Putting their Best Foot Forward: Emotional Disclosure on Facebook

• 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
• Institution: Singapore Management 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...