Rice Eric, Barman-Adhikari Anamika
University of Southern California, 1149 S. Hill St., Suite 360, Los Angeles, California, 90015.
University of Southern California, 669 W. 34th Street, Los Angeles, California, 90089.
J Comput Mediat Commun. 2014 Jan 1;19(2):232-247. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12038.
Little is known about internet and social media use among homeless youth. Consistent with typologies prevalent among housed youth, we found that homeless youth were using internet and social media for entertainment, sociability, and instrumental purposes. Using Haythornwaite's (2001) premise that it is important to look at the types of ties accessed in understanding the impact of new media, we found that homeless youth were predominantly using e-mail to reach out to their parents, caseworkers, and potential employers, while, using social media to communicate with their peers. Using the "Social Capital" perspective, we found that youth who were connecting to maintained or bridging social ties were more likely to look for jobs and housing online than youth who did not.
对于无家可归青少年使用互联网和社交媒体的情况,我们知之甚少。与有住所青少年中普遍存在的类型学一致,我们发现无家可归青少年使用互联网和社交媒体是为了娱乐、社交和工具性目的。根据海索恩韦特(2001年)的观点,即研究在理解新媒体影响时所建立联系的类型很重要,我们发现无家可归青少年主要通过电子邮件与父母、个案工作者和潜在雇主取得联系,而通过社交媒体与同龄人交流。从“社会资本”的角度来看,我们发现与维持或建立社会联系的青少年相比,那些没有这样做的青少年在网上寻找工作和住房的可能性更小。