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Abstract | ||
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With the mounting importance of the internet for interpersonal communication and increasing migration brought about by globalization, it is timely to examine computer-mediated social support (CMSS) among international migrants. A survey was conducted among a random sample of 710 Chinese migrants in Singapore, to measure the extent the migrants participate in CMSS and to identify factors that affect their CMSS-seeking behavior. This study found that CMSS has become an efficient and valuable supplement to the migrants' traditional/offline social support and that the migrants actively seek CMSS, especially in the early migration stage. Factors affecting CMSS-seeking behavior include length of migration, availability of traditional social support, and level of satisfaction resulting from the CMSS seeking experience. This study took the Uses and Gratifications theory from a different angle to look into the relationship between the level of satisfaction on the CMSS received and the possible continued seeking of CMSS. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2011 | 10.1177/1461444810396311 | NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
computer-mediated social support,intercultural adaptation,international migration,social support,Uses and Gratifications | Social psychology,Interpersonal communication,Sociology,Uses and gratifications theory,Social support,Globalization,The Internet | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
13 | 7 | 1461-4448 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.43 | 5 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenli Chen | 1 | 19 | 2.13 |
| Alfred Siu Kay Choi | 2 | 3 | 0.43 |