Acculturation and Social Media: How Do International Students Engage with Facebook While Abroad?

Autor/inn/en	Omori, Kikuko; Schwartz, Michael W.
Titel	Acculturation and Social Media: How Do International Students Engage with Facebook While Abroad?
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 5, S.197-212 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Study Abroad; Social Media; Acculturation; Communication Strategies; Identification (Psychology); Cultural Background + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Soziale Medien; Akkulturation; Kommunikationsstrategie
Abstract	This study investigates the relationship between Facebook use and acculturation using Berry's acculturation orientations and Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) as theoretical frameworks. The researchers followed 15 international students' Facebook walls during their first and second semester in the U.S. by creating a fake Facebook page to be added as the international students' social network. The major findings of this study include (a) the pattern of Facebook postings was the same during the semester, (b) international students used convergence communication strategies to better communicate with people in their network, and (c) some participants' Facebook postings indicate a strong identification with their home culture. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01