التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
For Better or Worse: Understanding Smartphones and Social Media Use Among a New Generation of Young Adults and the Impact of Their Usage on Well-being. |
| المؤلفون: |
Coyne, Paige1 pcoyne1@hfhs.org, Woodruff, Sarah J.2 |
| المصدر: |
Media Watch. Jan2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p30-52. 23p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*SMARTPHONES, SOCIAL media, YOUNG adults |
| مستخلص: |
This study aimed to explore current-day young adults' experiences with their smartphones and social media and the impacts of their usage on well-being. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed via inferential statistics and content analysis. Results suggest that young adults' perceptions of their smartphone and social media use may be inaccurate. Awareness of this discrepancy may prompt a desire to change current usage habits. Additionally, participants confirmed (and dismayed) previous uses, gratifications and drawbacks of smartphones and social media while identifying new ones. Participants also offered nuanced explanations and interpretations of when and how smartphones and/or social media interfere with daily life. They clarified the activities performed that positively and negatively contribute to well-being. This study highlights how smartphone and social media use has changed over time and provides evidence for the need to continually re-examine understandings of smartphones and social media usage among young adults as time passes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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