A Study on the Effects of the Use of LINE,an Instant Messaging Application,on Interpersonal Relationship and Internet Addication-An Example of Junior High School Students in Kaohsiung City
| Autor: | Wan-Ting Huang, 黃琬婷 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 103 As the internet becomes more and more popular, instant messaging has become an unmistakable trend. Among the instant messengers, LINE is the most popular. The study focuses on the influences of LINE on interpersonal relationship and internet addiction of junior high school students in Kaohsiung City and compares the differences of the user behavior in LINE, the interpersonal relationship, and the internet addiction between students with different background variables. The study targeted on the students of public junior high schools in Kaohsiung City and the questionnaire survey is used. The questionnaire, "User Behavior of LINE, Interpersonal Relationship and Internet Addiction," was the instrument of the study. After collecting 316 effective questionnaires, the attained data were processed via descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, independent-samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation analysis and other statistic methods. The results are as follows: 1. There are significant differences in genders and grades in terms of the user behavior of LINE. 2. There is no significant difference between different genders in terms of interpersonal relationship; there is significant difference in the relationship between friends among different graders in terms of interpersonal relationship. 3. There is significant difference between different genders in terms of internet addiction; however, there is no significant difference among different graders in terms of internet addiction. 4. There is no significant difference among different places of using LINE in terms of interpersonal relationship or internet addiction. There are significant differences among the years of experience in using LINE, the times using LINE per week, and the hours spent on LINE per time in terms of real-life interpersonal relationship and internet addiction. 5. In terms of interpersonal relationship, there are differences among the different using motivations of LINE: the need for studies, chatting and making friends, posting news feeds, releasing pressure and for recreational purpose. 6. There are differences among the functions used for chatting, playing games and group chatting in terms of interpersonal relationship 7. There are differences among the need for studies, chatting and making friends, posting news feeds in terms of internet addiction. 8. There is no difference among using different functions in terms of internet addiction 9. There is a significant negative correlation between internet addiction and overall interpersonal relationship in real world; there is a significant positive correlation between internet addiction and interpersonal relationship on LINE. It is hoped that the results of this study could have some constructive reference and personal suggestion for further research, schools, parents, teachers, and education units. |
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