Social Media and Loneliness - Forever connected?

Yavich, Roman; Davidovitch, Nitza; Frenkel, Zeev

doi:10.5539/hes.v9n2p10

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“…We just tried to identify the features of the content shared by users experiencing loneliness and to identify some general trend. Today, unfortunately, the question of the relationship of loneliness and the use of social networks remains unresolved, and many authors (Nowland et al, 2018;Ortiz-Ospina & Roser, 2020;Yavich et al, 2019) talk about the inconsistency of research data on this topic. The relationship between experiencing loneliness and using social networks is dynamic and bidirectional.…”

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Social Networks And Experience Of Loneliness: The Meaning Of Content

Orestova¹

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Social Networks And Experience Of Loneliness: The Meaning Of Content

Orestova¹

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…Our findings add to the debate about the role of social media use in youth loneliness. Several studies report a link between increased social media use and loneliness, 40,41,42 while others report no such association 43 or that results vary based on type of social media platform. 44 Our study found that social media use was not a predictor of youth loneliness, while contrastingly, face to face contact (e.g., going out with friends) was associated with reduced loneliness.…”

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Loneliness in young people: A multilevel exploration of social ecological influences and geographic variation

Marquez¹,

Goodfellow²,

Hardoon³

et al. 2021

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Background: Loneliness is a growing public health concern, yet little is known about loneliness in young people. The current study aimed to identify social ecological factors related to loneliness and examine the extent to which geographic region accounts for differences in loneliness.Methods: The data come from a cross-sectional sample of 6503 young people living in the United Kingdom. Loneliness was measured using the UCLA 3-item scale. Bivariate analyses were used to test associations between each predictor and loneliness. Multilevel models were used to identify key social ecological factors related to loneliness, and the extent to which loneliness varied across geographic regions. Results: Socio-demographic, social, health and wellbeing, and community factors were found to be associated with loneliness. Geographic region accounted for 5-8% of the variation in loneliness. The effect of gender, sexual orientation, and minority ethnic background on loneliness differed across geographic regions. Conclusions: This is the first study to highlight modifiable social and community factors related to youth loneliness, and individual vulnerabilities, such as poor mental wellbeing. Results related to geographic differences suggest that local-level initiatives may be most appropriate in tackling loneliness, rather than wider, less contextualized national efforts.

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“…El área de seguridad aparece influenciada por la familia, concienciada sobre los peligros que conlleva el uso de internet -y las redes en concreto-(Bacigalupe y Camara, 2011), como se observa en los casos. La comunicación, con la segunda puntuación más alta, empieza a tener especial importancia en esta edad, ya que la interacción con sus iguales es una motivación fundamental para el uso de las tecnologías (Yavich et al, 2019).…”

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La competencia digital de los preadolescentes gallegos/as antes de la pandemia: ¿y ahora qué?

Couñago

Groba

Piñeiro

2020

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The lockdown suffered in spring 2020 involved, among other changes, the widespread application of online training at all educational levels, highlighting not only problems related to technological resources and connectivity but also to students' formative deficiencies, such as a level development of the digital competence (DC) too limited to fulfil the ongoing challenges. In this context, we present the results of a study carried out in Galicia during the 2018-2019 academic year in order to delve into 6th-grade students' digital competence; a mixed methods research composed of a first qualitative phase, a multiple-case study, and a second one, quantitative, in which an assessment test of the DC was applied. The results attained show an average level of 5.96 out of 10 in DC, with an important difference between the two components of this punctuation; namely, knowledge and skills (M=5.10) and attitude (M=8.04). The case studies also allow us to observe: information-search processes carried out unsystematically and whose results are not adequately contrasted; differences between genders in the communicative area; scarce problem-solving skills; too basic content-creation strategies, and differences between teenagers’ attitude towards security and their actual behaviours. The conclusions stress the role of school in the development of DC in a digitalised future.

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Social Media and Loneliness - Forever connected?

Cited by 34 publications

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Social Networks And Experience Of Loneliness: The Meaning Of Content

Social Networks And Experience Of Loneliness: The Meaning Of Content

Loneliness in young people: A multilevel exploration of social ecological influences and geographic variation

La competencia digital de los preadolescentes gallegos/as antes de la pandemia: ¿y ahora qué?

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