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Social Media Paradox : Social Media Reduce Friends Relationship and Psychological Well-being
Abstract
Compared with when the Kraut et al. (1998) issued an Internet Paradox first paper, Internet environment has changed significantly. Recently, the spread of the social media based on social relations, it may have a significant impact on social relationships in the real. However, in some case, using the social media feel a burden on the relationship, called "social media TUKARE". Thus this paper aims to investigate the Social Media Paradox that the negative effects of using the social media in psychological well-being and friendship. In this paper, by using the data of the panel survey, conducted between 2011-2012 on Internet, I analyzed the possibility of Social Media Paradox. The results show that for new social media users, heavily posts has had a positive impact on friendship satisfaction temporarily. However for all samples, heavily social media use has had negative effects, loneliness and friendship unsatisfacted. In conclusion, the heavily use of the social media based on social relationships has had negative effects on psychological well-being and friendship, called Social Media Paradox.
... Its widespread use has increased the ease of interpersonal communication between individuals, and socialization processes; yet, problematic use of social media has become prevalent among a large proportion of users and led to significant behavioral and psychological problems [3]. Problematic social media use has repercussions on users' social, psychological, and personal lives [4]. When Open Access *Correspondence: syp.grape@163.com; ...
... Life habits are usually formed during young adulthood [12]. College students are easy to form habits in life and behavior, and more easily influenced by their peers, with strong plasticity [4]. More time spent on Facebook relates to more frequent body and weight comparisons, more attention to others' physical appearances, and more negative feelings about their own bodies [21]. ...
Background
Social media dependence (SMD) and eating disorders (ED) risk are often thought to be inextricably linked. Because social media dependence often precedes an ED, predicts poor outcome, and persists even after recovery from an ED, it is important to examine whether certain factors have the ability to potentially attenuate or intensify SMD’s effect on eating disorders.
Methods
In the current study, we examined one possible moderating factor: impulsiveness. 767 undergraduates (mean age = 18.78 years, SD = 1.20) in Shaanxi province of China, completed anonymous questionnaires regarding social media dependence, eating disorders, impulsiveness.
Results
Revealed that non-planned impulsiveness (NPI) moderated the relation between SMD and ED risk. Individuals who were low in SMD and who reported low levels of NPI reported much lower levels of ED risk than those with low SMD and high NPI. However, Individuals who were high in SMD and who reported low levels of NPI reported much higher levels of ED risk than those with high SMD and high NPI. Contrary to our hypotheses, Motor impulsiveness and cognitive impulsiveness did not emerge as moderators of the relation between SMD and ED risk.
Conclusions
Results provide growing support that factors that interact with SMD can lessen or aggravate SMD’s effect on ED risk. These findings can be beneficial to our understanding of how and when social media dependence impacts undergraduates’ eating disorders risk.
... Kotera (2013) argued that two-way communication platforms, such as chats, mails, online games, and SNS, promote excessive use of the Internet [7], whereas Katsura and Matsui (2018) proposed that the use of LINE, a type of SNS, was addictive and negatively impacted mental health [8]. In addition, Kawai (2014) mentioned that the more an individual uses social media in relation to friendship, the more others appear to be happy, which results in a low level of satisfaction with friendship [9]. Hashimoto et al. (2011) assumed that a low degree of satisfaction in friendship leads to a high degree of Internet addiction, thus indicating a link between the two aspects [10]. ...
... Kotera (2013) argued that two-way communication platforms, such as chats, mails, online games, and SNS, promote excessive use of the Internet [7], whereas Katsura and Matsui (2018) proposed that the use of LINE, a type of SNS, was addictive and negatively impacted mental health [8]. In addition, Kawai (2014) mentioned that the more an individual uses social media in relation to friendship, the more others appear to be happy, which results in a low level of satisfaction with friendship [9]. Hashimoto et al. (2011) assumed that a low degree of satisfaction in friendship leads to a high degree of Internet addiction, thus indicating a link between the two aspects [10]. ...
... Social Media Use. Following Kawai (2014), we created questions about the respondents' frequency of using Twitter and Facebook (viewing, pressing "like"/following others, and creating their own posts) and asked them to select their answers from five choices: 5. Almost every day; 4. Several times per week; 3. Several times per month; 2. Less than once per month; 1. Seldom use. We again followed Kawai (2014) in counting the number of days per month: "almost every day" was counted as 30 days, "several times per week" was 20, "several times per month" was 10, "less than once per month" was 0.5, and "seldom use" was 0 (Tables 2 and 3). ...
... Following Kawai (2014), we created questions about the respondents' frequency of using Twitter and Facebook (viewing, pressing "like"/following others, and creating their own posts) and asked them to select their answers from five choices: 5. Almost every day; 4. Several times per week; 3. Several times per month; 2. Less than once per month; 1. Seldom use. We again followed Kawai (2014) in counting the number of days per month: "almost every day" was counted as 30 days, "several times per week" was 20, "several times per month" was 10, "less than once per month" was 0.5, and "seldom use" was 0 (Tables 2 and 3). Respondents were also asked whether they used LINE-at all, for communications, between individuals, or between groups (Table 2). ...
This study investigates the causal relationships between the electronic media/social media use of college students and their Internet literacy, addressing the effects of social skills and gender differences. We conducted a panel survey targeting Japanese college students and analyzed 107 responses. The following results were produced: (a) The college students in the study reported that they were able to make new friends using Twitter and Facebook and could communicate with strangers in this way; (b) for male students, improving their Internet literacy in relation to Facebook use helped them increase the frequency of their Facebook posts and improved their social skills; and (c) for female students, increasing the frequency of their Facebook posts helped to improve their Internet literacy.
The chapter examined correlations between geographical proximity and intimacy among young adults living in provincial cities. How do social media enhance their intimacy? It is particularly examining the question of whether social media use age can help young adults transcend the constraints of physical distance and play a part in forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships. The study’s results showed that LINE and Facebook were used by people living in their hometowns used LINE and Facebook to maintain local interpersonal relationships, and Twitter use was negatively correlated with their satisfaction with the current situation or optimism about the future. The study found that young adults’ interpersonal relationships and life satisfaction were affected by the characteristics of every social media platform used by them.
There is an increase in cases of children becoming victims of crime by strangers they meet online. We investigated the factors associated with children’s contact with strangers online. In this study, 639 children participated, and out of those who had devices with Internet access, 28.9% communicated with and 2.0% had actually met online strangers. Children who had communicated or met with the strangers perceived that they had less social support from parents and used many social networking sites. This suggests that their contact with strangers online is related to the feeling of being unable to rely on familiar others and lower resistance to contacting online strangers.
This study aims to investigate the causal relationships between college students’ media/social media usage and their Internet literacy, controlling for the effects of social skills and gender differences on them. We conducted a panel survey targeting Japanese college students and analyzed based on 107 students’ responses. The following results were clarified. (a) The college students perceived that they can make new friends through the usage of Twitter and Facebook, and they did communicate with those whom they never knew before by using Twitter and Facebook. (b) For male students, improving their Internet literacy about Facebook use help them increase their frequency of making posts on Facebook, and also help improve their social skills. (c) For female students, increasing their frequency of making posts on Facebook help contribute to their Internet literacy.
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