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Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement

Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement

Dominic Mentor
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781522575986|ISBN10: 1522575987|EISBN13: 9781522575993
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7598-6.ch072
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Mentor, Dominic. "Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement." Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture, Mobile Computing, and Data Analytics, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., IGI Global, 2019, pp. 995-1007. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7598-6.ch072

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Mentor, D. (2019). Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement. In M. Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture, Mobile Computing, and Data Analytics (pp. 995-1007). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7598-6.ch072

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Mentor, Dominic. "Micro to Macro Social Connectedness Through Mobile Phone Engagement." In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Network Architecture, Mobile Computing, and Data Analytics, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., 995-1007. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7598-6.ch072

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Abstract

The literature on social connectedness through mobile phone engagement reveals positive tacit opportunities. Mobile phone engagement hosts micro and macro opportunities to start and maintain a sense of social connectedness. Increasing a sense of social connectedness encourages healthier emotional wellbeing among people, reducing potential feelings of isolation and chances of faster recovery from illness. Mobile social media access, participation, and messaging, be it face-to-face, peer-to-peer, group, or virtual, through intentional and unintentional social connectedness, may aid the improvement and performance among workers, students, and campaigns. Mobile engagement also offers possible improvement in performance and enhanced perceptions of emotional wellbeing. Engagement through social media networks, mostly accessed via mobile, including mobile gaming, or health monitoring, commenting or posting photos or short texts, increases the production and value of successful maintenance of reciprocal interpersonal relationships.

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