Perceived group cohesion versus actual social structure: A study using social network analysis of egocentric Facebook networks

Tulin, Marina; Pollet, Thomas V.; Lehmann‐Willenbrock, Nale

doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.04.004

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“…In reality, scripts were used to automate the experience on the platform. Minor changes were made to the original task by reducing the number of scripted "participants" from 11 to 6 to facilitate group cohesion (Bales and Borgatta, 1966;Tulin et al, 2018), and by altering some of the social media profiles to better resemble London university students.…”

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Effectiveness of an Empathic Chatbot in Combating Adverse Effects of Social Exclusion on Mood

2020

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From past research it is well known that social exclusion has detrimental consequences for mental health. To deal with these adverse effects, socially excluded individuals frequently turn to other humans for emotional support. While chatbots can elicit social and emotional responses on the part of the human interlocutor, their effectiveness in the context of social exclusion has not been investigated. In the present study, we examined whether an empathic chatbot can serve as a buffer against the adverse effects of social ostracism. After experiencing exclusion on social media, participants were randomly assigned to either talk with an empathetic chatbot about it (e.g., "I'm sorry that this happened to you") or a control condition where their responses were merely acknowledged (e.g., "Thank you for your feedback"). Replicating previous research, results revealed that experiences of social exclusion dampened the mood of participants. Interacting with an empathetic chatbot, however, appeared to have a mitigating impact. In particular, participants in the chatbot intervention condition reported higher mood than those in the control condition. Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications, as well as directions for future research are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effectiveness of an Empathic Chatbot in Combating Adverse Effects of Social Exclusion on Mood

2020

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“…Today, social media generally impacts youths' daily lives and universities students in particular [33]. Digital media and social networking are revolutionizing methods of everyday communication, collaboration, information sharing, and information consumption [34,35].…”

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The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

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In today’s world, social media is playing an indispensable role on the learning behavior of university students to achieve sustainable education. The impact of social media on sustainable education is becoming an essential and impelling factor. The world has become a global village and technology use has made it a smaller world through social media and how it is changing instruction. This original study is amongst the few to perform a focalized investigation on revealing the relationship between positive and negative characteristics of social media and the learning attitude of university students for sustainable education. However, this study aims to examine the constructive and adverse factors that impact on students’ minds and how these helped students to share positive and negative aspects with others. It is increasingly noticeable that social networking sites and their applications present enormous benefits for as well as risks to university students and their implications on students’ psychological adjustment or learning behaviors are not well understood. This study adapted the cluster sampling method, and respondents participated from five selected regions. Researchers distributed 1013 questionnaires among the targeted sample of university students with an age range of 16 to 35 years, and they collected 831 complete/valid responses. This study applied the social gratification theory to examine students’ behavior practicing social media usage. This study specifically identified 18 adversarial and constructive factors of social media from the previous literature. The findings revealed that the usage of social media in Pakistan has a negative influence on a student’s behavior as compared to positive aspects. Results may not be generalized to the entire student community as findings are specific to the specific respondents only. This study presents a relationship between antithetical and creative characteristics of social media and exhibits avenues for future studies by facilitating a better understanding of web-based social network use.

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“…As these platforms grew more popular, the number of friends seemed to grow accordingly. Our average Facebook network size is on par with that of recent worke.g., ~371 versus ~420 (Tulin, Pollet, and Lehmann-Willenbrock 2018).8, 9 a Numbers are based on observations for respondents who maintained public Facebook profiles as well as who completed the network scale-up questions. b These statistics are the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile of these variables in these data.…”

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Beyond the Core: Who Has Larger Social Networks?

2020

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The sociological literature on social networks overwhelmingly considers the number of core social contacts. Social networks, however, reach far beyond this small number of social ties. We know little about individual variation in the size of such extended social networks. In this study, we move beyond core networks and explain individual variation in the extended social network size among youth. We use survey data of Dutch adolescents (N = 5,921) and use two state-of-the-art measurements to compute extended network sizes: network scale-up methods through Bayesian modeling and the observed number of contacts on Facebook. Among both measurements, we find that extended networks are larger among ethnic majority members, girls, and those who often engage in social foci. This highlights a crucial role for preferences and opportunity in the genesis of extended networks. Additionally, we find that differences between both network sizes (scale-up and Facebook) are smaller for girls and higher educated. We discuss the implications of these findings and suggest directions for future research.

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Perceived group cohesion versus actual social structure: A study using social network analysis of egocentric Facebook networks

Cited by 33 publications

References 90 publications

Effectiveness of an Empathic Chatbot in Combating Adverse Effects of Social Exclusion on Mood

Effectiveness of an Empathic Chatbot in Combating Adverse Effects of Social Exclusion on Mood

The Impact of Social Media on Learning Behavior for Sustainable Education: Evidence of Students from Selected Universities in Pakistan

Beyond the Core: Who Has Larger Social Networks?

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