The Influence of Posting Physical Activity Posts to Social Networking Sites on Young Adults’ Physical Activity Engagement and Motivational Profiles

Interactive communication in the process of physical education: are social media contributing to the improvement of physical training performance

“…Our research confirms this finding as attending classes and learning about different types of physical activity had a positive effect on the behavior of friends. The results of the study by Josey and Moore [19] indicating that social media programs can increase physical activity and the findings by DeVitis et al [10] showing that posting information about physical activity on a social network has a positive impact on its users have been confirmed in our study. Aral and Nicolaides [9] studied the impact of social media on runners' behavior and concluded that exercise is socially contagious, which has also been confirmed by the present study.…”

“…It has been found that social media can increase the level of physical activity of adolescents [ 10 , 18 ] and adults depending on the content or purpose of use [ 19 ]. The use of social networks contributes to student motivation, allows users to create platforms and discussion forums for discussing topical issues and sports events, as well as maintains content relevance [ 11 ].…”

“…Social media content allows users to develop knowledge about the characteristics of exercise, movement, and physical fitness, as well as to find healthy lifestyle communities [ 9 ]. The use of social media allows learners to further study the educational material in their free time and provides opportunities to increase motivation to engage in physical exercise [ 10 ].…”

“…The use of social media allows learners to further study the educational material in their free time and provides opportunities to increase motivation to engage in physical exercise [10].…”