TY - JOUR
AU1 - Sheldon, Pavica
AU2 - Ware, Lynn Johnson
AB -  In the last couple of years, a high number of employers started raising concerns about the lack of soft skills in recent college graduates. Many have pointed to social media as hurting our face-to-face communication. Following these concerns, the purpose of our study was to examine the relationship between communication competence and social media use. One hundred and eighty-nine adults, ages 18 to 73, completed a survey rating their social media use and self-perceived communication competence. We measured communication competence using McCroskey and McCroskey scale, which measures communication competence in a variety of settings. The results showed that Instagram and Facebook were used for social compensation purposes, especially among participants who perceive themselves to have low communication competence skills. Generation-wise, older individuals were more competent when communicating in a variety of settings. 
TI - Understanding the Relationship between Communication Competence and Social Media Use
JF - Southern Communication Journal
DO - 10.1080/1041794X.2022.2153382
DA - 2023-05-27
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/understanding-the-relationship-between-communication-competence-and-ibPJXvQGOZ
SP - 229
EP - 239
VL - 88
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -