Do Facebook status updates reflect subjective well-being?

• Main Authors: LIU, Pan, TOV, William, KOSINSKI, Michal, STILLWELL, David J., QIU, Lin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Psychology; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2006; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3263/viewcontent/Facebook_SWB_2015_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Nowadays, millions of people around the world use social networking sites to express everyday thoughts and feelings. Many researchers have tried to make use of social media to study users' online behaviors and psychological states. However, previous studies show mixed results about whether self...