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Pouwels JL, Valkenburg PM, Beyens I, et al. Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):21176doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0.
Pouwels, J. L., Valkenburg, P. M., Beyens, I., van Driel, I. I., & Keijsers, L. (2021). Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media. Scientific reports, 11(1), 21176. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0
Pouwels, J Loes, et al. "Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media." Scientific reports vol. 11,1 (2021): 21176. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0
Pouwels JL, Valkenburg PM, Beyens I, van Driel II, Keijsers L. Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 27;11(1):21176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0. PMID: 34707197; PMCID: PMC8551228.
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Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 27;11(1):21176. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0.

Some socially poor but also some socially rich adolescents feel closer to their friends after using social media.

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J Loes Pouwels, Patti M Valkenburg, Ine Beyens, Irene I van Driel, Loes Keijsers

Affiliations

  1. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected].
  2. Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [email protected].
  3. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  4. Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 34707197 PMCID: PMC8551228 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99034-0

Abstract

Who benefits most from using social media is an important societal question that is centered around two opposing hypotheses: the rich-get-richer versus the poor-get-richer hypothesis. This study investigated the assumption that both hypotheses may be true, but only for some socially rich and some socially poor adolescents and across different time intervals. We employed a state-of-the-art measurement burst design, consisting of a three-week experience sampling study and seven biweekly follow-up surveys. Person-specific analyses of more than 70,000 observations from 383 adolescents revealed that 12% of the socially rich adolescents (high in friendship support or low in loneliness) felt closer to their friends after using social media, as opposed to about 25% of the socially poor adolescents (low in friendship support or high in loneliness). However, only 1 to 6% of all adolescents (socially rich and poor) felt closer both in the short- and longer-term. These results indicate that the rich-get-richer and the poor-get-richer hypotheses can hold both, but for different adolescents.

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