Department of Social Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2011 Apr;14(4):253-8. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0161. Epub 2010 Nov 10.
The effect of Internet use on social relationships is still a matter of intense debate. This study examined the relationships between use of social media (instant messaging and social network sites), network size, and emotional closeness in a sample of 117 individuals aged 18 to 63 years old. Time spent using social media was associated with a larger number of online social network "friends." However, time spent using social media was not associated with larger offline networks, or feeling emotionally closer to offline network members. Further, those that used social media, as compared to non-users of social media, did not have larger offline networks, and were not emotionally closer to offline network members. These results highlight the importance of considering potential time and cognitive constraints on offline social networks when examining the impact of social media use on social relationships.
互联网使用对社会关系的影响仍然是一个激烈争论的问题。本研究调查了社交媒体（即时通讯和社交网站）使用、网络规模以及情感亲密程度之间的关系，研究对象为 117 名年龄在 18 至 63 岁的个体。使用社交媒体的时间与更多的在线社交网络“朋友”有关。然而，使用社交媒体的时间与线下网络的大小或与线下网络成员的情感亲密程度无关。此外，与不使用社交媒体的人相比，使用社交媒体的人并没有更大的线下网络，也没有与线下网络成员更亲近。这些结果强调了在研究社交媒体使用对社会关系的影响时，考虑到线下社交网络的潜在时间和认知限制的重要性。
