Social Media for Social Support: A Study of International Graduate Students in the United States

Autor/inn/en	Baines, Annalise; Ittefaq, Muhammad; Abwao, Mauryne
Titel	Social Media for Social Support: A Study of International Graduate Students in the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 12 (2022) 2, S.345-365 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baines, Annalise) ORCID (Ittefaq, Muhammad)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Foreign Students; Coping; Social Media; Social Support Groups; Barriers; Psychological Patterns; Stress Management; Student Adjustment; Interpersonal Relationship; Cultural Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Bewältigung; Soziale Medien; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Adaptation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	Based on 15 in-depth interviews, the present study aims to understand the common challenges international graduate students face and the coping strategies they employed, types of social networking sites (SNS) used, and social support sought from their relationship during graduate school. Common challenges faced are loneliness, stress, feeling overwhelmed with graduate school, and difficulties adjusting to a new culture. Coping strategies include sharing experiences with relations whom they trust and understand their situation, and joining online communities via SNS. The participants use both public and private SNS to seek social support depending on the various functionalities offered. SNS use depends on the affordances such as convenience, affordability, trust issues, and privacy. Most sought-after types of social support are emotional and informational via SNS. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01