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This study uses an auto-ethnography and 10 in-depth interviews (five non-user of social media and five heavy users) to provide a detailed look into the various possible implication social media has on people lives. Through my experiences own experiences leaving and using social media (for one month each) I have found that social could benefit family and romantic relationships while also potentially inciting romantic jealousy. Social media could also negatively impact self-esteem as increased passive use could lead to social comparison. Uses and gratifications, the hyperpersonal model, self-discrepancy theory, and cultivation theory provided various explanations for the implications of false self-presentation strategies on social media, online social comparison, how satisfied both heavy users and non-users are with their usage, and the overall difference in attitudes and opinions that heavy and non-users have in regards to social media.
Advisor: | Degroot-Brown, Josie |
Commitee: | Alexander, Alicia, Wrobbel, Eric |
School: | Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville |
Department: | Speech Communications |
School Location: | United States -- Illinois |
Source: | MAI 56/05M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Communication |
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Publication Number: | 10274331 |
ISBN: | 978-0-355-05610-5 |