Social Media Generation in Urban China A Study of Social Media Use and Addiction among Adolescents /

• Main Author: Huang, Hanyun (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Understanding China,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Communication Studies.; Personality and Social Psychology.

Social media such as instant messaging (IM), social networking sites (SNS), blogs, and microblogs are an integral part of adolescents’ lives in China. Anecdotal evidence reported in the news has suggested that the increasing popularity of social media could make adolescents more vulnerable to being...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Research Methods
• Uses, Gratifications, and Addiction of Social Media
• Social Media Addiction and Sociopsychological Traits
• Social Media Addiction, Academic Performance, and Social Capital
• Beyond the Survey: What Parents and Teachers Said
• Discussion and Conclusions
• References.