Center for Information and Communication Studies, Journalism School, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 17;18(18):9783. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189783.
Practices oriented to digital technologies are being invented to change how people cope with crises. This study examines how Chinese netizens' networked practices (e.g., liking, sharing, or commenting) with COVID-19 related duanzi (short online satires) influenced their psychological well-being, external social support, and issue knowledge during the pandemic. The role of social capital in moderating these relations is explored. Findings from the survey demonstrate that the act of "liking" a COVID-19 duanzi on WeChat has become a routine practice for Chinese netizens to kill time during the quarantine. However, the more bonding social capital one already had, the less they depended on duanzi "liking" to kill their boredom. Those less supported outside the family household, or less knowledgeable about the virus were also more likely to share a COVID-19 duanzi. Bonding social capital promotes one's well-being, therefore, the positive psychological effect of duanzi sharing or commenting grows more pronounced for netizens with more bonding social capital. Bridging social capital brought external social support. Netizens with more bridging social capital obtained more external support and more COVID-19 knowledge from duanzi sharing. The theoretical and practical implications are elaborated in the conclusions.
正在发明以数字技术为导向的实践，以改变人们应对危机的方式。本研究考察了中国网民在新冠疫情期间与新冠相关的段子（在线讽刺短文）的网络实践（如点赞、分享或评论）如何影响他们的心理健康、外部社会支持和问题知识。并探讨了社会资本在调节这些关系中的作用。调查结果表明，在微信上点赞新冠段子已成为中国网民在隔离期间消磨时间的常规做法。然而，一个人拥有的黏合社会资本越多，他们就越不依赖于点赞段子来消除无聊。那些在家庭以外获得较少支持或对病毒了解较少的人也更有可能分享新冠段子。黏合社会资本促进了一个人的幸福感，因此，对于拥有更多黏合社会资本的网民来说，分享或评论段子的积极心理效应更加明显。桥接社会资本带来了外部社会支持。拥有更多桥接社会资本的网民通过分享段子获得了更多的外部支持和更多的新冠知识。结论中阐述了理论和实践意义。
