbances.
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Online Social Networking addiction among college students in singapore comorbidity with behavioral addiction and affective disorder
Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017Co-Authors: Catherine Sokum TangAbstract:Abstract Purpose of the research This study aimed to determine the prevalence of addiction to Social Networking sites/platforms (SNS) and its comorbidity with other behavioral addiction and affective disorder among college students in Singapore. 1110 college students (age: M = 21.46, SD = 1.80) in Singapore completed measures assessing Online Social Networking, unhealthy food intake and shopping addiction as well as depression, anxiety and mania. Descriptive analyses were conducted to investigate the prevalence and comorbidity of behavioral addiction and affective disorder. Chi-square tests were used to examine gender differences. The principal results The prevalence rates of SNS, food and shopping addiction were 29.5%, 4.7% and 9.3% respectively for the total sample. SNS addiction was found to co-occur with food addiction (3%), shopping addiction (5%), and both food and shopping addiction (1%). The comorbidity rates of SNS addiction and affective disorder were 21% for depression, 27.7% for anxiety, and 26.1% for mania. Compared with the total sample, students with SNS addiction reported higher comorbidity rates with other behavioral addiction and affective disorder. In general, females as compared to males reported higher comorbidity rates of SNS addiction and affective disorder. Major conclusions SNS addiction has a high prevalence rate among college students in Singapore. Students with SNS addiction were vulnerable to experience other behavior addiction as well as affective disorder, especially among females.
Jomon Aliyas Paul - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effect of Online Social Networking on student academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior, 2012Co-Authors: Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope M Baker, Justin D CochranAbstract:Online Social networks (OSNs) have permeated all generations of Internet users, becoming a prominent communications tool, particularly in the student community. Thus, academic institutions and faculty are increasingly using Social Networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to connect with current and potential students and to deliver instructional content. This has led to a rise in questions about the impact of OSN on academic performance and the possibility of using it as an effective teaching tool. To learn more about the impact on academic performance, we conducted a survey of business students at a large state university. Survey results were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between time spent by students on OSN and their academic performance. The time spent on OSN was found to be heavily influenced by the attention span of the students. Specifically, we determined that the higher the attention span, the lower is the time spent on OSN. Further, attention span was found to be highly correlated with characteristics that predict or influence student behavior, such as their perceptions about society's view of Social Networking, their likes and dislikes of OSN, ease of use of OSN, etc.
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effect of Online Social Networking on student academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior, 2012Co-Authors: Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope M Baker, Justin CochranAbstract:Online Social networks (OSNs) have permeated all generations of Internet users, becoming a prominent communications tool, particularly in the student community. Thus, academic institutions and faculty are increasingly using Social Networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to connect with current and potential students and to deliver instructional content. This has led to a rise in questions about the impact of OSN on academic performance and the possibility of using it as an effective teaching tool. To learn more about the impact on academic performance, we conducted a survey of business students at a large state university. Survey results were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between time spent by students on OSN and their academic performance. The time spent on OSN was found to be heavily influenced by the attention span of the students. Specifically, we determined that the higher the attention span, the lower is the time spent on OSN. Further, attention span was found to be highly correlated with characteristics that predict or influence student behavior, such as their perceptions about society's view of Social Networking, their likes and dislikes of OSN, ease of use of OSN, etc.
Justin Cochran - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effect of Online Social Networking on student academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior, 2012Co-Authors: Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope M Baker, Justin CochranAbstract:Online Social networks (OSNs) have permeated all generations of Internet users, becoming a prominent communications tool, particularly in the student community. Thus, academic institutions and faculty are increasingly using Social Networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to connect with current and potential students and to deliver instructional content. This has led to a rise in questions about the impact of OSN on academic performance and the possibility of using it as an effective teaching tool. To learn more about the impact on academic performance, we conducted a survey of business students at a large state university. Survey results were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between time spent by students on OSN and their academic performance. The time spent on OSN was found to be heavily influenced by the attention span of the students. Specifically, we determined that the higher the attention span, the lower is the time spent on OSN. Further, attention span was found to be highly correlated with characteristics that predict or influence student behavior, such as their perceptions about society's view of Social Networking, their likes and dislikes of OSN, ease of use of OSN, etc.
Justin D Cochran - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effect of Online Social Networking on student academic performance
Computers in Human Behavior, 2012Co-Authors: Jomon Aliyas Paul, Hope M Baker, Justin D CochranAbstract:Online Social networks (OSNs) have permeated all generations of Internet users, becoming a prominent communications tool, particularly in the student community. Thus, academic institutions and faculty are increasingly using Social Networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to connect with current and potential students and to deliver instructional content. This has led to a rise in questions about the impact of OSN on academic performance and the possibility of using it as an effective teaching tool. To learn more about the impact on academic performance, we conducted a survey of business students at a large state university. Survey results were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed a statistically significant negative relationship between time spent by students on OSN and their academic performance. The time spent on OSN was found to be heavily influenced by the attention span of the students. Specifically, we determined that the higher the attention span, the lower is the time spent on OSN. Further, attention span was found to be highly correlated with characteristics that predict or influence student behavior, such as their perceptions about society's view of Social Networking, their likes and dislikes of OSN, ease of use of OSN, etc.
