Social Ties, Communication Channels, and Personal Well-Being
A Study of the Networked Lives of College Students in Singapore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3759418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hua Wang (0000-0001-8396-809X, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA), V Chua (0000-0001-8330-7427, National University of Singapore), Michael A Stefanone (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1189-1202 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764215580590 |
| OpenAlex | W2171082840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 32 |
In this study, we analyze the personal networks of 379 college students in Singapore to explore the social affordances of traditional and new channels in communicating with different types of social relationships and their associations with personal well-being. Results suggest communication channels play a complex role in how strong and weak ties are related to personal well-being. On one hand, face-to-face communication, landlines, mobile phones, text messaging, and social network sites are associated with the strong ties that boost personal well-being. On the other hand, mobile phones, text messaging, social network sites, and video chat (but not face-to-face or landline communication) are associated with weak ties and personal well-being. This study contributes to the literature in two ways. First, we show that strong and weak ties are both important to the personal well-being of college students in Singapore; second, we show how different communication channels are associated with different kinds of social ties. Mobile and social media play a critical role in these social ties
Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Computer-mediated communication · Face (sociological concept) · Instant messaging · Internet privacy · Interpersonal ties · Landline · Phone · Social media · Social network (sociolinguistics) · Social relation · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |