The second wave of COVID-19 isolations and social media use: examination from a stress-coping perspective

Information seeking and social support are integral to an individual’s social media use, during COVID-19 lockdowns these effects are exacerbated due to isolation. This study surveyed 756 Chinese individuals who experienced the second lockdown to discover how they utilized social media to combat s...

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Main Authors:	Zhang, Heng, Sun, Xiaobei
Other Authors:	Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Social sciences::Mass media Perceived Stress Coping Strategies Social Media Information Overload Social Overload
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168035 https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA23
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1680352023-05-28T15:35:57Z The second wave of COVID-19 isolations and social media use: examination from a stress-coping perspective Zhang, Heng Sun, Xiaobei Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) 73rd Annual ICA Conference Social sciences::Mass media Perceived Stress Coping Strategies Social Media Information Overload Social Overload Information seeking and social support are integral to an individual’s social media use, during COVID-19 lockdowns these effects are exacerbated due to isolation. This study surveyed 756 Chinese individuals who experienced the second lockdown to discover how they utilized social media to combat stress. Findings showed that socioemotional coping and disengagement mediated relationships across social media use intensity and social media overload. Meanwhile, age moderated associations between coping strategies and an individual’s social media overload. Submitted/Accepted version 2023-05-24T05:39:04Z 2023-05-24T05:39:04Z 2023 Conference Paper Zhang, H. & Sun, X. (2023). The second wave of COVID-19 isolations and social media use: examination from a stress-coping perspective. 73rd Annual ICA Conference. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168035 https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA23 en © 2023 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This paper was published by International Communication Association in 73rd Annual ICA Conference and is made available with permission of The Author(s). application/pdf
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description	Information seeking and social support are integral to an individual’s social media use, during COVID-19 lockdowns these effects are exacerbated due to isolation. This study surveyed 756 Chinese individuals who experienced the second lockdown to discover how they utilized social media to combat stress. Findings showed that socioemotional coping and disengagement mediated relationships across social media use intensity and social media overload. Meanwhile, age moderated associations between coping strategies and an individual’s social media overload.
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title	The second wave of COVID-19 isolations and social media use: examination from a stress-coping perspective
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The second wave of COVID-19 isolations and social media use: examination from a stress-coping perspective

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