Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examines the effects of online connectedness and information use regarding other countries on individuals’ evaluations of those countries. Theoretical and operational definitions of the variables are developed and then used to investigate how they affect people’s ratings of other countries’ reputations in this age of online social networking. A survey of South Korean Internet users provides empirical data for this study. The results show that online connectedness through social media is a more powerful predictor of individuals’ evaluations of other countries than is their use of the Internet for simple information gathering. Results also demonstrate that personal experience of visiting other countries remains the most significant predictor of a person’s favorability toward those countries.
Author: Hyunjin Seo
Institution: University of Kansas
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2103067573