The study of attribution theory in regards to Facebook status updates.

• Main Author: Lau, Janice Hui En.
• Other Authors: Lee Sau-Lai
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39571
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The phenomenon of updating one’s life events on social networking sites has led to the development of this present study. This paper aimed to study attribution and the likelihood of people posting their events on their status updates online. It was hypothesized that for negative events, the lower th...