Sharing brings happiness?: Effects of sharing in social media among adult users

Winston Jin Song Teo; Chei Sian Lee

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39

Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users

Winston Jin Song Teo^*, Chei Sian Lee

^*Corresponding author for this work

Nanyang Technological University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

17 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Given that sharing is a fundamental activity among social media users, this study explores the associations between sharing activities in social media and their psychological social well-being in two age groups – young and mature adults. We focus on two dimensions of social and psychological well-being which are life satisfaction and loneliness. We examine four social media platforms which are social networking sites, microblogging services, video-sharing sites and photo- sharing sites. The study comprised of 171 adult social media users in Singapore. Data analyses revealed that young adults who participated in more sharing activities in social networking sites reported higher life satisfaction and lower loneliness. Mature adults who participated more in sharing activities on social networking sites reported lower life satisfaction and higher loneliness. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digital Libraries
Subtitle of host publication	Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings
Editors	Atsuyuki Morishima, Andreas Rauber, Chern li Liew
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	351-365
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783319493039
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016 - Tsukuba, Japan Duration: Dec 7 2016 → Dec 9 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10075 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tsukuba
Period	12/7/16 → 12/9/16

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2016.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Keywords

Life satisfaction
Loneliness
Sharing
Social and psychological well-being
Social media

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39

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Teo, W. J. S., & Lee, C. S. (2016). Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users. In A. Morishima, A. Rauber, & C. li Liew (Eds.), Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings (pp. 351-365). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10075 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39

Teo, Winston Jin Song ; Lee, Chei Sian. / Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users. Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings. editor / Atsuyuki Morishima ; Andreas Rauber ; Chern li Liew. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 351-365 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Teo, WJS & Lee, CS 2016, Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users. in A Morishima, A Rauber & C li Liew (eds), Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10075 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 351-365, 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Tsukuba, Japan, 12/7/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39

Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users. / Teo, Winston Jin Song; Lee, Chei Sian.
Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings. ed. / Atsuyuki Morishima; Andreas Rauber; Chern li Liew. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 351-365 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10075 LNCS).

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Teo WJS, Lee CS. Sharing brings happiness? Effects of sharing in social media among adult users. In Morishima A, Rauber A, li Liew C, editors, Digital Libraries: Knowledge, Information, and Data in an Open Access Society - 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 351-365. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49304-6_39