Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed

Anne Suphan; Miriam Feuls; Christian Fieseler

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_2

Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed

Anne Suphan^*, Miriam Feuls, Christian Fieseler

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University of St Gallen

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Abstract

This article presents research into the compensating potential of social media for the psychological consequences of job loss. In particular the questions to be answered are whether subjective well-being as well as perceived exclusion are influenced by involvement in social media, and whether age as a context variable may moderate these influences. We demonstrate, based on 2,400 telephone interviews with unemployed persons in Germany, that the use of social media may indeed increase well-being for the unemployed, if they can transfer their online contacts in real social life activities. This transfer is, curiously, easier for older participants. Digital Immigrants display a different relationship structure in their online social networks which allows them to alleviate the more exclusionary effects, whereas Digital Natives are in jeopardy to feel more excluded due to their social media usage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities : 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings
Editors	Kristina Eriksson-Backa, Annika Luoma, Erica Krook
Number of pages	19
Place of Publication	Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2012
Pages	10-28
ISBN (Print)	9783642328497
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642328503
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_2
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society. WIS 2012 - Turku, Finland Duration: 22 Aug 2012 → 24 Aug 2012 Conference number: 4

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society. WIS 2012
Number	4
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Turku
Period	22/08/2012 → 24/08/2012

Series	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	313
ISSN	1865-0929

Keywords

Well-being
Perceived exclusion
Social media
Unemployment

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Suphan, A., Feuls, M., & Fieseler, C. (2012). Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed. In K. Eriksson-Backa, A. Luoma, & E. Krook (Eds.), Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities: 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings (pp. 10-28). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_2

Suphan, Anne ; Feuls, Miriam ; Fieseler, Christian. / Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed. Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities: 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings. editor / Kristina Eriksson-Backa ; Annika Luoma ; Erica Krook. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer, 2012. pp. 10-28 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 313).

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Suphan, A, Feuls, M & Fieseler, C 2012, Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed. in K Eriksson-Backa, A Luoma & E Krook (eds), Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities: 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 313, pp. 10-28, 4th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society. WIS 2012, Turku, Finland, 22/08/2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_2

Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed. / Suphan, Anne; Feuls, Miriam; Fieseler, Christian.
Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities: 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings. ed. / Kristina Eriksson-Backa; Annika Luoma; Erica Krook. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012. p. 10-28 (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 313).

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Suphan A, Feuls M, Fieseler C. Social Media's Potential in Improving the Mental Well-being of the Unemployed. In Eriksson-Backa K, Luoma A, Krook E, editors, Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities: 4th International Conference on Well-being in the Information Society, WIS 2012. Turku, Finland, August 2012. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 2012. p. 10-28. (Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 313). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32850-3_2