Abstract
Who benefits more from the use of social media—those who are already socialable and have a wide network of friends or those who do not and so seek to make up for their deficiency by going online? The social enhancement hypothesis says that extroverts benefit more through being able to enlarge their network of friends online more than introverts. The social compensation hypothesis, on the other hand, argues that social media use benefits introverts more; shy users who avoid face-to-face communication can communicate freely online. MANOVA analysis of the survey of 1,392 college students in a western state of India who are Facebook users found evidence predominantly for the social enhancement hypothesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 269-288 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of Creative Communications |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 1 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, India.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Communication
Keywords
- social compensation hypothesis
- social enhancement hypothesis
- Social media