Unraveling the links between active and passive social media usage and seniors' loneliness: a field study in aging care communities
Abstract
Purpose The literature reports inconsistent findings about the effects of social media usage (SMU). Researchers distinguish between active and passive social media usage (ASMU and PSMU), which can generate different effects on users by social support and social comparison mechanisms, respectively. Drawing on social presence theory (SPT), this study integrates an implicit social presence mechanism with the above two mechanisms to explicate the...
Paper Details
Title
Unraveling the links between active and passive social media usage and seniors' loneliness: a field study in aging care communities
Published Date
Jun 23, 2021
Journal
Volume
31
Issue
6
Pages
2167 - 2189
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