Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use

Muscanell, Nicole L.; Guadagno, Rosanna E.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.08.016

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“…Compared to males, females also spend more time on browsing through others' photos and using profile photos as an impression management tool (McAndrew & Jeong, 2012). On the other hand, males are more likely to engage in playing games on SNS more often than females (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012). Due to these differences, it is also plausible to assume that gender differences might also exist in the different gratifications of Facebook-based photo sharing activity.…”

Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…The literature suggests that, compared to older users, their younger counterparts spend more time on Facebook, have more friends, and generally engage more through different Facebook activities (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012). Older people engage mostly in online family activity (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012), while the younger ones engage with Facebook to pass the time (Hollenbaugh & Ferris, 2014).…”

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“…Likewise, females are more likely to use Facebook for sharing content, viewing photos and videos, sending friend requests, and posting public messages (Hargittai, 2007;Madden et al, 2013;Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012). Compared to males, females also spend more time on browsing through others' photos and using profile photos as an impression management tool (McAndrew & Jeong, 2012).…”

Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Investigating gender differences with regard to SNS has also been actively researched (Barker, 2009;Hargittai, 2007;Kimbrough, Guadagno, Muscanell, & Dill, 2013;McAndrew & Jeong, 2012;Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012;Raacke & Bonds-Raacke, 2008).…”

Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

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Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

Malik

Dhir

Nieminen

2016

Telematics and Informatics

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Despite the rapid adoption of Facebook as a means of photo sharing, minimal research has been conducted to understand user gratification behind this activity. In order to address this gap, the current study examines users' gratifications in sharing photos on Facebook by applying Uses and Gratification (U&G) theory. An online survey completed by 368 respondents identified six different gratifications, namely, affection, attention seeking, disclosure, habit, information sharing, and social influence, behind sharing digital photos on Facebook. Some of the study's prominent findings were: age was in positive correlation with disclosure and social influence gratifications; gender differences were identified among habit and disclosure gratifications; number of photos shared was negatively correlated with habit and information sharing gratifications. The study's implications can be utilized to refine existing and develop new features and services bridging digital photos and social networking services.

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Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

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Section: Rq2 To What Extent Are Facebook Users' Gratifications For Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rq1 What Are the Gratifications Sought By Facebook Users Frmentioning

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Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

Malik

Dhir

Nieminen

2016

Telematics and Informatics

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“…Social media use is particularly popular among young women (Kimbrough, Guadagno, Muscanell, & Dill, 2013;Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012), a demographic for which body dissatisfaction (i.e., dissatisfaction with one's current physical self) is also particularly problematic (Bearman, Martinez, Stice, & Presnell, 2006;Ricciardelli & McCabe, 2001). Existing research has demonstrated a positive correlation between Facebook usage and body dissatisfaction (Fardouly & Vartanian, 2015;Tiggemann & Miller, 2010;Tiggemann & Slater, 2013, 2014, but there is currently no theoretically-driven experimental research examining Facebook's impact on young women's body image concerns.…”

Section: The Effect Of Facebook On Body Image and Mood 3 Social Compamentioning

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Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

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Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer‐Mediated Communication

Herring¹,

Stoerger²

2014

The Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality

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Computer-mediated communication (CMC) on the Internet has been claimed to possess a degree of anonymity that makes the gender of online communicators irrelevant or invisible; this purportedly allows women and men to participate and be recognized for their contributions equally, in contrast with patterns of male dominance traditionally observed in face-to-face communication. This chapter surveys research on gender and CMC, including textual, multimodal, and mobile communications, published between 1989 and 2013. The body of evidence taken as a whole runs counter to the claim that gender is invisible or irrelevant in CMC, or that CMC equalizes gender-based power and status differentials. In concluding, the notion of anonymity is critiqued, and the question of difference vs. disparity is addressed.

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Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use

Cited by 493 publications

References 38 publications

Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook

Social comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young women's body image concerns and mood

Gender and (A)nonymity in Computer‐Mediated Communication

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