Book chapter
Facebook as a Tool for Enhancing Communication and Self-Expression
Emotions, Technology, and Social Media, pp.117-138
Academic Press
2016
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801857-6.00007-5
Abstract
Individual differences in how adolescents integrate Facebook into their lives were identified to determine if they used social media as a tool for self-expression or for participating in social discourse. Attachment theory posits that individuals coordinate their sense of self-worth and beliefs about others in stable ways. A more dynamic intentional theory posits that beliefs about the self and others remain independent of one another. Findings obtained using a battery of surveys offered no support for the strong hypothesis that adolescents’ attachment styles explained individual differences in their Facebook behavior. Adolescents’ beliefs, desires, and reported actions coalesced around two strong, independent intentional models. Self- and other-focused models each explained a fairly large percentage of variance in the intensity with which adolescents used Facebook. Adolescents can easily use of social media to broaden their participation in society.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Facebook as a Tool for Enhancing Communication and Self-Expression
- Creators
- Kuan XingTheresa Thorkildsen
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Emotions, Technology, and Social Media, pp.117-138
- Publisher
- Academic Press; London
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-801857-6.00007-5
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2016
- Academic Unit
- Family Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984658251202771
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