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Social media addiction during public unrest is a known phenomenon. Prior research has offered several drivers and theories to explain users’ addictive behavior in this context. However, those investigations barely view this behavior from the lens of immigrant populations, a group of users whose access to information about unrest in their home country, unlike others, is solely limited to online platforms such as social media. In this research-in-progress paper, we aim to address this gap in the literature. Specifically, we draw our arguments on the opponent-process and belongingness theories and develop a theoretical model to test the moderating role of immigrants’ sense of belonging to their home country on the opposing effects of social contribution and feeling of withdrawal experienced by immigrants during public unrest. Finally, we conclude the paper by discussing its potential theoretical and practical contributions.
Paper Number
1721
Recommended Citation
Javdan, Mohsen; Abouei, Mahdi; and Ansari, Kimia, "Social Media Addiction Among Immigrants: A Sense of Belonging Perspective" (2023). AMCIS 2023 Proceedings. 35.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2023/sig_adit/sig_adit/35
Social Media Addiction Among Immigrants: A Sense of Belonging Perspective
Social media addiction during public unrest is a known phenomenon. Prior research has offered several drivers and theories to explain users’ addictive behavior in this context. However, those investigations barely view this behavior from the lens of immigrant populations, a group of users whose access to information about unrest in their home country, unlike others, is solely limited to online platforms such as social media. In this research-in-progress paper, we aim to address this gap in the literature. Specifically, we draw our arguments on the opponent-process and belongingness theories and develop a theoretical model to test the moderating role of immigrants’ sense of belonging to their home country on the opposing effects of social contribution and feeling of withdrawal experienced by immigrants during public unrest. Finally, we conclude the paper by discussing its potential theoretical and practical contributions.
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