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1. Drug, demon, or donut? Theorizing the relationship between social media use, digital well-being and digital disconnection

Author

Vanden Abeele, Mariek M.P., Halfmann, Annabell, Lee, Edmund W.J., and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

Subjects
Balance, Digital ill-being, Social Sciences, Addiction, STUDENTS, Communication [Social sciences], SELF-CONTROL, Diet, TOO, Digital Wellbeing, Digital harm, Digital well-being, Overuse, Metaphor, FACEBOOK, Humans, Attention economy, NETWORK, Drug, PREDICTORS, Social Media, General Psychology
Abstract

Social media overuse is a central concern in discussions over digital well-being. Digital disconnection is often presented as a solution to this problem, but mixed evidence on its effectiveness suggests we lack understanding of why, how and when disconnection works. Drawing from three recurrent social media metaphors - the drug, demon and donut metaphor - this article aims to advance understanding of social media disconnection by developing a classification of disconnective mechanisms in accordance with three conceptual approaches to social media overuse. This classification provides theory-driven support for differing social media disconnection mechanisms. We discuss its implications for practice and future research. Mariek (Maria M. P.) Vanden Abeele is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the European Research Council Starting Grant agreement 'DISCONNECT' No. 950635.

Published
2022

2. Extending the social cognitive model—Examining the external and personal antecedents of social network sites use among Singaporean adolescents.

Author

Lee, Edmund W.J., Ho, Shirley S., and Lwin, May O.

Subjects
*FATHERS, *MENTAL health, *SURVEYS, *TEENAGERS' conduct of life, *SOCIAL media
Abstract

This research draws upon the extended social cognitive model to examine how external factors such as adolescents' relationship with their parents, and personal antecedents including depression, loneliness, self-reactive outcome expectation, self-identity, deficient self-regulation, and habit strength, relate to Singaporean adolescents' time spent on social network sites (SNSs). We used multi-stage cluster sampling to recruit a nationally representative sample of adolescents between 13 and 17 years old ( n = 4920) to complete a self-administered survey. Our extended model achieved good psychometric properties and we found support for most of the proposed hypotheses. Most notably, we found a nuanced difference in how paternal and maternal relationships were associated with adolescents' SNSs use through dependence on SNSs for identity formation—only positive relationship with father has a negative association with adolescents' dependence on SNSs for identity formation. Dependence on SNSs for identity formation has the strongest association with deficient self-regulation and SNSs habit strength, which are antecedents of adolescents' time spent on SNSs. Findings suggest that it is important to account for both external and personal antecedent factors of SNSs consumption. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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