Echo-Adaptive Behavior of College Students with Different Self-Identity States
Although the phenomenon of information narrowing(echo chamber effect)is becoming increasingly prominent and has negative consequences,people would engage in echo-adaptation to cope with or mitigate the effects of information narrowing.College students are at a critical period of role transition,and their engagement in echo-adaptation may be related to the level of development of their self-identity.This study explored this issue based on the assumptions of identity capital and the I3 behavioral framework.A questionnaire survey of 366 college students was conducted.The results showed that,the score of echo-adaptive behavior was highest for college students in the ego-identity completion state,then for the transformation,and was lowest for the diffuse state.The overload information and perceived utility explained the echo-adaptive behavior of college students in the diffuse state,while the identity bubble reinforcement and perceived utility explained the echo-adaptive behavior of college students in the transformation state.The results indicate that echo-adaptive behavior for individuals in a diffuse state may be associated with ineffective and overload information recommendation,while for individuals in a transitional state,it may be related to the effective information provided by information recommendation technologies that establishs an"identity bubble"mechanism for individuals.
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