Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Social Media Generation in Urban China: A Study of Social Media Use and Addiction Among Adolescents

Social Media Generation in Urban China: A Study of Social Media Use and Addiction Among Adolescents

Huang, Hanyun

Hardcover

Series: Understanding China

General ReferenceCognitionGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3642454402
ISBN13: 9783642454400
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jan 29 2014
Pages: 143
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Social media such as instant messaging (IM), social networking sites (SNS), blogs and microblogs are an integral part of adolescents' lives in China. Anecdotal evidence reported in the news has suggested that the increasing popularity of social media could make adolescents more vulnerable to being addicted. This exploratory study proposes the concept of social media addiction and examines (a) whether social media addiction exists among adolescents in urban China and, if so, who the addicts are, what their symptoms are and to what extent they are addicted; (b) whether sociopsychological traits (e.g., need for affiliation, impression management, narcissism and leisure boredom) can predict social media addiction among adolescents; (c) what gratifications are obtained by adolescents from their use of social media and whether these gratifications can predict social media addiction and (d) to what degree social media addiction influences adolescents' academic performance and social capital.

1 different editions

Also available

Also in

General Reference

View All