The rich social world of mobile and social media: Four pathways toward satisfying the need to belong
Published online on November 18, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study outlines four pathways toward satisfying the need to belong through media use: relational remembrance, mediated social interaction, connection with content or target, and shared human experience. In study 1, participants (N= 292) described ...
This study outlines four pathways toward satisfying the need to belong through media use: relational remembrance, mediated social interaction, connection with content or target, and shared human experience. In study 1, participants (N= 292) described ...