TY - JOUR
T1 - College students’ social media use and communication network heterogeneity
T2 - Implications for social capital and subjective well-being
AU - Kim, Bumsoo
AU - Kim, Yonghwan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - This study examined whether and how the usage of social media can influence college students’ level of network heterogeneity and how network heterogeneity is associated with levels of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being. In particular, whether network heterogeneity plays a mediating role in the relationship between social media use and the dependent variables of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being was investigated. The results indicated that usage of social media is positively associated with college students’ communication network heterogeneity in their everyday life. Network heterogeneity is also positively related to levels of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being. We also discovered a positive indirect effect mechanism by which social media use influences bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being through network heterogeneity.
AB - This study examined whether and how the usage of social media can influence college students’ level of network heterogeneity and how network heterogeneity is associated with levels of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being. In particular, whether network heterogeneity plays a mediating role in the relationship between social media use and the dependent variables of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being was investigated. The results indicated that usage of social media is positively associated with college students’ communication network heterogeneity in their everyday life. Network heterogeneity is also positively related to levels of bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being. We also discovered a positive indirect effect mechanism by which social media use influences bridging/bonding social capital and subjective well-being through network heterogeneity.
KW - Bonding social capital
KW - Bridging social capital
KW - Network heterogeneity
KW - Social media
KW - Subjective well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017424789&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.033
DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017424789
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 73
SP - 620
EP - 628
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
ER -