초록

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모바일 인스턴트 메신저 50~60년대 TV나 20세기 초 전화만큼이나 우리의 삶을 변화시키고 있다. 따라서 많은 학자들은 모바일 인스턴트 메신저가 우리의 공동체 생활과 사회적 관계에서의 참여를 향상시키는지 아니면 해를 입히고 있는지에 대해 궁금증을 제시하고 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 2개 대학의 155명의 참여자를 대상으로 자신이 소유한 모바일 인스턴트 메신저가 외로움에 미치는 영향을 탐색해보고자 하였다. 연구결과, 높은 모바일 인스턴트 메신저 사용은 타인과의 의사소통을 감소시키고 결국 외로움을 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다.

Abstract ▼ AI-Helper

The mobile instant messengers could change the lives of average citizens as much as did the telephone in the early part of the 20th century and television in the 1950s and 1960s. Researchers are debating whether the mobile instant messengers are improving or harming participation in community life a...

The mobile instant messengers could change the lives of average citizens as much as did the telephone in the early part of the 20th century and television in the 1950s and 1960s. Researchers are debating whether the mobile instant messengers are improving or harming participation in community life and social relationships. For this study, 155 participants in two universities completed questionnaires pertaining to their own mobile instant messengers use and feelings of loneliness. We used survey data to examine the effects of the mobile instant messengers on social involvement and psychological well-being. In this sample, the mobile instant messengers were used extensively for communication. Results suggest that greater use of the mobile instant messengers were associated with declines in participants' communication with the people around which in turn increases their loneliness. These findings have implications for research and for the design of technology.

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