Inside out and outside in: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects self-disclosure on social media

Nabity-Grover, Teagen; Cheung, Christy M. K.; Thatcher, Jason Bennett

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102188

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“…After the COVID-19 outbreak, the use of SNS has experienced an explosive growth, and people are establishing contact and interaction with others by using a series of SNS software [7]. However, the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed people's preferences for self-presentation on SNS, making it more common to discuss a person's health and preventive behavior.…”

Section: Positive Self-presentation In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the COVID-19 pandemic may have changed people's preferences for self-presentation on SNS, making it more common to discuss a person's health and preventive behavior. As a result, sharing this kind of information is bene cial to the public interest and is a socially recognized behavior [7]. For example, athletes spread positive information through SNS, encourage residents to engage in appropriate physical activity at home, check in for daily home sports, and analyze sports information through SNS to enhance social connectedness, thereby establishing a positive image of athletes [7].…”

Section: Positive Self-presentation In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, sharing this kind of information is bene cial to the public interest and is a socially recognized behavior [7]. For example, athletes spread positive information through SNS, encourage residents to engage in appropriate physical activity at home, check in for daily home sports, and analyze sports information through SNS to enhance social connectedness, thereby establishing a positive image of athletes [7]. In other words, after the outbreak of COVID-19, people's positive self-presentation content on SNS has new preferences, and sharing physical activity experience on SNS has become more common.…”

Section: Positive Self-presentation In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Affected by the COVID-19 social distance restrictions in various countries, for some people, in order to avoid getting negative feedback on SNS, they choose more cautious online self-presentation. This also leads to positive self-presentation and more positive feedback [7].…”

Section: Positive Feedback In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity cannot continue to play a role in promoting interpersonal relationships and enhancing social connectedness. However, with the continuous extension of social evacuation and blockade orders, people's contact with the outside world has turned to Social Network Sites (SNS), thus communicating with others through online entertainment, leisure and sports activities [7]. According to statistics, during the COVID-19 outbreak, SNS usage increased by 61% [8].…”

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How the sharing physical activity experience on social network sites(SNS) improves residents’ social connectedness during isolation: the multiple mediating effects of positive self-presentation and positive feedback

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BackgroundIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, physical activity cannot continue to play a role in promoting interpersonal relationships and enhancing social connectedness，people’s contact with the outside world has turned to SNS. During isolation, Whether sharing physical activity experience on SNS can enhance individual social connectedness and its mechanism. The objective of the present study was to examine the associations between sharing physical activity experience on SNS, positive self-presentation, positive feedback ang social connectedness during isolation.MethodsBased on the physical activity experience sharing scale, social connectedness scale, positive self-presentation scale and online positive feedback scale, 460 valid questionnaires were collected online from 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China. A series of multiple linear regression models were established to study the relationship between variables, and the bootstrap confidence interval was selected to test the mediating effect.ResultsDuring isolation, sharing physical activity experience is positively associated with social connectedness (b =0.308, p < 0.001), it is also positively associated with positive self-presentation(b =0.956, p < 0.001)and positive feedback(b =0.421, p < 0.001). In addition, it is verified that positive self-presentation has a significant positive impact positive feedback (b = 0.563, p <0.001). positive self-presentation(b =0.331, P < 0.001) and positive feedback(b =0.311, P < 0.001) are positively associated with social connectedness. Finally, it was verified that sharing physical activity experience indirectly through positive self-presentation (b=0.316, 95% CI: [0.180, 0.463]) and positive feedback (b= 0.131, 95% CI: [0.063, 0.207]) also had a significant impact on social connectedness, respectively. and indirectly through the mediation chain of online positive self-presentation and positive feedback (b=0.167, 95% CI: [0.088, 0.251]) also has a significant impact on social connectedness.ConclusionsDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing physical activity experience on SNS can create a positive, healthy and energetic personal image, gain recognition from others, and establish new interpersonal relationships. At the same time, in addition to advocating home-based exercises, governments should encourage residents to share content of home-based exercise or virtual sports on SNS.

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Section: Positive Self-presentation In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Positive Self-presentation In Snsmentioning

confidence: 99%