Putting their best foot forward : emotional disclosure on Facebook

• Main Authors: Qiu, Lin, Lin, Han, Tov, William, Leung, Angela K.-y.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98055; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13201
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Facebook has become a widely used online self-representation and communication platform. In this research, we focus on emotional disclosure on Facebook. We conducted two studies, and results from both self-report and observer rating show that individuals are more likely to express positive relative...