Differences in chatting behavior between two kakaogroup communities composed of female immigrants

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Since the beginning of this century, the number of female immigrants in South Korea has been growing, and the government has begun to advocate a self-help group approach to help them settle and enjoy a better quality of life. However, these women are unevenly dispersed in South Korea; therefore, it has not been easy to form traditional self-help groups. This article compares and discusses the activities of two social networking service (SNS) groups for female immigrants to understand their behavioral characteristics and possible factors influencing their behavioral differences within the groups. Ultimately, the issue of how female immigrants can make better use of the self-help group approach – established through SNSs – is discussed; additionally, some suggestions are offered to improve this approach. © 2018, ICIC International. All rights reserved.

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