Personality, anxiety and information behavior in social media : a cognitive vulnerability approach

• Main Author: Chua, Junjie
• Other Authors: Lee Chei Sian
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Knowledge management; DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Affection and emotion
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61815
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While social media can be a useful source of information to help one keep abreast of developments of events happening locally and globally, studies have also suggested that frequent use of social media can cause anxiety. Building on the research that negative news in the mass media can induce anxiet...