Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia II

Labor Migration, Opportunity, Social Media, and Well-Being

Bibliographic Data

ID3757429
AuthorsV Chua (0000-0001-8330-7427, National University of Singapore), B Wellman (0000-0001-6340-8837, University of Toronto)
Year2015
Volume59
Issue9
Pages1055-1065
Publication date2015-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764215580586
OpenAlexW2201596577
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

This second issue continues our study of social networks and social capital in East and Southeast Asia. The articles show both similarities and differences in how each country's social contexts significantly affect the nature of their social networks. The articles consistently show an Asian version of networked individualism, based on close kinship and friendship, hierarchies, strong work ethics, frequent travel, and digital media. In Thai villages, migrants send remittances to family members back home to honor broader village networks and norms. In China, migrants who come from wealthier village families have larger friendship networks in cities. In Hong Kong, cultural differences such as language limit social interactions between Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong students. In Singapore, population characteristics substantially affect inter-ethnic contact. While social norms circumscribe behavior on Twitter in Japan, Sina Weibo in China is a more chaotic space with much fraudulent practice. In Taiwan, online and offline networks combine to affect participation in voluntary associations. In China and Singapore, authoritative contacts and weak ties increase as well as reduce personal well-being

Affect (linguistics) · China · East Asia · Friendship · Geography · Interpersonal ties · Kinship · Mainland China · Political science · Population · Social capital · Social media · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demography · Gender Studies · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics

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