Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and future directions for communication theorizing

• Main Authors: Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: social network sites (SNSs); problematic use
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80740; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42212
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The prevalence of social network sites (SNSs) has sparked a growing interest in understanding the development of problematic SNSs use among adolescents. Yet, this nascent area of research is marked by some deficiencies in existing theoretical paradigms. This article seeks to review the state of rese...