The Outcomes of Broadcasting Self-Disclosure Using New Communication Technologies: Responses to Disclosure Vary Across One’s Social Network

Rains, Stephen A.; Brunner, Steven R.

doi:10.1177/0093650215598836

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“…Moreover, negatively valenced information is more likely to be remembered as impactful than positively valenced information. This is due to the "negativity effect," which refers to negatively valenced information that is more atypical in the context of self-disclosures and is assigned greater weight than positively valenced information (Kellerman, 1984(Kellerman, , 1989, especially in non-close relationships (Rains & Brunner, 2015). This may explain why high perceived emotionality and high frequency of distressed posts, often interpreted by viewers as attention-seeking behavior, reduced likelihood of responding to a distressed post.…”

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“To Respond or not to Respond, that is the Question”: The Decision-Making Process of Providing Social Support to Distressed Posters on Facebook

Chang

Whitlock

Bazarova

2018

Social Media + Society

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The aim of this study is to understand whether, why, and under what conditions young adults respond to distressed posts on social networking sites (SNSs). Semi-structured interviews with 27 participants revealed a wide range of salient factors that influenced participants' likelihood of responding to distressed posts. By identifying the factors and mapping the conditions under which they are operational, we posit a conceptual framework useful in understanding key features of the decisionmaking process participants use to decide whether and how to respond to distressed SNS posts. Results suggest that relationship closeness is the first and most significant determinant of likelihood to respond. When relational closeness was high, the responses were likely to be direct and immediate. In the absence of relational closeness between respondent and poster, likelihood of responding depended on (1) perceived acuity and seriousness of content, (2) consistency in posting patterns, (3) perceived capacity to provide efficacious support, (4) history of reciprocity, (5) perceived resonance with poster or posted content, (6) perceived motivations of the poster, and (7) perceptions of other viewers. The findings have implications for understanding social support interactions and bystander interventions in peer networks on SNSs.

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“To Respond or not to Respond, that is the Question”: The Decision-Making Process of Providing Social Support to Distressed Posters on Facebook

Chang

Whitlock

Bazarova

2018

Social Media + Society

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“…Positive autobiographical stories (Alea, Arneaud, & Ali, 2013;Rasmussen & Berntsen, 2009) and self-disclosures (Gable & Reis, 2010) are more likely than negative ones to enhance liking and closeness in-person and also in CMC (Orben & Dunbar, 2017;Rains & Brunner, 2015). One study (Hancock, Landrigan, & Silver, 2007) tasked participants with "getting to know" a stranger (another participant) via 30-min of IMing.…”

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“…However, one-sided story sharing (Alea & Bluck, 2007) and receiving (Bluck et al, 2013) is a well-used methodology, and passive "listening" also occurs online (Burke & Kraut, 2014). The group format allowed for greater experimental control, and although not typical of the research in these areas, examining CMC from only the receivers' point-of-view seems like a future direction in the field (Rains & Brunner, 2015).…”

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“…Sometimes computer‐mediated communication (CMC) platforms (Thurlow, Lengel, & Tomic, ) are akin to dyadic in‐person conversations—with one receiver (Baym, Zhang, & Lin, ). At other times, CMC platforms allow people to communicate beyond the dyad, to groups of others who are passive receivers of what is shared (e.g., IM group chats, blog posts, support groups; Morehouse & Crandall, ; Rains & Brunner, ). Evidence suggests, despite some early work to the contrary (Kiesler, Siegel, & McGuire, ), that receiving personal, emotional stories online (Choi & Toma, ; Lin, Tov, & Qiu, ) can help facilitate social bonding.…”

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The Social Function of Autobiographical Stories in the Personal and Virtual World: An Initial Investigation

Alea

Bluck

Mroz

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Topics in Cognitive Science

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Receiving another's autobiographical story may serve to elicit feelings of liking and empathy for the story sharer. Research has mostly examined social functions of autobiographical stories for in-person communications. The current experiment (N = 60) examined whether levels of liking, closeness, and empathy felt for a stranger (female confederate) after receiving her story depended on if (a) the story was received in-person or through instant message (IM), and (b) the story was positive or negative. Liking and having empathy for the stranger was higher in the in-person conditions compared to IM conditions. This effect was mediated by how engaged participants were with the story. Participants liked the stranger more after receiving the positive autobiographical story, but they felt more empathy toward her after the negative autobiographical story. The discussion considers parameters of the communication platform and people's perceptions of stories as explanations for the results. Limitations are considered.

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“…Many previous studies in the field of social media research have used screenshots of real or artificial posts (e.g., Bazarova, 2012 ; Lin and Utz, 2015 ; Rains and Brunner, 2015 ; Orben and Dunbar, 2017 ) to investigate cross-sectional changes in interpersonal attraction after passive consumption, despite this method not being formally validated. Our protocol aims to examine this widely used methodology using in situ Facebook profiles: fake profiles on the actual Facebook platform.…”

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From Face-to-Face to Facebook: Probing the Effects of Passive Consumption on Interpersonal Attraction

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Social media is radically altering the human social landscape. Before the internet era, human interaction consisted chiefly of direct and reciprocal contact, yet with the rise of social media, the passive consumption of other users’ information is becoming an increasingly popular pastime. Passive consumption occurs when a user reads the posts of another user without interacting with them in any way. Previous studies suggest that people feel more connected to an artificial person after passively consuming their Facebook posts. This finding could help explain how relationships develop during passive consumption and what motivates this kind of social media use. This protocol proposes two studies that would make both a methodological and a theoretical contribution to the field of social media research. Both studies investigate the influence of passive consumption on changes in interpersonal attraction. The first study tests whether screenshots, which are widely used in present research, can be used as a proxy for real Facebook use. It measures the changes in interpersonal attraction after passive consumption of either a screenshot, an artificial in situ profile, or an acquaintance’s real Facebook profile. The second study relies on traditional theories of relationship formation and motivation to investigate which variables (perceived intimacy, perceived frequency of posts, perceived variety of post topics, attributional confidence, and homophily) moderate the link between interpersonal attraction before and after passive consumption. The results of the first study provide insights into the generalizability of the effect by using different stimuli, while also providing a valuable investigation into a commonly used method in the research field. The results of the second study supplement researchers’ understanding of the pathways linking passive use and interpersonal attraction, giving the field further insight into whether theories about offline relationship formation can be used in an online context. Taken together, this protocol aims to shed light on the intricate relation between passive consumption and interpersonal attraction, and variables moderating this effect.

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The Outcomes of Broadcasting Self-Disclosure Using New Communication Technologies: Responses to Disclosure Vary Across One’s Social Network

Cited by 39 publications

References 42 publications

“To Respond or not to Respond, that is the Question”: The Decision-Making Process of Providing Social Support to Distressed Posters on Facebook

“To Respond or not to Respond, that is the Question”: The Decision-Making Process of Providing Social Support to Distressed Posters on Facebook

The Social Function of Autobiographical Stories in the Personal and Virtual World: An Initial Investigation

From Face-to-Face to Facebook: Probing the Effects of Passive Consumption on Interpersonal Attraction

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