• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.103-112
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• 2019

Online self-disclosure was hypothesized as a mediating variable, explaining the relationship between Facebook access motivation (relationship expansion, curiosity about others' life, maintenance of social connection, social pressure from others, habitual use, impression management, searching for information, and content sharing) and Facebook addiction. Data came from 407 high school students in the Busan, and Gyeongnam provinces. Structural analysis was used to specify the relations among measured construct. Facebook access motivation of curiosity about others' life, Facebook access motivation of maintenance of social connection, Facebook access motivation of social pressure from others, Facebook access motivation of habitual use, and Facebook access motivation of impression management were significant predictors of Facebook addiction. Online self-disclosure mediates between Facebook access motivation of curiosity about others' life, Facebook access motivation of social pressure from others, Facebook access motivation of searching for information & Facebook access motivation of content sharing and Facebook addiction. Viewing online self-disclosure as a mediator has important implications for social media addiction counseling practice.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2016

스마트폰의 확산과 더불어 SNS는 눈부시게 성장하고 있다. 그러나 SNS의 사용이 과해짐에 따라 SNS 중독이라는 사회문제가 대두되고 있다. 한편 SNS에 대한 부정적인 인식 때문에 사용자가 SNS를 떠나는 것 역시 문제로 떠올랐다. 이와 같이 SNS의 중독 및 지속사용 모두 SNS의 사용에 있어 중요한 문제이며, 이에 본 연구에서는 기본심리욕구를 원인 변인으로 선정하여 그 영향력을 확인하고자 하였다. Facebook 사용자 204명을 대상으로 한 연구결과 자율성 및 유능성은 Facebook 중독에 유의한 영향을 미쳤으며, 자율성, 유능성 및 관계성은 Facebook 지속사용의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2016

We examined the relationship between the extent of Facebook usage and social well-being with consideration of cyberbullying involvement using a person-oriented approach. Survey data were collected from a sample of 312 secondary students from Grades 7 and 8 in Hong Kong. Levels of cyberbullying involvement, Facebook usage and perceived social support were investigated. Participants were classified into three clusters based on the different levels of Facebook usage and cyberbullying victimization through cluster analyses (i.e., frequent Facebook user/noncyberbullied victim, frequent Facebook user/cyberbullied victim, and uninvolved). Our results showed that frequent Facebook users who are cyberbullied tend to engage in cyberbullying perpetration significantly more than the frequent Facebook users who are not cyberbullied, even when the latter reported higher Facebook usage. This result provides some support for the idea that cyberbullying victimization has additional value on top of the level of usage in explaining one's participation in cyberbullying perpetration. As expected, frequent Facebook users who were not cyberbullied reported the highest perceived social support among the three groups. What is even more interesting is the equal level of perceived social support found between the cyberbullied victims and the uninvolved. Our results suggest that, although limiting adolescents' Internet use might reduce their risks of being involved in cyberbullying, it might also take away the potential benefits they could get from interacting with the online community. Benefits of using the person-oriented approach in the study of cyberbullying are discussed.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 페이스북 접속동기가 페이스북 사용후 대인관계 변화와 페이스북의 지속적 사용의도에 어떻게 영향을 미치는 지를 알아보고자 하였다. 이러한 목적으로 부산 및 경남지역 대학생 420명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 확인된 주요결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 관계유지를 위한 페이스북 접속동기와 사회적 압력에 의한 페이스북 접속동기가 페이스북 사용후 대인관계변화에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 습관적 이용에 의한 페이스북 접속동기가 페이스북의 지속적 사용의도에 정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 관계유지를 위한 페이스북 접속동기와 사회적 압력에 의한 페이스북 접속동기가 사용후 대인관계의 변화를 통하여 간접적으로 페이스북의 지속적 사용의도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 관계유지를 위한 페이스북 접속동기와 사회적 압력에 의한 페이스북 접속동기가 페이스북 사용후 대인관계변화를 유발하는 요인으로서 작용할 수 있으며, 관계유지를 위한 페이스북 접속동기와 사회적 압력에 의한 페이스북 접속동기가 페이스북 사용후 대인관계를 변화시켜 페이스북을 지속적으로 사용하게 됨을 밝혔다는 데에 연구의 의의가 있다.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons why college students use Facebook and the ways in which they feel of social presence while using Facebook. In fact, the study aimed to specify the links between motivations for using SNS and a sense of 'being together'. The findings of this study suggest that major motivations of SNS use were social interaction, entertainment, self-presentation, and information-seeking. Specifically, results from a survey of 280 respondents revealed that college students used Facebook to seek maintenance and connection with friends, to express themselves, to get information about school activities, and to be entertained. These findings are consistent with the existing literature regarding SNS as a primary channel to maintain the existing social relationships among college students. The study also found that all motivation factors, except information-seeking factor, were positively and significantly related to social presence. The strongest correlations were between social presence and Facebook use for social interaction and entertainment needs. It seemed that users who seek social interaction and entertainment needs are more likely to feel a sense of being with others while users who seek to get information are less likely to feel a sense of social presence. These findings implied that to some extent, a sense of social presence occurs in the context of Facebook and that the experience of social presence depends on what college students seek from Facebook use. In addition, the results showed a positive relationship between Facebook use and social presence; the more college students use Facebook, the more they are likely to experience sense of social presence. Given that Facebook provides college students with a place where they can share thought and feelings among friends, it can be concluded that Facebook contributes to the sense of belonging among users. And such feeling may enhance a sense of presence with others while using Facebook. These findings suggest that uses and gratifications researchers should consider the concept of social presence as an important variable in explaining what audience members do with media.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.18-32
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• 2021

