Loneliness and social uses of the Internet

By Janet Morahan-Martin, Phyllis A. Schumacher. Computers in Human Behavior, 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Falling in love with online games: The uses and gratifications perspective (2010, background): “Secondly, the enjoyment measures obtained and modified from Koo (2009) and Wu and Liu (2007), and last, the social interaction measures elicited from Martin and Schumacher (2003) and Yee (2006).”
Loneliness and Social Internet Use: Pathways to Reconnection in a Digital World? (2018, background): “Loneliness is associated with a preference for communicating online relative to face-to-face communication (Caplan, 2003; Kim et al., 2009; Morahan-Martin and Schumacher, 2003) and those high in loneliness find the anonymity of the”
A Social Skill Account of Problematic Internet Use (2005, positive): “…that psychosocial problems such as loneliness and depression are associated with PIU (Amichai-Hamburger & Ben-Artzi, 2003; Caplan, 2002, 2003; LaRose et al., 2003; Kubey et al., 2001; Morahan-Martin, 1999; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2000, 2003; Shapira, Goldsmith, Keck, Khosla, & McElroy, 2000).”
Internet Use and Psychological Well-being: A Meta-Analysis (2009, neutral): “Morahan-Martin and Schumacher 2 surveyed 277 undergraduate students to assess differences in Internet usage patterns between lonely and nonlonely students.”
Psychometric Qualities of the UCLA Loneliness Scale-Version 3 as Applied in a Turkish Culture (2010, background): “…adolescents (Civitci & Civitci, 2009; Lasgaard, 2007; Mahon, Yarcheski, & Yarcheski, 2004); undergraduate students (Durmusoglu Saltalu et al., 2009; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2003;Wu&Yao, 2008); older adults (Fees et al., 1999; Theeke, 2009) as well as unhealthy individuals with opiate…”
Social Network Sites and Well-Being: The Role of Social Connection (2018, background): “This link is likely bidirectional: lonely people are more drawn to mediated communication (Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2003), but SNSes may also open the door to loneliness if they are used for “social snacking”, or temporary but illusory fulfillment of social needs (Gardner, Pickett, & Knowles,…”
Toward an Integrated and Differential Approach to the Relationships Between Loneliness, Different Types of Facebook Use, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood (2020, background): “On the one hand, researchers (e.g., Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2003) believe that loneliness could positively predict individuals’ social uses of the Internet because the anonymity, lack of physical presence, and lurking possibilities may allow users to control their social interactions and…”
Preliminary Development of a Model and Measure of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Competence (2006, result): “This is consistent with research on Internet motives that found lonely users were generally more sociable online than ofﬂine (Morahan-Martin & Schumacher, 2003, p. 665).”
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND DEPRESSION AMONG U.S. YOUNG ADULTS (2016, background): “[37, 39] Due to the high accessibility of social media and the possibility of socialization in a controlled setting, individuals with underlying depression and anhedonia may be more drawn to social media interactions rather than face-to-face interactions.[40, 41] It may also be that those who use in”
Text or Talk? Social Anxiety, Loneliness, and Divergent Preferences for Cell Phone Use (2007, positive): “10 Secondly, differences between SMS and the Internet bring the unique appeal of mobile messaging to anxious individuals into sharp focus.”
Excessive internet use: the role of personality, loneliness and social support networks in internet addiction (2007, background): “For example, several studies have shown links between internet use and loneliness (Matsuba 2006; Morahan-Martin & Schumacher 2003).”
Developing a Model of Adolescent Friendship Formation on the Internet (2005, positive): “34 We, therefore, expect introverts to be more strongly motivated than extroverts to use online communication for social compensation (Hypothesis 3a; Fig.”