Emerging From the Cocoon? Revisiting the Tele-Cocooning Hypothesis in the Smartphone Era

被引：13

作者：

Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^{[1
]}

Boase, Jeffrey ^{[2
]}

Suzuki, Tsutomu ^{[3
]}

Suzuki, Takahisa ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Res Org Informat & Syst, Natl Inst Informat, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1018430, Japan

[2] Univ Toronto, Inst Commun Culture & Informat Technol, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada

[3] Tohoku Gakuin Univ, Fac Liberal Arts, Izumi Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9813193, Japan

[4] Grad Univ Adv Studies, Dept Informat, Sch Multidisciplinary Sci, Chiyoda Ku, Tokyo 1018430, Japan

来源：

JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION | 2015年 / 20卷 / 03期

关键词：

Social Capital; Weak Ties; Tele-Cocooning; Smartphones; Field Experiment; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SELF-REPORT; TIES; MEDIA; WEAK;

D O I：

10.1111/jcc4.12116

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

The tele-cocooning hypothesis posits that mobile communication increases interaction with communication rich ties, while simultaneously weakening interaction with communication weak ties. In this study, we demonstrate how smartphones can be used to mitigate tele-cocooning behavior by stimulating interaction with communication weak ties. Using a smartphone application to collect non-identifying mobile communication log data, we conducted a field experiment with 193 Japanese participants. The treatment consisted of onscreen reminders designed to stimulate interaction with communication weak ties. The results indicate that the treatment promoted the activation of communication weak ties and the acquisition of information through those ties, suggesting that smartphones can be utilized to promote access to social capital.

引用

页码：330 / 345

页数：16

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