Putting their Best Foot Forward: Emotional Disclosure on Facebook

Putting their Best Foot Forward: Emotional Disclosure on Facebook

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...

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Main Authors: QIU, Lin, LIN, Han, LEUNG, Angela K. Y., TOV, William
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
Subjects:
Facebook
social media
disclosure
self-representation
emotions
college students
emotional well-being
Personality and Social Contexts
Social Media
Social Psychology
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1172
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2428/viewcontent/Putting_their_Best_Foot_Forward_Emotional_Disclosure_on_Facebook_afv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary: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 to negative emotions and present better emotional well-being on Facebook than in real life. Our study is the first to demonstrate impression management on Facebook through emotional disclosure. We discuss important theoretical and practical implications of our study.

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