Digital Socialligators? Social Media-Induced Perceived Support During the Transition to the COVID-19 Lockdown

Sitar‐Tăut, Dan‐Andrei; Mican, Daniel; Frömbling, Lena; Sarstedt, Marko

doi:10.1177/08944393211065872

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“…The results showed that social media use is a significant positive predictor of individuals' well-being in the specific context, which is consistent with previous research (Sitar-Taut et al, 2021). This finding may be due to the fact that social media compensated for the lack of offline interpersonal interactions, and satisfied individuals' social needs during quarantine, thus having a positive impact on well-being.…”

Section: The Association Between Smu and Well-beingsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Given the fact that offline communication was limited during the quarantine period, online social media became the major channels for people to acquire relative information, basic supplies, and a sense of belonging (Sitar-Taut et al, 2021). Prior studies suggest that social media use has a complex impact on individuals' well-being, and whether the impact is positive or OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY negative depends on many factors, including the pattern of social media use (Erfani and Abedin, 2018;Hanley et al, 2019;Diotaiuti et al, 2022).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The association between social media use and well-being during quarantine period: testing a moderated mediation model

Zhu,

Xiao,

Yan

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectivesSocial media use (SMU) increased dramatically during COVID-19 due to policies such as long-term quarantine. Given that SMU has complex effects on individuals’ well-being, this study aimed to explore the relationship between SMU and subjective well-being and the influencing factors in the context of the pandemic in China.MethodsA total of 895 adults (413 males) in different risk areas across China participated in this study. They provided self-reported data on subjective well-being, social media use, adaptive humor, and other demographic variables.ResultsIt revealed that SMU was positively associated with individual well-being, an effect partially mediated by the score of adaptive humor. Furthermore, the effect of SMU on adaptive humor was moderated by trait optimism, with the effect more robust in high (vs. low) optimistic individuals.ConclusionThis study explored the positive effects of SMU on individuals’ well-being, suggesting that individuals may better cope with negative experiences and maintain well-being under quarantine by showing more adaptive humor on social media.

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Section: The Association Between Smu and Well-beingsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association between social media use and well-being during quarantine period: testing a moderated mediation model

Zhu,

Xiao,

Yan

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…It is also possible that since 7thgraders were not yet accustomed to the typical secondary school experience, it could potentially be easier to adapt to a remote learning situation. In addition, the increased access to digital devices and online interactions might have further enhanced their virtual connections to old friends and received social support (Magis-Weinberg et al, 2021;Sitar-Taut et al, 2021).…”

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Trajectories of early adolescents’ perceptions of school motivation and effort during the pandemic in Peru: a four time point longitudinal observational study

Tsai¹,

T²,

Janssen³

et al. 2022

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In this longitudinal, observational study, following 883 adolescents (aged 11 - 15 years, grades 6th - 8th) we tracked changes in perceived school motivation and effort across four time points during the two years of remote education in Perú as a consequence of COVID-19 (retrospective reports before the pandemic, May 2020, July 2021, and November 2021). Compared to before the pandemic, levels of perceived school motivation and effort dropped sharply in May 2020 and continued to decrease across 2 years. Perceived school motivation was positively associated with perceived school effort at almost all time points. Furthermore, students with lower levels of perceived school motivation had a steeper decline in perceived school effort. In a subsample of 380 students in 8th grade, perceived school effort in July 2021 predicted objective math performance in November 2021. Our findings suggest that COVID-19 has further compounded decreases in subjective and objective indices of school engagement and performance that are typically observed in early adolescence. Our results from a large sample of low- to middle-class Peruvian adolescents highlight the experiences of youth in a country that had particularly long school closures, and that is under-represented in the literature.

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“…, 2021), incites creativity (Islam et al. , 2021), entertains, and also makes people socially supportive, but not “digital socialligators” (Sitar-Taut et al. , In press).…”

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Social media exposure assessment: influence on attitudes toward generic vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sitar‐Tăut

Mican

2022

OIR

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PurposeEven though social media (SM) has been explored in-depth, its role remains unclear regarding short- and long-term preventive attitudes in global health emergencies. To fill this gap, the Stimulus-Organism-Response framework aims to clarify the social media exposure mission in acknowledging risk perception and triggering preventive attitudes and behaviors toward COVID-19 and general vaccination.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted an explanatory-predictive study on 480 Romanian students, using partial least squares structural equation modeling, and performed model evaluation, multi-group, model selection, and importance-performance map analyses.FindingsThe study provides insights in understanding significant relationships and drivers explaining and predicting attitudes towards vaccines. The main relationships are between fear and risk perception; risk and preventive attitudes and behaviors; and vaccination degree and attitudes to vaccines. The most important factor is the vaccination degree and media exposure is the most performant.Practical implicationsDeveloping and applying regulations and communication strategies for quality mass information may positively increase attitudes toward vaccines by indirectly enforcing the main drivers.Social implicationsOrganizations, authorities, and opinion leaders must have a coherent supportive presence in media.Originality/valueThis study filled the literature gap by building a generic theoretical and empirical proven framework that investigates the mediated effect towards vaccines of all media types by COVID-19 experience and vaccination degree.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-11-2021-0621

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Digital Socialligators? Social Media-Induced Perceived Support During the Transition to the COVID-19 Lockdown

Cited by 11 publications

References 103 publications

The association between social media use and well-being during quarantine period: testing a moderated mediation model

The association between social media use and well-being during quarantine period: testing a moderated mediation model

Trajectories of early adolescents’ perceptions of school motivation and effort during the pandemic in Peru: a four time point longitudinal observational study

Social media exposure assessment: influence on attitudes toward generic vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

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