Active social media use and its impact on well-being — an experimental study on the effects of posting pictures on Instagram

Krause, Hannes-Vincent; Deters, Fenne große; Baumann, Annika; Krasnova, Hanna

doi:10.1093/jcmc/zmac037

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“…Currently, the largest increases in the number of activities are recorded by services such as Instagram ( Davenport et al, 2014 ; Halpern et al, 2016 ; Krause et al, 2019 ; Lee & Kim, 2020 ; Widjajanta et al, 2018 ). Widjajanta et al (2018) investigated the relationship between conspicuous consumption and Instagram usage, whereas we focused on activity on Facebook.…”

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Narcissism, activity on Facebook, and conspicuous consumption among young adults

Niesiobędzka¹,

Konaszewski²

2021

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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IntroductionThe purpose of the study was to explore relationships between narcissistic strategies, self-oriented activity on Facebook, and conspicuous consumption.Material and methodsThe sample consisted of 323 young Polish adults. Participants completed the Conspicuous Consumption Scale (CCS), the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ), and questions regarding Facebook use.ResultsEmpirical support was found for the assumption that conspicuous consumption was predicted by narcissistic rivalry. Although the direct impact of narcissistic admiration on conspicuous consumption was non-significant, this strategy influenced status consumption through self-verified behaviours on social media, the strongest predictor of conspicuous consumption.ConclusionsThis shows that narcissistic rivalry directly affects the propensity to conspicuous consumption and narcissistic admiration is related to self-verified activity on Facebook. The involvement of Facebook usage in this manner increases the acquisition and display of expensive, glamorous products as external signals of status.

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“…Studies demonstrate that, on the one hand, it does not affect our mood much, but on the other hand, our mood very much depends on how we use it. The best indicator is whether we view or actively participate in Instagram ( Krause et al, 2019 ; Lee & Kim, 2020 ).…”

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Narcissism, activity on Facebook, and conspicuous consumption among young adults

Niesiobędzka¹,

Konaszewski²

2021

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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“…Considering this research as a whole, it seems implausible to expect users will become happier simply by posting or interacting more on SM (see also Krause et al, 2023).…”

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Beyond Active-Passive: Towards the Next Stage of Social Media and Mental Health Research

Meier,

Ellison,

Reinecke

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How social media impact users’ mental health and well-being is a critical question discussed fiercely by publics around the globe and researchers across disciplines. To overcome challenges of earlier “screen time” research, many recent studies adopted the active-passive approach. This model dichotomizes social media use into “active” social exchanges and “passive” consumption, with active use yielding social benefits and passive use resulting in harmful upward comparison and envy. Yet, this model has produced surprisingly inconsistent evidence, sparking recent theoretical debates and extensions. Here, we critically synthesize six remaining challenges for the active-passive approach and develop an agenda that outlines why and how the field needs to go beyond active-passive. Specifically, we envision three routes for future research alongside an integrated communication-centered model, which proposes to focus research efforts on message effects, cross-platform experiences, and technology features and affordances.

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“…Third, and rather overlooked to date, initial evidence suggests that the harmful consequences of passive use may go far beyond individual users' well-being. Specifically, envy in reaction to passively scrolling SM has been suggested as a driver of additional negative outcomes such as risky financial spending behavior (Krause et al, 2019) and, importantly, outcomes that may change the larger dynamics of SM for the worse (for a review, see Wenninger et al, 2021). Initial studies support that envy during SMU may trigger antisocial behaviors or fuel additional self-enhancement (Wenninger et al, 2019).…”

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“…Creating a self-enhancement envy spiral (Krasnova et al, 2015, p. 599), experiencing envy in reaction to others' self-presentations may motivate users to engage in more self-enhancing behavior on SM (e.g., more positive self-presentations). In an ironic twist, feeling envious of others may lead users to emulate them, further contributing to positively biased self-presentations on SM, which in turn creates additional basis for others to feel envious (Krasnova et al, 2015;Krause et al, 2020;Wenninger et al, 2019). This vicious cycle couldin the long runreinforce an excessively positive and inauthentic climate on SM, suggesting that passive use might become riskier for users' well-being over time.…”

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Does Passive Social Media Use Harm Well-Being?

Meier

Krause

2023

Journal of Media Psychology

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Abstract. Research into the effects of social media on well-being often distinguishes “active” and “passive” use, with passive use supposedly more harmful to well-being (i.e., the passive use hypothesis). Recently, several studies and reviews have begun to question this hypothesis and its conceptual basis, the active/passive dichotomy. As this dichotomy has become a staple of social media research but evidence challenging its validity is mounting, a comprehensive debate on its pros, cons, and potential future is needed. This adversarial review brings together two voices – one more supportive, and the other more critical – toward the active/passive model. In constructive dialogue, we summarize and contrast our two opposing positions: The first position argues that the active/passive dichotomy is a useful framework because it adequately describes how and why passive use is (more) harmful for well-being. The second position challenges the validity of the dichotomy and the passive use hypothesis specifically. Arguments are presented alongside (a) the empirical basis, (b) conceptualization, and (c) operationalization of active and passive use, with particular focus on the passive use hypothesis. Rather than offering a conciliatory summary of the status quo, the goal of this review is to carve out key points of friction in the literature on the effects of social media through fruitful debate. We summarize our main agreements and unresolved disagreements on the merits and shortcomings of the active/passive dichotomy. In doing so, this review paves the way for researchers to decide whether and how they want to continue applying this lens in their future work.

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Active social media use and its impact on well-being — an experimental study on the effects of posting pictures on Instagram

Cited by 9 publications

References 87 publications

Narcissism, activity on Facebook, and conspicuous consumption among young adults

Narcissism, activity on Facebook, and conspicuous consumption among young adults

Beyond Active-Passive: Towards the Next Stage of Social Media and Mental Health Research

Does Passive Social Media Use Harm Well-Being?

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