The impact of online social interaction on urban community cohesion and group differences: evidence from China
The findings indicate that online social interaction is an important factor affecting the formation of urban residents' community cohesion, and offline social interaction plays a mediating role. In addition, The association between online social interaction and community cohesion demonstrates significant heterogeneity across demographic and regional subgroups.
Authors
- Kuang Yin
- Feiyue Liu
- Haibo Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9309-6632)
- Haitao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-8214)
- Xingchen Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-2942)
Institutions
- Changsha University (CN)
- Hunan Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22680-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Social Media and Politics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.73
Funders
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
- Humanities and Social Science Fund of Ministry of Education of China