Too much overload and concerns: Antecedents of social media fatigue and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion

Research on the influence mechanism of privacy invasion experiences with privacy protection intentions in social media contexts: Regulatory focus as the moderator

“…The study also found that social media users' privacy invasion experiences had a significant positive effect on privacy fatigue, which is consistent with prior research on social media use (Xiao and Mou, 2019 ; Sheng et al, 2022 ). At the same time, response costs also positively affected privacy fatigue, and research on social media fatigue behaviors indicated this influential mechanism in the past (Zhang et al, 2022 ).…”

“…The relationship between privacy invasion experiences and privacy fatigue has been widely demonstrated. Such social media characteristics as internet privacy threat experience and privacy invasion could lead to users' sense of emotional exhaustion and privacy cynicism, which was further associated with social media privacy fatigue (Xiao and Mou, 2019 ; Sheng et al, 2022 ). In terms of the outcomes, some other studies focusing on the privacy paradox found that emotional exhaustion and powerlessness (the same concept as exhaustion) would weaken the positive influence relationship between privacy concerns and their willingness to protect personal information (Tian et al, 2022 ).…”

Unpacking the Potential Influence of Life Satisfaction on Network Heterogeneity, Emotional Exhaustion and Mobile App Fatigue: A Stressor–Strain–Outcome Approach

“…Consequently, we assert that it would be advantageous to comprehend how life satisfaction influences the distinct dimensions of the network heterogeneity of users and results in negative outcomes. According to the existing literature on strain in the computer-mediated context [ 3 , 37 ], the study concentrates on three specific aspects of the technological strains related to life satisfaction: self-presentation, upward comparison, and privacy invasion. In this research, negative concerns may cause users to have negative psychological responses and behavioral effects, such as emotional exhaustion or mobile app fatigue.…”

“…According to previous research, a person’s most primary concern while utilizing mobile devices might be an invasion of their privacy [ 14 , 42 ]. The term privacy invasion refers to the perception that an individual’s privacy is being invaded as a consequence of this inappropriate usage of personal information by social media platforms [ 37 ]. Although a number of studies have found a correlation between privacy concerns and the amount of time spent on mobile app services, very few studies have been carried out to investigate the direct linkage between levels of life satisfaction and privacy invasion [ 3 , 21 , 43 ].…”

“…Additionally, the current study has uncovered the possible impact of users’ emotional states and sentiments about mobile devices and other new media applications on their privacy invasion and subsequent behavior [ 37 , 45 , 46 ]. For example, Kehr et al suggested that online users tend to underestimate the dangers of information exposure when presented with a user interface that generates a positive effect, indicating that immediate emotional states impact privacy assessments [ 45 ].…”