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The effects of SNS use and the individual differences on the social connectedness

개인 성향에 따른 SNS 이용과 사회적 연결 효과

  • Lee, Youngwon (Dept. of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University)
  • 이영원 (우석대학교 미디어영상학과)
  • Received : 2019.05.19
  • Accepted : 2019.07.07
  • Published : 2019.08.31

Abstract

This study empirically explores the effects of SNS use and the individual differences as the self-esteem on the social connectedness. The study results show that the higher self-esteem, the more use the Instagram and the Kakao Talk, which implies that the individual who has the more pro-social propensity uses the more diverse SNS. In contrast, the twitter shows the opposite pattern compared to the Instagram and Kakao Talk in terms of the SNS use according to the degree of the self-esteem. It also shows that women use the more SNS and the cell phone compared to the men do, whereas men use the more Internet than women do. The study results show that the more SNS use and the higher self-esteem, the higher social connectedness. Among the diverse SNS, only the Instagram shows the statistically positive effect on the social connectedness, which implies that the more the Instagram use, the more active in off-line social meetings.

본 연구는 개인 성향으로 자존감에 따른 다양한 SNS 이용 행태가 사회 자본을 구성하는 사회적 연결 효과에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 자존감이 높은 집단의 페이스북과 카카오톡 이용률이 높게 나타나, 친사회적 성향의 개인이 다양한 SNS 중 페이스북이나 카카오톡을 적극적으로 이용하고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 여러 SNS 중 트위터는 자존감이 낮은 집단의 이용률이 높은 것으로 나타나 페이스북이나 카카오톡과는 상이한 이용 행태를 보였다. SNS 이용과 자존감에 따른 사회적 연결 효과는 SNS 이용이 활발하고, 자존감이 높을수록 오프라인 모임 참여도가 높은 것으로 나타나, 개인의 친사회적 성향과 SNS 이용도가 사회적 연결 효과를 높여 사회 자본 확대에 유의미한 영향을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 여러 SNS 중 인스타그램의 이용이 오프라인의 사회적 연결 효과에 유의미한 효과를 보여, 젊은 계층의 경우, 여타 SNS 보다 인스타그램 이용이 사회 자본 확대에 유의미한 영향력을 갖는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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