Table 5.
Social capital measurements
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Overall (n = 409) |
Twitter Only (n = 354) |
LINE + Twitter (n = 316) |
Instagram + Twitter (n = 270) |
Discord + Twitter (n = 101) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTF social capital | |||||
| Number of FTF groups joined | 3.00 | 3.02 | 2.78 | 3.37 | 3.03 |
| Total number of groupmatesa | 4.71 | 4.82 | 4.82 | 5.05 | 4.98 |
| Frequency of interaction with groupmatesb | 10.97 | 11.03 | 11.11 | 11.72 | 10.89 |
| Intimacy with groupmatesc | 18.86 | 19.03 | 19.08 | 20.06 | 19.01 |
| Satisfaction with groupmates | 3.58 | 3.61 | 3.63 | 3.73 | 3.67 |
| Online social capital (Twitter) | |||||
| Number of online groups involved | .48 | .55 | .55 | .58 | 1.12 |
| Total number of groupmatesa | 1.66 | 1.84 | 1.83 | 1.82 | 3.17 |
| Frequency of interaction with groupmatesb | 3.33 | 3.81 | 3.80 | 3.93 | 6.49 |
| Intimacy with groupmatesc | 5.06 | 5.83 | 5.70 | 6.30 | 8.71 |
| Satisfaction with groupmates | 1.06 | 1.21 | 1.17 | 1.24 | 2.04 |
aThe total number of people in a group was converted as follows: less than 5 people = 2.5 people; between 5 to 10 people = 7.5 people; and 11 or more people = 12.5 people
bThe frequency of interaction with groupmates was converted as follows: “I don’t belong to a group” = 0; “I hardly interact with any members” = 5; “several times per week with some members” = 10; “several times per week with all the members” = 15, “every day with several members” = 20; and “every day with everyone” = 30
cIntimacy with member was converted as follows: “I do not belong to a group” = 0; “I am not close to several members” = 5; “I am not close to one member” = 15; and “I have close relationships with everyone” = 30