Title
Loneliness and Social Media: the Interplay of Physical and Virtual Social Space
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Publication Title
Marketing and Humanity: Discourses in the Real World
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
First page number:
48
Last page number:
67
Abstract
With more than half of the respondents in a survey of over 20,000 adults reporting that they sometimes feel alone or left out, loneliness appears widespread throughout society (Cigna 2018). Our mixed-methods study of n=399 respondents explores the interplay of physical and virtual social space for Facebook users according to their levels of perceived loneliness based on family, romantic, and friend relationships. Our emergent findings suggest potential positive and negative outcomes from engaging in Facebook activities for all groups of people, regardless of their levels of perceived loneliness, time spent on social media, or demographic traits.
Keywords
Social media; Facebook activities; Emotions; Loneliness; Relationships; Positive and Negative outcomes; Demographic traits
Disciplines
Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Media
Language
English
Repository Citation
Berezan, O.,
Krishen, A. S.,
Jenveja, A.
(2019).
Loneliness and Social Media: the Interplay of Physical and Virtual Social Space.
Marketing and Humanity: Discourses in the Real World
48-67.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing.