ERIC Number: EJ1375641
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-2151-0393
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Acculturation and Social Media: How Do International Students Engage with Facebook While Abroad?
Omori, Kikuko; Schwartz, Michael W.
Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, v14 n5 p197-212 2022
This study investigates the relationship between Facebook use and acculturation using Berry's acculturation orientations and Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) as theoretical frameworks. The researchers followed 15 international students' Facebook walls during their first and second semester in the U.S. by creating a fake Facebook page to be added as the international students' social network. The major findings of this study include (a) the pattern of Facebook postings was the same during the semester, (b) international students used convergence communication strategies to better communicate with people in their network, and (c) some participants' Facebook postings indicate a strong identification with their home culture.
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Social Media, Acculturation, Communication Strategies, Identification (Psychology), Cultural Background
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Language: English
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