PREDICTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENTIATED PRACTICES ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES
PREDICTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENTIATED PRACTICES ON SOCIAL NETWORK SITES
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DOI：
10.1080/13691181003639866
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Hsieh, Yu-li Patrick
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作者：
Hargittai, Eszter;Hsieh, Yu-li Patrick
本文应用社交网站 (SNS) 使用类型，考虑人们使用此类网站的强度，对用户在 SNS 上的社交实践有何不同以及不同的参与程度是否会对学业成绩产生影响进行了实证研究。我们依靠代表不同年轻人群体的独特的基于调查的数据集来回答这些问题。毫不奇怪，我们发现，此类网站的热度较高的用户在 SNS 上参与的社交活动比在这些网站上花费较少时间且仅使用一个此类网站的用户要多。这一发现既适用于强关系活动，也适用于弱关系活动，即涉及亲密朋友以及较不牢固的关系的社会实践。我们的分析表明，SNS 社交实践的参与程度存在性别差异。女性比男性追求更多强关系活动，例如与现有朋友互动。相比之下，女性参与的弱关系活动比男性少，例如在此类网站上发展新关系。然而，SNS 使用强度和在这些网站上进行的社会实践都与学生的学业成绩没有系统相关，这一发现对之前的一些相反的说法提出了挑战。
Applying a typology of social network site (SNS) usage that takes into consideration the intensity with which people use such sites, this piece offers an empirical investigation of how users' social practices on SNSs differ and whether different levels of engagement have consequences for academic performance. We rely on a unique survey-based data set representing a diverse group of young adults to answer these questions. We find, not surprisingly, that the more intense users of such sites engage in more social activities on SNSs than those who spend less time on them and only use one such site. This finding holds in the realm of both stronger-tie activities and weaker-tie activities, that is, social practices involving one's close friends as well as less established ties. Our analyses suggest gender differences in level of engagement with SNS social practices. Women pursue more stronger-tie activities than men, such as interacting with existing friends. In contrast, women engage in fewer weaker-tie activities than men, such as developing new relationships on such sites. However, neither SNS usage intensity nor social practices performed on these sites is systematically related to students' academic performance, findings that challenge some previous claims to the contrary.