Self-disclosure and social media: motivations, mechanisms and psychological well-being

M Luo, JT Hancock - Current opinion in psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-disclosure is pervasive on social media and has significant implications for
psychological well-being. In this review we synthesize recent research on the motivations …

The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction

T Ryan, A Chester, J Reece, S Xenos - Journal of behavioral …, 2014 - akjournals.com
Background and aims Recent research suggests that use of social networking sites can be
addictive for some individuals. Due to the link between motivations for media use and the …

A tale of four platforms: Motivations and uses of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat among college students?

S Alhabash, M Ma - Social media+ society, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The current research explores differences between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and
Snapchat in terms of intensity of use, time spent daily on the platform, and use motivations …

The relationships among community experience, community commitment, brand attitude, and purchase intention in social media

XW Wang, YM Cao, C Park - International Journal of Information …, 2019 - Elsevier
The brand community built by social networking sites (SNSs) promotes efficiency in modern
marketing. However, building consumer-brand relationships through an SNS brand …

The relations among social media addiction, self-esteem, and life satisfaction in university students

NS Hawi, M Samaha - Social Science Computer Review, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of social media has grown exponentially to the extent of engaging close to one third
of the world's population as of January 2016. Actually, social media statistics have been …

Why people use TikTok (Douyin) and how their purchase intentions are affected by social media influencers in China: A uses and gratifications and parasocial …

Y Yang, L Ha - Journal of Interactive Advertising, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to explore the motivation of young consumers' use of TikTok
(Douyin) in China and how such motivations may relate to influencer videos' persuasion …

Uses and gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

A Malik, A Dhir, M Nieminen - Telematics and Informatics, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the rapid adoption of Facebook as a means of photo sharing, minimal research has
been conducted to understand user gratification behind this activity. In order to address this …

Self-disclosure in social media: Extending the functional approach to disclosure motivations and characteristics on social network sites

NN Bazarova, YH Choi - Journal of communication, 2014 - academic.oup.com
This article introduces the functional model of self-disclosure on social network sites by
integrating a functional theory of self-disclosure and research on audience representations …

The media inequality: Comparing the initial human-human and human-AI social interactions

Y Mou, K Xu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
As human-machine communication has yet to become prevalent, the rules of interactions
between human and intelligent machines need to be explored. This study aims to …

Brand interactions and social media: Enhancing user loyalty through social networking sites

TM Nisar, C Whitehead - Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate how user loyalty can be achieved and maintained through
social networking sites. More specifically, we intend to test the relationships between …