Cross-cultural narcissism on Facebook: Relationship between self-presentation, social interaction and the open and covert narcissism on a social networking site in Germany and Russia

Comparing Facebook Users and Facebook Non-Users: Relationship between Personality Traits and Mental Health Variables – An Exploratory Study

“…They described intensive Facebook users as self-centric, egoistic and self-confident. Simultaneously, these members are sociable and interesting partners for superficial interactions that frequently take place on Facebook [23]. In contrast to earlier results of studies conducted on Facebook [49], in the present study, Facebook users and Facebook non-users did not differ regarding the level of conscientiousness (contradicting Hypothesis 1c).…”

“…Considering the significant results of the present study focusing on Facebook use and earlier studies analyzing the association between activities on other SNSs and personality traits [23,94], the investigation of the relationship between behavior on social platforms and mental health seems to be a worthwhile topic of research. To increase the reliability of this investigation, a combination of subjective behavior reports of user habits and objective quantitative measures, e.g., number of online-friends and uploaded images, should be used to analyze online behavior.…”

“…One possible explanation is that Facebook users engage in a lot of social interactions [24]. “Likes” and positive comments by online-friends serve as positive feedback satisfying the users’ need for belonging and admiration [23,71]. The feeling of belonging increases their conviction of social support, reinforces their life satisfaction and makes them happier [44,78].…”

Reformation of public service to meet citizens’ needs as customers: Evaluating SMS as an alternative service delivery channel

“…Many cross-cultural researchers have asserted this view and argued that any attempt to generalize consumer behavior for a private or public service governed by a virtual medium will be jeopardized if cross-cultural differences are not considered to moderate this established theory. Some multicultural researchers (Balabanis et al, 2007;Brailovskaia and Bierhoff, 2016;Lillie, 2012;McDonald and Dahlberg, 2010;Muk, 2007;Tomaskova, 2010;Xu et al, 2009) have argued, based on empirical studies in countries with different cultural traits like the USA, UK, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, and some other European and Asian countries, that the effect of direct marketing through SMS is different for each country based on citizens attitudes toward mobile-commerce. Using these arguments, this study is designed to develop a framework for the effectiveness of the SMS-based service delivery system for public service comparing consumer behavior in three countries having distinct cultural traits: the USA, India, and Bangladesh.…”

An Exploratory Study Of Facebook Intensity And Its Links To Narcissism, Stress, And Self-esteem

“…Narcissism in social media has been associated with negative peer appraisals [28] and users who post narcissistic status updates are perceived as less likable and less worthy of friendship. Textual and visual personal information disclosure are more frequent with narcissistic Facebook users [29] and online activity has been found to be greater amongst non-narcissistic users [30], however, Davenport et al [31] contradict this, as they found there was no relationship between active Facebook usage and narcissism in a US college sample. This supports previous research [32] that found narcissists in the millennial generation (reaching young adulthood around the year 2000) did not use SNS any more than non-narcissists, but their motive for using it was different, such as having as many SNS friends as possible, believing their SNS friends were interested in what they were doing and having their profile project a positive image.…”