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Individual Characteristics and Social Networks Lab (Shaoyu Ye)
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A lab that explores how the use of media such as social media relates to well-being and health.
AboutAbout the lab
Linking how people use social media to their mental health.
Associate Professor Shaoyu Ye studies the relationship between how people use media such as social media and their well-being and mental and physical health.
The professor's research fields are social psychology, library and information science, and humanities and social informatics, and the research keywords listed are well-being, media use, and social support.
The lab's work includes surveys of university students and international students, and studies that analyze social media posts as text.
Key terms
- Social support
- Support and help that a person receives from people around them, such as family and friends.
- Subjective well-being
- The degree of happiness based on how a person themself feels about their life and emotions.
- Natural language processing
- Technology for analyzing text written by people with computers.
NewsLab news
Paper on social media use and health published in Healthcare
Paper examining the relationship between social skills and excessive social media use published in Behavioral Sciences
Paper examining Japanese university students' social media use and mental and physical health published in Acta Psychologica
Paper on university students' social media use and subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic published in Library Hi Tech
Paper examining the relationship between university students' social media use and mental health published in Journal of Socio-Informatics
ResearchResearch themes
Based on surveys, the lab investigates how the use of media such as social media relates to people's well-being, mental and physical health, and mutual support. It also focuses on links with the breadth and depth of interpersonal relationships, and on differences by individual characteristics.
*Illustrative imageSocial Media Use and Mental and Physical Health
The lab examines the relationship between university students' social media use and their subjective well-being and mental and physical health. It compares LINE, X, Instagram, Discord, and other platforms, and examines causal relationships through surveys conducted multiple times.
*Illustrative imageInternational Students' Media Use and Cross-Cultural Adaptation
The lab examines the relationship between how international students use communication media and how they adapt to a different culture. One of its papers compares international students from mainland China with other international students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
*Illustrative imageLinguistic Analysis of Social Media Posts
Using natural language processing to analyze posts on Twitter (now X), the lab examines their relationship with social support and psychological well-being. It also has a paper from collaborative research on a method for predicting users' psychological state from their text.
*Illustrative imageMedia Use and Interpersonal Relationships
The lab examines how the use of media such as LINE and Facebook relates to the breadth and depth of interpersonal relationships. It also considers differences from phone calls and email, and how these relationships differ by individual characteristics.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorShaoyu Ye
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- International Students' Media Use and Cross-Cultural Adaptation: “Woman smiling and using laptop during video call in cozy wooden room” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Linguistic Analysis of Social Media Posts: “Children's learner typing on the laptop keyboard closeup” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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