The Social Media Affinity Scale: Implications For Education

Gerlich, R. Nicholas; Browning, Leigh; Westermann, Lori

doi:10.19030/cier.v3i11.245

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“…Higher scores indicate a higher social media affinity. The Cronbach's ⍺ was calculated to be .77 by Gerlich et al [21], and a Cronbach's ⍺ value of .73 was found for the internal reliability of this study.…”

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“…Social media affinity is defined as a person's fondness for or frequent usage of SM [21]. We used the scale developed and validated by Gerlich et al [21], although some questions (such as item 7 and 12) were modified to fit the target population of this study. Authorization to use the scale was provided by the author.…”

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The Influence of Social Media Affinity on Eating Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction in Philippine Adolescents

Shannen¹,

Kang²,

Kim³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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Purpose: This study aimed to examine the influence of social media affinity on eating attitudes and body dissatisfaction among adolescents in the Philippines.Methods: The participants were 114 junior high school students enrolled in 7th to 10th grade in Cavite Province, Philippines. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS, using descriptive statistics, the independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple linear regression.Results: The factors affecting eating attitudes were body dissatisfaction (β=-.47, p<.001), social media affinity (β=.33, p<.001) and grade (10th grade) (β=-.28, p<.001), and the factors influencing body dissatisfaction were eating attitudes (β=-.65, p<.001) and social media affinity (β=.17, p=.041).Conclusion: In order to promote healthy eating attitudes and to improve body satisfaction among Philippine adolescents, educational strategies tailored to social media users will be needed.

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The Influence of Social Media Affinity on Eating Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction in Philippine Adolescents

Shannen¹,

Kang²,

Kim³

2020

Child Health Nurs Res

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“…Past studies [12,23] reported that males generally showed more competence and more favorable attitude in using technology. However, recent studies [8,11] indicated that there are no gender differences in social media usage. This means females have fairly similar opportunities to get information from SNS compared to their counterparts.…”

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Age and Gender Differences in Social Networking: Effects on South Korean Students in Higher Education

Kim

Yoo

2015

Lecture Notes in Social Networks

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Social networking sites (SNS) are popular communication technologies in the world. Many Koreans have been using SNS to network and communicate with their acquaintances. The growing popularity of SNS usage affects teaching and learning in higher education. However, there are unknown territories of positive and negative effects of using SNS in higher education. The purpose of this study is to investigate both positive and negative impacts of using SNS and to examine the effects of gender and age differences in those impacts. Participants (n = 236) at five Korean universities were surveyed on their SNS usage. Factor analyses identified three positive effects of social networking: (1) information acquisition and communication, (2) efficiency in work, and (3) relationship building. The negative factors of using SNS were identified as (1) security, (2) completion of study/work, (3) emotion, (4) cognitive development, (5) social development, and (6) physical development. Independent t-tests and Mann-Whitney U-tests revealed there are age and gender differences in both positive and negative effects of SNS usage.

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“…It can be used by individuals to perform their daily life activities (Anshari & Alas, 2015). According to scholars, several college students use a smartphone to access information through the internet (Gerlich, Browning, & Westermann, 2010). Like other developed countries, usage of smartphone among youth especially students is rapidly growing in Pakistan.…”

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Understanding the academic learning of university students using smartphone: Evidence from Pakistan

Nand

Pitafi

Kanwal

et al. 2019

Journal of Public Affairs

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As the number of smartphone users have increased worldwide, research on the usage of the smartphone has received scholarly attention. However, different results were found in previous studies in different contexts. The main research question is whether adopting smartphones by students improve learning or generates interference. The purpose of this study is to examine the usage of smartphone among university students in Pakistan. Using a survey approach, data were collected from different universities/colleges of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. total, 585 entries was analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 software. Results of analysis, validated most of the hypothesis showing the intention of Pakistani students towards smartphone usage for academic purpose. In addition, findings confirm that students' self‐efficacy related to a smartphone works as a moderating role of intention to use a smartphone for learning and actual usage of the smartphone. The current study has several implications in terms of smartphone usage and student academic performance. Limitations and implications of the study are also discussed in the last section.

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The Social Media Affinity Scale: Implications For Education

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

The Influence of Social Media Affinity on Eating Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction in Philippine Adolescents

The Influence of Social Media Affinity on Eating Attitudes and Body Dissatisfaction in Philippine Adolescents

Age and Gender Differences in Social Networking: Effects on South Korean Students in Higher Education

Understanding the academic learning of university students using smartphone: Evidence from Pakistan

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