On the psychology of TikTok use: A first glimpse from empirical findings

C Montag, H Yang, JD Elhai - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
TikTok (in Chinese: DouYin; formerly known as musical. ly) currently represents one of the
most successful Chinese social media applications in the world. Since its founding in …

Do the socially rich get richer? A nuanced perspective on social network site use and online social capital accrual.

C Cheng, H Wang, L Sigerson, C Chau - Psychological bulletin, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
The benefits of using social network sites (SNS) have spurred heated debate in academia
and popular culture alike. This study sought to address the debate by formulating a new …

Exploring the role of social media use motives, psychological well-being, self-esteem, and affect in problematic social media use

B Schivinski, M Brzozowska-Woś, E Stansbury… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Given recent advances in technology, connectivity, and the popularity of social media
platforms, recent literature has devoted great attention to problematic Facebook use …

Why are we distracted by social media? Distraction situations and strategies, reasons for distraction, and individual differences

C Koessmeier, OB Büttner - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Social media is a major source of distraction and thus can hinder users from successfully
fulfilling certain tasks by tempting them to use social media instead. However, an …

[HTML][HTML] Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence

C Montag, Z Demetrovics, JD Elhai, D Grant, I Koning… - Addictive …, 2024 - Elsevier
At the time of writing, about 4.9 billion people use social media with many adolescents using
their social media accounts across a myriad of applications and platforms. According to …

[HTML][HTML] Social capital–accrual, escape-from-self, and time-displacement effects of internet use during the COVID-19 stay-at-home period: Prospective, quantitative …

C Cheng, YC Lau, JW Luk - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background COVID-19 has spread like wildfire across the globe, prompting many
governments to impose unprecedented stay-at-home orders to limit its transmission. During …

Social media addiction during COVID-19-mandated physical distancing: relatedness needs as motives

C Cheng, YC Lau - International journal of environmental research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, national
lockdowns and stay-at-home orders were implemented by many countries to curb the rate of …

Negative psychological and physiological effects of social networking site use: The example of Facebook

FJ Stangl, R Riedl, R Kiemeswenger… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Social networking sites (SNS), with Facebook as a prominent example, have become an
integral part of our daily lives and more than four billion people worldwide use SNS …

[HTML][HTML] Re-start social media, but how?

S Dhawan, S Hegelich, C Sindermann… - Telematics and Informatics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media has captured a large share of the public sphere at a pace far quicker than any
other means of communication did in the past, but the initial techno-optimism that marked …

Who needs social networking? An empirical enquiry into the capability of Facebook to meet human needs and satisfaction with life

D Houghton, A Pressey, D Istanbulluoglu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Social Network Sites (SNS) have been the topic of much scholarly and public
debate for the most part of the 21st century. A number of studies have investigated the …