مقاله انگلیسی رایگان در مورد روندهای جهانی در تحقیقات رسانه های اجتماعی در روانشناسی – اسپرینگر 2018

Background: Social media, defned as interactive Web applications, have been on the rise globally, particularly among adults. The objective of this study was to investigate the trend of the literature related to the most used social network worldwide (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Instagram) in the feld of psychology. Specif‑ cally, this study will assess the growth in publications, citation analysis, international collaboration, author produc‑ tivity, emerging topics and the mapping of frequent terms in publications pertaining to social media in the feld of psychology. Methods: Publications related to social media in the feld of psychology published between 2004 and 2014 were obtained from the Web of Science. The records extracted were analysed for bibliometric characteristics such as the growth in publications, citation analysis, international collaboration, emerging topics and the mapping of frequent terms in publications pertaining to social media in the feld of psychology. VOSviewer v.1.6.5 was used to construct scientifc maps. Results: Overall, 959 publications were retrieved during the period between 2004 and 2015. The number of research publications in social media in the feld of psychology showed a steady upward growth. Publications from the USA accounted for 57.14% of the total publications and the highest h-index (48).The most common document type was research articles (873; 91.03%). Over 99.06% of the publications were published in English. Computers in Human Behavior was the most prolifc journal. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked frst in terms of the total publica‑ tions (n = 39). A visualisation analysis showed that personality psychology, experimental psychology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology were continual concerns of the research. Conclusions: This is the frst study reporting the global trends in the research related to social media in the psychol‑ ogy feld. Based on the raw data from the Web of Science, publication characteristics such as quality and quantity were assessed using bibliometric techniques over 12 years. The USA and its institutions play a dominant role in this topic. The most preferred topics related to social media in psychology are personality psychology, experimental psy‑ chology, psychological risk factors, and developmental psychology.

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Social media, defned as interactive Web applications [1], have been on the rise globally, particularly among adults [2, 3]. Overall, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Instagram were the most used social network worldwide [4, 5]. Hundreds of publications have discussed the benefts and harm stemming from social media in diferent age groups of both genders [6]. Of particular interest is the impact of social media on the psychology and self-image of users. A recently published report indicated that social media can be used to forecast and prevent suicide attempts at the national level [7]. Another recent report indicated that social media, particularly Facebook, are positively correlated with divorce [8]. Survey studies, such as that conducted by Clayton et al. [9], had shown that high levels of Facebook use, when mediated by Facebook-related confict with romantic partners, signifcantly predict negative relationship outcomes [9– 11]. Previous studies clearly indicated that social media makes it easy for users to reconnect with any past lover, which could lead to emotional cheating and this could then lead to a breakup or divorce [9–11]. Te diverse psychological and behavioral efects of social media on users necessitate further and deeper analysis. Such an analysis will be of value not only to academic researchers, but also to sociology experts, psychologists, psychiatrists, and even to those in the feld of telecommunications to adapt and tailor these social media to the psychological health and needs of the users. Bibliometric and scientometric studies on Facebook and other social media have been carried out to assess the research trends in these social media in general [12–15]. Similarly, several bibliometric and scientometric studies have been accomplished to assess the research trends in psychology and behavior [16–18]. However, no search of the literature for bibliometric or scientometric analyses of psychology publications pertaining to social media was found.