Paper Info
Title
Psychosocial Stages of Symbolic Action in Social Media.
Abstract
This paper applies theories of developmental psychology, specifically Erikson’s (1959) stages of psychosocial development, as a lens for understanding how people will use social media in considerably different ways at different stages of life. We conclude that people of different ages and developmental stages will use social media in very different ways and to meet very different psychosocial needs. This research suggests that studies that focus only on the use of social media by university students may be limited and not generalizable to other groups of users. Conversely, it opens opportunity for new empirical research for understanding how different groups of users employ social media differently and what types of features may be missing in current platforms that could help meet those needs. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.2139/ssrn.2041940
ICIS
Keywords
Field
DocType
social media,social networks
Social psychology,Social relation,Erikson's stages of psychosocial development,Social position,Social media,Social network,Social psychology (sociology),Sociology,Media system dependency theory,Social change
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Gerald C. Kane174230.72