The needs–affordances–features perspective for the use of social media

E Karahanna, SX Xu, Y Xu, N Zhang - Mis Quarterly, 2018 - JSTOR
The paper develops a needs–affordances–features (NAF) perspective on social media use
which posits that individuals' psychological needs motivate their use of social media …

Predicting the Big 5 personality traits from digital footprints on social media: A meta-analysis

D Azucar, D Marengo, M Settanni - Personality and individual differences, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing use of social media among Internet users produces a vast and new source of
user generated ecological data, such as textual posts and images, which can be collected …

Choosing prediction over explanation in psychology: Lessons from machine learning

T Yarkoni, J Westfall - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Psychology has historically been concerned, first and foremost, with explaining the causal
mechanisms that give rise to behavior. Randomized, tightly controlled experiments are …

Social media elements, ecologies, and effects

JB Bayer, P Triệu, NB Ellison - Annual review of psychology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
This review delineates core components of the social media ecosystem, specifying how
online platforms complicate established social psychological effects. We assess four pairs of …

Social media activities and its influence on customer-brand relationship: an empirical study of apparel retailers' activity in India

S Sharma, S Singh, F Kujur, G Das - Journal of Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this digital era, the internet, and Social Media (SM) has had a radical impact on the
shopping behavior of “costumers” The SM provides a platform where “costumers” are …

Self-presentation and belonging on Facebook: How personality influences social media use and motivations

G Seidman - Personality and individual differences, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study examined the relationship between the Big Five and the use of Facebook
to fulfill belonging and self-presentational needs. One hundred and eighty four …

[HTML][HTML] The Big Five, self-esteem, and narcissism as predictors of the topics people write about in Facebook status updates

TC Marshall, K Lefringhausen, N Ferenczi - Personality and individual …, 2015 - Elsevier
Status updates are one of the most popular features of Facebook, but few studies have
examined the traits and motives that influence the topics that people choose to update …

Exploring personality characteristics of Chinese adolescents with internet-related addictive behaviors: Trait differences for gaming addiction and social networking …

CW Wang, RTH Ho, CLW Chan, S Tse - Addictive behaviors, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigated the associations between personality traits, based on the Big Five
model, and addictive behaviors to different online activities among adolescents. A sample of …

Authenticity and well-being on social network sites: A two-wave longitudinal study on the effects of online authenticity and the positivity bias in SNS communication

L Reinecke, S Trepte - Computers in Human Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
In offline settings, authentic behavior has frequently been linked to increased well-being.
Social network sites (SNSs) provide a new venue for authenticity, yet the effects of online …

Does posting Facebook status updates increase or decrease loneliness? An online social networking experiment

FG Deters, MR Mehl - Social psychological and personality …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Online social networking is a pervasive but empirically understudied phenomenon. Strong
public opinions on its consequences exist but are backed up by little empirical evidence and …