Add to ORKGMany mainland Chinese students have flocked to universities or colleges in Singapore. Inevitably, these students encounter difficulties adapting to their new lives. An online social support group called Living in Singapore Group (LSg), a subforum of the most popular forum on Chinese international study created in April 2000, provides various types of social-support messages for mainland Chinese students in Singapore. The present research explores the nature and effectiveness of these social-support messages. Study 1 uses a directed qualitative content analysis to analyze 1,736 posted messages collected from July 6, 2012, to February 6, 2013. Results suggest that social support messages can be categorized into subcategories of three existing...
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 8, 2010)Includes bibliographical references (p. ...
Immigration has evolved to be a controversial issue in Singapore in recent years, with foreigners ma...
The present study investigated the longitudinal changes in social support for Chinese students in Ja...
Many mainland Chinese students have flocked to universities or colleges in Singapore. Inevitably, th...
This study examines the nature of Computer-Mediated Social Support (CMSS) with regards to internatio...
This study examines how Chinese international students’ Facebook and WeChat usage patterns influence...
The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the status quo and differences in intercultural commun...
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
This article presents a case study on the experience of cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese student...
Globally, the growing popularity of anti-immigrant sentiments have resulted in rising tensions betwe...
Past research examining how foreign students utilise Social Networking Sites (SNS) to settle into th...
The research study examines how the Internet is used by migrants in the construction of their cultur...
The number of students choosing to engage in international education is increasing. Typically, the...
The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the status quo and differences in intercultural commun...
There are more than a billion people learning English as a second language around the world, and the...
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 8, 2010)Includes bibliographical references (p. ...
Immigration has evolved to be a controversial issue in Singapore in recent years, with foreigners ma...
The present study investigated the longitudinal changes in social support for Chinese students in Ja...
Many mainland Chinese students have flocked to universities or colleges in Singapore. Inevitably, th...
This study examines the nature of Computer-Mediated Social Support (CMSS) with regards to internatio...
This study examines how Chinese international students’ Facebook and WeChat usage patterns influence...
The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the status quo and differences in intercultural commun...
License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
This article presents a case study on the experience of cross-cultural adaptation of Chinese student...
Globally, the growing popularity of anti-immigrant sentiments have resulted in rising tensions betwe...
Past research examining how foreign students utilise Social Networking Sites (SNS) to settle into th...
The research study examines how the Internet is used by migrants in the construction of their cultur...
The number of students choosing to engage in international education is increasing. Typically, the...
The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the status quo and differences in intercultural commun...
There are more than a billion people learning English as a second language around the world, and the...
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 8, 2010)Includes bibliographical references (p. ...
Immigration has evolved to be a controversial issue in Singapore in recent years, with foreigners ma...
The present study investigated the longitudinal changes in social support for Chinese students in Ja...