Social media has become a popular source of information around the world. Previous studies explored different trends of social media news consumption. However, no studies have focused on Bangladesh to date, where social media penetration is very high in recent years. To fill this gap, this research aimed to understand its popularity trends during the period. For that reason, this work analyzes 97.67 million page likes and 3.48 billion interaction data collected from nine Bangladeshi news media's Facebook pages between December 2016 to November 2020. The analysis shows that the growth rates of page likes and interaction rates declined during this period. It suggests that the media's Facebook pages are gradually losing their popularity among Facebook users, which may have two more interpretations: Facebook's aggregate appeal as a news source is decreasing to users, or Bangladeshi media's appeal is eroding to Facebook users. These findings challenge the previous results, i.e., Facebook's demand as a news source is increasing with time. We offer four explanations of the decreased popularity of Facebook's news: information overload, exposure to incidental news, users' selective exposure and different aims of using Facebook, and conflict between media agendas and users' interests. Some theoretical and practical significance of the results has been discussed as well.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.95-116
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• 2011

This study examines effects of Facebook on language learning in terms of facilitating interaction and collaboration by applying Facebook in a Korean language class. Forty one exchange students from seventeen countries who participated in the study used Facebook to exchange information and complete group projects. Results show that Facebook was effective in sharing class materials, engaging in class community and collaborating to complete assignments. Students also comment that socializing with peers was helpful, yet more activities and discussion to draw active participation is needed. This study also points out the important role of instructors who implement social media and manage the class.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2020

The popularity of social media has led to a variety of communicative behaviors among users. This study targeted Facebook as a representative social medial platform because it has the most subscribers in order to investigate factors that influence Facebook usage. In particular, because a person's behavior is based on how they are perceived by others, self-conscious behavior was examined in the study. Facebook usage and news consumption were examined to ascertain the effects of self-consciousness. An online survey was conducted to examine how private SC and public SC (SCs), affects Facebook usage (profiles and writing posts) and news consumption (clicking "like" and sharing news). 616 participants completed the survey, and results indicated that public SC was positively related to the degree of profile updating and post writing. On the other hand, private SC was positively related to the degree of news sharing. These results suggest that psychological elements significantly predict a user's behavior on Facebook.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2016

Facebook has been a part of our lives for the last decade. For a company started in 2004 to have penetrated the lives of people across the globe is commendable. The perpetuation of Facebook has led to a phenomena called Facebook Addiction Disorder. Companies are using Facebook to promote their business and people are using it to promote themselves, in addition to staying connected. In this paper, an effort is made to study respondents from India and the United States of America in order to gauge their dependence on Facebook, and a comparative view of it is presented.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2021

This study explores Facebook use in Vietnamese academic libraries by analysing libraries' posts on their Facebook pages and library users' interaction with those posts. A total of 260 posts on four academic libraries' Facebook pages were examined using the content analysis method. The findings reveal that Facebook was mainly used to encourage reading and to transmit announcements. Most of the academic libraries published one post a week. The photo was the most frequent media type of libraries' posts and gained a higher level of interaction than other posts. According to the research results, the user engagement was low, and the user interaction with libraries' posts generally was in the form of reaction. The findings can help better understand Facebook use in Vietnamese academic libraries and may assist libraries in creating a plan for using Facebook more effectively.