Information overload and the intention to reduce SNS usage: the mediating roles of negative social comparison and fatigue

Niu, Gengfeng; Yao, Liangshuang; Tian, Yuan; Sun, Xin; Zhou, Zongkui

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01043-1

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“…There are contradictions and conflicts between diversified information ( 50 ), which may produce a stronger information load for individuals with high self-concept clarity. Research has found that information load is a key factor in promoting individuals to stop using social network sites ( 51 ). It may also help reduce the risk of mobile social media addiction among adolescents with high self-concept clarity.…”

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Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

Han

Liu

2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSocial media addiction has increasingly been a critical social problem. We explored the association between peer pressure on mobile phone use and adolescent mobile social media addiction and tested whether self-esteem and self-concept clarity could buffer the effect of peer pressure.Methods830 adolescents (Mage = 14.480, SDage = 1.789) participated in our anonymous cross-sectional questionnaire study.ResultsThe results showed that peer pressure significantly predicted adolescent mobile social media addiction. Self-esteem moderated the effect of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction in that peer pressure had a weaker effect for adolescents with higher self-esteem. Self-concept clarity moderated the effect of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction in that peer pressure had a weaker effect for adolescents with higher self-esteem. The two moderators also interact in that the moderation of self-esteem was stronger for adolescents with higher self-concept clarity and the moderation of self-concept clarity for adolescents with higher self-esteem.ConclusionThe results highlight the critical role of self-esteem and self-concept clarity in buffering the impact of peer pressure on mobile social media addiction. The findings promote a better understanding of how to buffer the undesirable effect of peer pressure and reduce the risk of mobile social media addiction among adolescents.

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Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

Han

Liu

2023

Front. Public Health

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“…At the same time, the number of information noise, irrelevant information, untruthful information, ambiguous information, and alternative options increases ( Eppler and Mengis, 2004 ; van Knippenberg et al, 2015 ; Zhang S. et al, 2016 ), which may negatively affect the mental or physical health of individuals ( Matthes et al, 2019 ). The information overload of social networking sites will further lead to the negative social comparison and social fatigue of users ( Lee et al, 2016 ; Fu et al, 2020 ; Niu et al, 2020 ). Information overload can also cause consumers to make worse decisions when they shop online ( Chen et al, 2009 ).…”

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Social Media and Attitude Change: Information Booming Promote or Resist Persuasion?

Wang

Dai

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Front. Psychol.

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Emerging social media platforms such as Twitter and its Chinese equivalent Weibo have become important in information-sharing and communication. They are also gradually becoming stronger in guiding public opinion. When compared with traditional media, these platforms have salient characteristics, such as highly efficient dissemination of information and interactive commentary, which can contribute to information overload. In earlier research, only the effect of social media on attitude change has been studied, but the specific mechanism of this effect in the context of information overload has not been found. To answer this question, we measured the attitude change of participants after they read Weibo posts about street vendors. A 2 (post-attitude: positive posts vs. negative posts) × 4 (reading time: 35 vs. 25 vs. 15 vs. 5 min) experiment was set up, and the Single Category Implicit Attitude Test was used to measure the implicit attitudes. The interaction effect revealed that in both positive and negative posts, less reading time (i.e., information overload) had a stronger influence. Users were more easily persuaded by posts under high overload. Furthermore, the changes in the attitudes of users were not simply stronger with more information. We found three stages, namely, obedience, resistance, and acceptance, with different mechanisms. Therefore, in the positive information overload condition, the attitudes of individuals eventually change in a positive way. In the negative information overload condition, individuals tend to be biased against the group being reported.

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“…For example, online communication causes individuals to face a state of information overload. Then, individuals could have negative social comparisons and negative emotions (e.g., stress, anxiety and perceived service satisfaction), which could reduce the individual’s recognition of online communication (Appel et al, 2016 ; Niu et al, 2018 , 2020 ).…”

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Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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In response to the wide-ranging concern of online academic futility, the current study aimed to explore the independent variables and mediating variable from a novel perspective of parents during COVID-19. Based on the social comparison theory and the control-value theory of achievement emotions, social comparison and tutoring anxiety were incorporated into an integrated model as predictors and mediator, respectively. A total of 300 parents completed an online survey. The results of the structural equation modeling indicated that upward social comparison and downward social comparison were both positively related to tutoring anxiety, which in turn positively predicted perceived online academic futility. Notably, tutoring anxiety played a significant mediating role in the association between different social comparison and perceived online academic futility. These results highlight the consistent predictive effect of upward social comparison and downward social comparison on perceived online academic futility, shedding light on the roles of tutoring anxiety in explaining the relationship from parental perspectives.

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Information overload and the intention to reduce SNS usage: the mediating roles of negative social comparison and fatigue

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

Peer pressure and adolescent mobile social media addiction: Moderation analysis of self-esteem and self-concept clarity

Social Media and Attitude Change: Information Booming Promote or Resist Persuasion?

Impact of social comparison on perceived online academic futility: A perspective from parents

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