The relations between YouTube addiction, social anxiety and parasocial relationships with YouTubers: A moderated-mediation model based on a cognitive-behavioral framework

Bérail, Pierre de; Guillon, Marlène; Bungener, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2019.05.007

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“…To our knowledge, our study was the first to investigate the association between YouTube use and sleep-onset difficulties among adolescents. YouTube is a video-intensive platform with some unique characteristics including asymmetric relationships, greater self-disclosure, higher personal revelation, and developing parasocial relationships, all contributing to supplanting real relationships [ 68 ]. YouTube addiction follows the same model as internet addiction, with the frequent use of YouTube being reinforced by one-sided virtual relationships with YouTubers [ 68 ].…”

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“…YouTube is a video-intensive platform with some unique characteristics including asymmetric relationships, greater self-disclosure, higher personal revelation, and developing parasocial relationships, all contributing to supplanting real relationships [ 68 ]. YouTube addiction follows the same model as internet addiction, with the frequent use of YouTube being reinforced by one-sided virtual relationships with YouTubers [ 68 ]. We found a significant association between YouTube use and sleep-onset difficulties, overall and consistently in strata of sex and age.…”

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The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Sleep-Onset Difficulties Among Italian Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study

Varghese¹,

Santoro²,

Lugo³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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Background The use of technology and social media among adolescents is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon. However, there is a paucity of evidence on the relationship between frequency of use of electronic devices and social media and sleep-onset difficulties among the Italian population. Objective The aim of this study is to investigate the association between the use of technology and social media, including Facebook and YouTube, and sleep-onset difficulties among adolescents from Lombardy, the most populous region in Italy. Methods The relationship between use of technology and social media and sleep-onset difficulties was investigated. Data came from the 2013-2014 wave of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children survey, a school-based cross-sectional study conducted on 3172 adolescents aged 11 to 15 years in Northern Italy. Information was collected on difficulties in falling asleep over the last 6 months. We estimated the odds ratios (ORs) for sleep-onset difficulties and corresponding 95% CIs using logistic regression models after adjustment for major potential confounders. Results The percentage of adolescents with sleep-onset difficulties was 34.3% (1081/3151) overall, 29.7% (483/1625) in boys and 39.2% (598/1526) in girls. It was 30.3% (356/1176) in 11-year-olds, 36.2% (389/1074) in 13-year-olds, and 37.3% (336/901) in 15-year-olds. Sleep-onset difficulties were more frequent among adolescents with higher use of electronic devices, for general use (OR 1.50 for highest vs lowest tertile of use; 95% CI 1.21-1.85), use for playing games (OR 1.35; 95% CI 1.11-1.64), use of online social networks (OR 1.40 for always vs never or rarely; 95% CI 1.09-1.81), and YouTube (OR 2.00; 95% CI 1.50-2.66). Conclusions This study adds novel information about the relationship between sleep-onset difficulties and technology and social media in a representative sample of school-aged children from a geographical location that has not been included in studies of this type previously. Exposure to screen-based devices and online social media is significantly associated with adolescent sleep-onset difficulties. Interventions to create a well-coordinated parent- and school-centered strategy, thereby increasing awareness on the unfavorable effect of evolving technologies on sleep among adolescents, are needed.

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The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Sleep-Onset Difficulties Among Italian Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study

Varghese¹,

Santoro²,

Lugo³

et al. 2021

J Med Internet Res

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“…conduct their research before the pandemic, where usage of smartphones is even more widespread nowadays. There are also researchers which indicate that social media use creates anxiety where de Bérail, Guillon & Bungener [ 51 ] declare that YouTube usage has a relationship with social anxiety. Ruggieri et al [ 52 ] further mention that negative feedback, comments and sharing might increase the anxiety of users.…”

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The changes in the effects of social media use of Cypriots due to COVID-19 pandemic

Kaya

2020

Technology in Society

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Social media is the leading medium which is used for communication during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research conducted aims to fill the gap of literature related to social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims at uncovering the influences of social media use in several dimensions during lockdown(s). The study aims to answer the research question of: Are the influences of social media use different from normal times? The online questionnaire has been completed by six hundred and sixty-eight users within the period of lockdown. The author prepared the questionnaire, which is composed of 22 positive statements in order to evaluate the effects of social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 5 point Likert scale was used, where reliability and validity were calculated by the Cronbach's alpha value, which was 0.751. Findings highlight that users have more information about COVID-19, and they follow recent information via social media, which shows the shift towards digital medium. Findings also indicate that users are aware of fake news, and they follow official sources. Social media is powerful to affect decision-makers, and respondents' social media use did not create any panic or anxiety amongst them. This research indicates that respondents' social media use during COVID-19 is different from normal times as a common purpose triggers this, survival. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most of social media shares were like a dream or a strong desire that may cause anxiety in others. During the pandemic, people are in lockdown and share similar feelings and follow similar behavioural patterns. As there is a common purpose and struggle via users, psychological well-being is not affected negatively.

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“…YouTube is particularly well suited for this type of inquiry as it is a platform that, by design, can engage users from opposite ideological camps through the distribution of controversial socio-political video content. Unlike social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter where the focus is on the relationships between users, YouTube is focused on content viewing (de Bérail et al, 2019; Khan, 2017), with the option to react to the content and also interact with other users by commenting and replying to comments of the other users.…”

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“You wouldn’t celebrate September 11”: Testing online polarisation between opposing ideological camps on YouTube

Bliuc

Smith

Moynihan

2020

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Online communication is increasingly associated with growing polarisation in society. In this research, we test a dual-pathway model of online polarisation via intergroup and intragroup interaction of supporters of opposing ideological camps on YouTube. The interaction occurs over a video parody promoting a campaign to change the date of Australia Day celebrations, a divisive issue entailing contrasting narratives about Australian identity, meanings of Australia Day, and interpretations of colonial history. To capture ideological polarisation, we conducted computerised linguistic analysis of polarised talk in the form of comments and replies ( N = 1,027) from supporters and opponents of the campaign. The indicators used to capture polarisation are social identification, position certainty, and psychological distance (as reflected by increased anxiety and hostility). Our results show that most polarisation (in the form of increased hostility) occurs in conditions of expression of outgroup dissent (the intergroup interaction pathway) and the most debated content on the online forum revolves around themes relevant to group identity. In addition to contributing to the understanding of group process in an online context, another key contribution of this research is providing a theory-driven method and blueprint to detect polarisation in social media data.

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The relations between YouTube addiction, social anxiety and parasocial relationships with YouTubers: A moderated-mediation model based on a cognitive-behavioral framework

Cited by 106 publications

References 102 publications

The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Sleep-Onset Difficulties Among Italian Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study

The Role of Technology and Social Media Use in Sleep-Onset Difficulties Among Italian Adolescents: Cross-sectional Study

The changes in the effects of social media use of Cypriots due to COVID-19 pandemic

“You wouldn’t celebrate September 11”: Testing online polarisation between opposing ideological camps on YouTube

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