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題名: | Nurses’ use of mobile instant messaging applications: A uses and gratifications perspective | 作者: | 林翠絹 Bautista, John Robert Lin, Trisha T.C. |
貢獻者: | 傳播學院 | 關鍵詞: | Philippines; mobile instant messaging applications; nurses; smartphone; social media | 日期: | 2017 | 上傳時間: | 16-Oct-2017 | 摘要: | AIM:\nTo explore how and why mobile instant messaging applications are used by Filipino nurses as part of their work.\nMETHODS:\nGuided by the uses and gratifications theory, in-depth interviews with 20 staff nurses working in 9 hospitals (ie, 4 private and 5 public hospitals) in the Philippines were conducted in July 2015. Interview data were analysed through a phenomenological perspective to thematic analysis.\nRESULTS:\nResults show that mobile instant messaging applications such as Facebook Messenger and Viber were mostly used by staff nurses and these were accessed using their own smartphones. Thematic analysis indicates that they were used to meet staff nurses` need for information exchange, socialization, and catharsis. Moreover, user interactions vary depending on members within a chat group. For instance, communication via mobile instant messaging applications are much formal when superiors are included in a chat group.\nCONCLUSION:\nIn general, the results show that mobile instant messaging applications are routinely used by Filipino staff nurses not only for clinical purposes (ie, information exchange) but also for non-clinical purposes (ie, socialization and catharsis). This paper ends with several practical and theoretical implications including future research directions. | 關聯: | International Journal of Nursing Practice | 資料類型: | article |
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