Social Media Usage and the Spectrum of Young People's Views on Love and Marriage:Based on Propensity Score Matching and Shapley Value Decomposition
Along the dimension of social change from"traditional"to"modern"and to"postmodern",a spectrum of young people's views on love and marriage was constructed.Using propensity score matching and Shapley value decomposi-tion,the study examines the effect of causal mechanisms and dynamic interplay between social media and social structural backgrounds on views on love and marriage.The research finds that personal,family,and social factors non-linearly influence young people's use of social media.The"traditional foundational"views on love and marriage are most influenced by individual structural backgrounds,with social media playing a negligible role.In contrast,the"modern adaptive"views are more reinforced by weak-tie social media.The"postmodern exploratory"views are significantly influenced and shaped by so-cial media;strong-tie social media weaken this perspective,while gender-specific dating social media strengthen its wide-spread acceptance.These findings reveal how social media,as a catalyst for new-era views on love and marriage,reflects rich cultural phenomena and social dynamics among young people.
social mediasocial structuresocial capitalyoung people's views on love and marriagecausal inference
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