Effects of Facebook Personal News Sharing on Building Social Capital in Jordanian Universities
This study examines the relationship between types of social capital and the use of Facebook to share personal news. This relationship is significant because, as the research shows, there is a link between personal news sharing and personal self-esteem an
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Abstract This study examines the relationship between types of social capital and the use of Facebook to share personal news. This relationship is significant because, as the research shows, there is a link between personal news sharing and personal self-esteem and life satisfaction. The quantitative study comprised a survey of 415 students at Yarmouk University and Amman University, Jordan, and was based on a theoretical model that employed structural equation modeling for measuring relations and correlations between variables and the effects of news sharing in promoting student social capital. The results showed a positive relationship between the intensity of news sharing using Facebook and social capital, bridging social capital, and selfesteem. The strongest relationship was with self-esteem; however, the results showed no significant relationship between social capital and the degree of personal life satisfaction. Keywords Jordanian universities · Personal news sharing · Facebook · Social capital · Life satisfaction · Self-esteem · College students
1 Introduction Social media sites, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram have attracted millions of users across all age groups due to their exponential growth in recent years [1–5]. Many users have integrated these sites into their daily social practices M. Habes · M. Alghizzawi University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia S. A. Salloum (B) Faculty of Engineering & IT, The British University in Dubai, Dubai, UAE e-mail: [email protected] Research Institute of Sciences & Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE C. Mhamdi University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia Al Buraimi University College, Al Buraimi, Oman © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 M. Al-Emran et al. (eds.), Recent Advances in Intelligent Systems and Smart Applications, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 295, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47411-9_35
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[6–11]. Many studies have examined the relations between individual and social needs in terms of media use for the promotion of social capital and the influence of news sharing through social media [12, 13]. Facebook has become a popular social network site in most countries, including Jordan, especially among young people [14]. However, Facebook is popular among all age groups with access to the internet [15]. There are many functions, features, and tools in Facebook that allow users to connect, establish and maintain relations by communicating with friends, colleagues, and family members irrespective of their geographical location [7, 16–19]. Social media users can share information by using “share buttons” provided on news sites or by “retweeting” or “reposting” them. Further, they can share links to news found on a Facebook fan’s page or a friend’s Twitter feed. Online news sites increasingly rely on the share feature in social media to increase the breadth and depth of target audiences [20, 21]. As broadband services in Jordan have increased, more people are accessin
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