技术的迷失—中国、马拉维和英国社交网络应用成瘾问题的跨文化研究
发布时间：2018-11-16 06:45
【摘要】：近年来,计算机媒介交流技术迅猛发展,其中最为盛行的当属社交网站。研究表明社交网站的一些用户,尤其是年轻用户,表现出成瘾的症状。现在越来越多的研究开始关注社交网站成瘾的性质,试图探明这种形式的成瘾是否与其他形式的行为成瘾有所不同,以及这一成瘾现象是否有助于从理论上进一步揭示技术与社会的关系。因为这一研究领域尚处于起步阶段,所以大多数的研究是在特定学科和特定文化下进行的。本文则运用跨学科的方法研究东方(中国)、非洲(马拉维)和西方(英国)三种文化下人们使用社交网站的动机和成瘾问题。本文认为对于技术成瘾问题的研究可以在哲学、神经科学、心理学和文化研究构建的理论框架内进行。本研究首先采用定性和定量的方法编制出一套社交网络成瘾量表,用于测量社交网络成瘾。本研究还使用定量的方法调查三种文化下社交网络成瘾、社交网络的使用动机和社交网络成瘾的预测因素之间的差异。本研究应用了相关分析、单向方差分析、多元线性回归分析、主成分分析和验证性因子分析等统计方法对数据进行分析处理。研究发现,马拉维的参与者(受调查者)与其他两个样本的参与者相比,在社交网络成瘾及其影响因素上得分偏高。此外,研究发现娱乐性作为使用社交网络的一个动机在三种文化具有相似性。研究结果还显示中国和马拉维的参与者使用社交网站的社会性动机得分明显较高,因而两者在社会支持和寻求友谊方面的动机高于英国的参与者。另外,研究发现三种文化中社交网络成瘾的预测因素存在差异。有趣的是,在马拉维,只能通过社交网站中朋友的多少来预测社交网络是否成瘾；在英国则只有通过社交网站的交友频率才能预测社交网络是否成瘾；而在中国,唯有通过社交网站的发帖频率方能预测其社交网络成瘾与否。这些研究结果揭示了社交网络成瘾问题的跨文化特性。研究也显示出社交网站和技术在通常情况下的药理性质,即技术同时具有毒性和疗效;以及文化转变的趋势,即集体主义和个人主义的界线在移动并变得模糊。如果对研究结果作进一步的推断,也可表明社会和技术之间的关系具有动态性,也即技术-社会关系是动态的,而技术是这种动态机制的一个条件。虽然本研究可能有依赖于定量数据的局限性,但研究结果有助于理解社交网络成瘾和社交网站使用动机的文化差异性。此外,本研究编制的社交网络成瘾量表(SNAS)是测量社交网络成瘾的一个重要工具,并且更为重要的是,该量表可以适用于不同的文化。今后对这一领域进行跨学科研究时,需要采用定性或混合的方法对不同文化中与社交网络成瘾相关的更多因素进行全面考察。
[Abstract]:In recent years, computer media communication technology has developed rapidly, the most popular of which is the social network. Studies have shown that some users of social networking sites, especially young users, show signs of addiction. Now more and more research is beginning to focus on the nature of addiction on social networking sites, trying to figure out whether this form of addiction is different from other forms of behavioral addiction. And whether this addiction will help to reveal the relationship between technology and society in theory. Because this research field is still in its infancy, most of the research is carried out in specific disciplines and cultures. In this paper, an interdisciplinary approach is used to study the motivations and addictions of people using social networking sites in the East (China), Africa (Malawi) and the West (UK). This paper argues that the study of technology addiction can be carried out within the theoretical framework of philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and culture. In this study, a set of social network addiction scale was developed by qualitative and quantitative methods to measure social network addiction. This study also used quantitative methods to investigate the differences between the social network addiction, the motivation of social network use and the predictive factors of social network addiction in three cultures. In this study, correlation analysis, one-way variance analysis, multivariate linear regression analysis, principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze and process the data. The study found that participants in Malawi scored higher on social network addiction and its influencing factors than those in the other two samples. In addition, the study found that entertainment as a motivation for the use of social networks is similar in three cultures. The results also showed that Chinese and Malawian participants scored significantly higher social motivations for using social networking sites, so they had higher social support and friendship-seeking motivations than those in the UK. In addition, the study found that there were differences in the predictive factors of social internet addiction among the three cultures. Interestingly, in Malawi, social networking addiction can only be predicted by the number of friends in social networks; in the UK, it is only through the frequency of social networking sites that addiction can be predicted. In China, social network addiction can only be predicted by the frequency of posting on social networking sites. These findings reveal the cross-cultural characteristics of social internet addiction. Studies have also shown the pharmacological nature of social networking sites and technologies, which are both toxic and effective, and the cultural shift in which the boundaries of collectivism and individualism move and become blurred. If the results of the study are further inferred, it can also be shown that the relationship between society and technology is dynamic, that is, the technology-social relationship is dynamic, and technology is a condition of this dynamic mechanism. Although this study may have limitations that rely on quantitative data, the results help to understand the cultural differences between social internet addiction and social networking site use motivation. In addition, the Social Network Addiction scale (SNAS) developed in this study is an important tool for measuring social network addiction, and more importantly, it can be applied to different cultures. In the future interdisciplinary research in this field requires a qualitative or mixed approach to investigate more factors related to social network addiction in different cultures.
