Social Media’s Role in Intercultural Adaptation of Students: A Bibliometric and Content Analysis Review
Keywords:
Literature review, social media, overseas scholar, bibliometric analysis, intercultural adaptationAbstract
There is an increasing academic interest in investigating the connection among social media and intercultural adaptation. However, the utilization of VOS viewer software for bibliometric analysis in this area may still need some additional enhancements. The objective of this review is to critically evaluate the current frame of literature addressing the correlation between social media and intercultural adaptation throughout the last ten years. This investigation analyzed 9,513 papers published in English and available in the Web of Science database from 2014 to 2024. An analysis was carried out using bibliometric methods and the VOSviewer. In regard to publication output, the United States maintains the top spot, alongside China, UK, Australia, Netherlands, Germany and Spain lagging closely after. The past few years witnessed a growing concern through intercultural study on social media usage, acculturation, international students and internet addiction, as proven with six classified clusters.