Controlling You Watching Me: Measuring Perception Control on Social Media

Keep, Melanie; Attrill-Smith, Alison

doi:10.1089/cyber.2017.0040

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“…The subscale consisted of four items which measured on a 7-point Likert scale with anchors of 1 (strongly disagree) and 7 (strongly agree). Impression Management was developed based on previous studies (Wilson et al, 2014;Keep and Attrill-Smith, 2017). The questionnaire had five questions that probed into a person's attempt to portray him-or herself in a favorable light on Instagram.…”

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Influence of False Self-Presentation on Mental Health and Deleting Behavior on Instagram: The Mediating Role of Perceived Popularity

Mun

Kim

2021

Front. Psychol.

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The present study explored motivations (need for approval, impression management) for lying self-presentation on Instagram as well as the mental and behavioral outcomes (depression, perceived popularity, deleting behavior on Instagram) of this presentation. We also examined the differential mediational roles of perceived popularity in accounting for the association between lying self-presentation and depression. Our results showed that individuals with a strong need for approval reported higher levels of lying self-presentation. The results also revealed that lying self-presentation positively influenced depression, perceived popularity and deleting behaviors. Furthermore, we found that even if lying self-presentation increased depression, perceived popularity served as a psychological buffer against depression.

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Influence of False Self-Presentation on Mental Health and Deleting Behavior on Instagram: The Mediating Role of Perceived Popularity

Mun

Kim

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…In addition to stirring feelings of FoMO, social media may influence how users’ see and understand the world, as well as how they move through it. Research has explored various perception issues entangled with social media: third-person perception (e.g., the type of content others post versus the type of content you post, Pham et al, 2019); self-impression management and perception control (Keep & Attrill-Smith, 2017); perception of social media use (Keating et al, 2016); and perception of message influence and behavioral intentions (Cortese et al, 2018; Kim, 2018). But few studies have examined the factors that affect social media users’ perception of others’ social media content.…”

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How Social Media, FoMO, and Isolation Influence Our Perceptions of Others Who “Break the Rules”

Scheinfeld

Voorhees

2022

Social Media + Society

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Research has suggested that social media usage increases during times of social isolation. However, rather than making users feel more connected to others, social media may cause negative mental health and relational outcomes, including a fear of missing out (FoMO). Against the backdrop of the global coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, this health communication study sought to understand the impact of physical and emotional isolation (i.e., prescribed social isolation) on people as we turned to social media more frequently. As the pandemic wore on, many remained online, watching people they knew “returning to normal,” potentially creating high levels of FoMO despite disagreeing with others’ decisions. This study examines whether social media use (frequency and purpose) influences individuals’ perception of the acceptability of others’ behavior, and whether those perceptions impact individuals’ own behavioral decisions. Participants ( N = 459) from the United States were recruited from late 2021 to early 2022 to complete an anonymous online survey regarding the “acceptableness” of behavior shown in posts by friends and family. Results indicated that increased social media frequency was correlated with an increased sense of FoMO, which was significantly and positively associated with favorable perceptions of others’ behaviors, such as gathering indoors with others, even when public health officials discouraged it. However, FoMO was not significantly related to users’ personal intentions to follow public health recommendations. A post hoc analysis determined that fear of COVID-19 moderated the relationship between FoMO and the perception of others’ behavior, as well as the relationship between FoMO and behavioral intentions.

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“…On the one hand, not all students use them; on the other hand, there are differences in its use, even among young students (Çelebi, Selçuk, & Peker, 2018;Aleksandrova & Parusheva, 2019). For example, according to a conclusion of a very interesting study by Keep and Attrill-Smith (2017), "[…] people of different genders may use different self-presentation strategies, but they may be motivated by perception control to the same extent" (p. 562).…”

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Social Media Centrality in Identity (Re)construction in Higher Education

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Serpa

Ferreira

et al. 2020

JESR

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Social media, including digital social networks, runs through a large part of society. This position paper analyses the social media centrality in identity (re)construction in higher education, seeking to add to the understanding of the social media’s role in the identity, both in the individual dimension – of several higher education actors (academics and students) – and in the identity of higher education institutions. In methodological terms, a selection and review of publications addressing this topic were conducted. Results allow concluding that it is critical to consider the growing relevance of digital social networks in shaping these actors’ identity, without disregarding the individual situations of great limitation or even rejection by the presence of digital social networks in identity (re)construction. Regarding the implications, at the theoretical level and according to the existing corpus of knowledge, there is a need for further studies to deepen the understanding of this topic. As a practical implication, while the presence of digital social media in human relationships is unavoidable in many instances, the intentional and relevant mobilization of these digital social media is crucial, both for higher effectiveness and efficacy of the academic-student interaction and for the dissemination and positive image of higher education institutions and academics.

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Controlling You Watching Me: Measuring Perception Control on Social Media

Cited by 6 publications

References 40 publications

Influence of False Self-Presentation on Mental Health and Deleting Behavior on Instagram: The Mediating Role of Perceived Popularity

Influence of False Self-Presentation on Mental Health and Deleting Behavior on Instagram: The Mediating Role of Perceived Popularity

How Social Media, FoMO, and Isolation Influence Our Perceptions of Others Who “Break the Rules”

Social Media Centrality in Identity (Re)construction in Higher Education

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