【学位授予单位】：中国科学技术大学
【学位级别】：博士
【学位授予年份】：2016
【分类号】：C913.4
，
本文编号：2334763
[Abstract]:In recent years, computer media communication technology has developed rapidly, the most popular of which is the social network. Studies have shown that some users of social networking sites, especially young users, show signs of addiction. Now more and more research is beginning to focus on the nature of addiction on social networking sites, trying to figure out whether this form of addiction is different from other forms of behavioral addiction. And whether this addiction will help to reveal the relationship between technology and society in theory. Because this research field is still in its infancy, most of the research is carried out in specific disciplines and cultures. In this paper, an interdisciplinary approach is used to study the motivations and addictions of people using social networking sites in the East (China), Africa (Malawi) and the West (UK). This paper argues that the study of technology addiction can be carried out within the theoretical framework of philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and culture. In this study, a set of social network addiction scale was developed by qualitative and quantitative methods to measure social network addiction. This study also used quantitative methods to investigate the differences between the social network addiction, the motivation of social network use and the predictive factors of social network addiction in three cultures. In this study, correlation analysis, one-way variance analysis, multivariate linear regression analysis, principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze and process the data. The study found that participants in Malawi scored higher on social network addiction and its influencing factors than those in the other two samples. In addition, the study found that entertainment as a motivation for the use of social networks is similar in three cultures. The results also showed that Chinese and Malawian participants scored significantly higher social motivations for using social networking sites, so they had higher social support and friendship-seeking motivations than those in the UK. In addition, the study found that there were differences in the predictive factors of social internet addiction among the three cultures. Interestingly, in Malawi, social networking addiction can only be predicted by the number of friends in social networks; in the UK, it is only through the frequency of social networking sites that addiction can be predicted. In China, social network addiction can only be predicted by the frequency of posting on social networking sites. These findings reveal the cross-cultural characteristics of social internet addiction. Studies have also shown the pharmacological nature of social networking sites and technologies, which are both toxic and effective, and the cultural shift in which the boundaries of collectivism and individualism move and become blurred. If the results of the study are further inferred, it can also be shown that the relationship between society and technology is dynamic, that is, the technology-social relationship is dynamic, and technology is a condition of this dynamic mechanism. Although this study may have limitations that rely on quantitative data, the results help to understand the cultural differences between social internet addiction and social networking site use motivation. In addition, the Social Network Addiction scale (SNAS) developed in this study is an important tool for measuring social network addiction, and more importantly, it can be applied to different cultures. In the future interdisciplinary research in this field requires a qualitative or mixed approach to investigate more factors related to social network addiction in different cultures.
【学位授予单位】：中国科学技术大学
【学位级别】：博士
【学位授予年份】：2016
【分类号】：C913.4
，
本文编号：2334763
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