Threats to belonging on Facebook: lurking and ostracism

Tobin, Stephanie J.; Vanman, Eric J.; Verreynne, Marnize; Saeri, Alexander K

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“…Tailoring the content of one's tweets to specific networks may help one to retain followers and avoid the psychological pitfalls of online rejection (Tobin et al, 2015).…”

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“…It is important to investigate who tweets about certain topics and why because tweets that are evaluated more favourably may attract retweets, likes, and followers (Suh, Hong, Pirolli, & Chi, 2010), whereas tweets that are evaluated unfavourablye.g., as boring, uninformative, or banalmay be ignored or even lead one to lose followers (Andre et al, 2012;Kwak, Chun, & Moon, 2011). Accordingly, we assessed whether people who tweeted more frequently about favourable topics received a greater number of likes and retweets from followersan important aim given that attention from one's social media network is associated with enhanced well-being (Tobin, Vanman, Verreynne, & Saeri, 2015). Moreover, greater understanding of what drives topic choice and favourability may allow users to tailor the content of their tweets for their followers, enabling better maintenance of their network.…”

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Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users, why they use Twitter, and what they tweet about.

Marshall¹,

Ferenczi²,

Lefringhausen³

et al. 2020

Psychology of Popular Media

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Twitter is one of the world's most popular social networking sites, yet gaps remain in our knowledge about the psychology of its users. The current studies sought to fill these gaps by examining whether the Big Five and Dark Triad personality traits predicted differences between Twitter users and Facebook-only users, motives for using Twitter, the frequency of tweeting about four topicsintellectual pursuits, personal achievements, diet/exercise, and social activitiesand how much they liked to read tweets about these topics. Study 1 found that Twitter users (N = 346) were higher in openness (i.e., intellect, creativity) than were Facebook-only users (N = 268). In Study 2, a preregistered replication, Twitter users (N = 255) were not only higher in openness than Facebook-only users (N = 248), but they were also more Machiavellian. In both studies, Twitter users who were higher in openness were more strongly motivated to use Twitter for career promotion, and in turn, they tweeted more frequently and most liked to read tweets about intellectual pursuits. Narcissists were more strongly motivated to use Twitter for career promotion, social connection, and attentionseeking, and in turn, they tweeted more frequently and most liked to read tweets about personal achievements and diet/exercise. On average, participants most liked to read tweets about intellectual pursuits and least liked tweets about diet/exercise. We discuss the implications of these findings for tailoring one's tweets to retain followers and for drawing the boundary conditions when extrapolating from Twitter-based "big data" to larger populations. Public Policy Relevance Statements:Twitter users significantly differed in their personality traits from Facebook-only users, suggesting that social scientists take caution when generalizing from Twitter-based "big data" to larger populations. Our finding that Twitter particularly attracts open-minded individuals who wish to advance their careers through BIG FIVE, DARK TRIAD, AND TWITTER USE 3 tweeting about intellectual topics has relevance not only for individuals wishing to maximize their use of social media, but also for Twitter's marketing and retention strategies.

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“…Tailoring the content of one's tweets to specific networks may help one to retain followers and avoid the psychological pitfalls of online rejection (Tobin et al, 2015).…”

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Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users, why they use Twitter, and what they tweet about.

Marshall¹,

Ferenczi²,

Lefringhausen³

et al. 2020

Psychology of Popular Media

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“…However, collectively, the Newsfeed may set a social norm about what peers are doing, and friends’ deviant content in the Newsfeed may lead to contagion effects (Kramer, Guillory, & Hancock, ). Newsfeed content may be the most influential for youth who have little direct activity with their Facebook friends and typically passively browse others’ pages in a behavioral style known as “lurking” (Tobin, Vanman, Verreynne, & Saeri, ).…”

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Online Social Interactions Predict Academic and Emotional Adjustment in the Transition to University

Mikami

Szwedo

Khalis

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We investigated the developmental implications of online social interactions among 590 youth transitioning to university. We observed friends' posts on participants' Facebook pages, and considered attributes of friends' posts used to indicate positive and negative relationship quality in face-to-face interactions. After statistical control of beginning-of-year functioning and participants' Facebook content, Facebook friends' deviant content posts (swearing; illegal/sexualized activities) predicted participants' lower grade point average, Facebook friends' posts indicating connection to participants predicted participants' lower psychopathology, and Facebook friends' verbal aggression posts predicted participants' lower institutional attachment, by the end of the year. Negative effects of friends' posts were strongest for participants who were disliked by peers face to face. The online context may uniquely influence youth adjustment in conjunction with face-to-face relationships.

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“…In another experiment, participants were either instructed to use Facebook as they normally do (post‐as‐usual condition) or to refrain from using Facebook actively for 2 days (do‐not‐post condition). Participants in the do‐not‐post condition were found to report lower levels of belonging (Tobin, Vanman, Verreynne, & Saeri, ).…”

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Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review

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Ybarra

Résibois

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Social network sites are ubiquitous and now constitute a common tool people use to interact with one another in daily life. Here we review the consequences of interacting with social network sites for subjective well‐being—that is, how people feel moment‐to‐moment and how satisfied they are with their lives. We begin by clarifying the constructs that we focus on in this review: social network sites and subjective well‐being. Next, we review the literature that explains how these constructs are related. This research reveals: (a) negative relationships between passively using social network sites and subjective well‐being, and (b) positive relationships between actively using social network sites and subjective well‐being, with the former relationship being more robust than the latter. Specifically, passively using social network sites provokes social comparisons and envy, which have negative downstream consequences for subjective well‐being. In contrast, when active usage of social network sites predicts subjective well‐being, it seems to do so by creating social capital and stimulating feelings of social connectedness. We conclude by discussing the policy implications of this work.

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Threats to belonging on Facebook: lurking and ostracism

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Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users, why they use Twitter, and what they tweet about.

Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users, why they use Twitter, and what they tweet about.

Online Social Interactions Predict Academic and Emotional Adjustment in the Transition to University

Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review

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