Yang and colleagues (2018) found that social media comparison was related to identity distress. The purpose of the current study was to expand on their design, by examining multiple comparison factors (i.e., Ability, Opinion, Popularity, Likeness, Physical Appearance, Academic Status/Achievements, Work Status/Achievements, Relationship Status, Family Status, and Socioeconomic Status) and multiple identity development factors (i.e., Ruminative Exploration, Exploration in Breadth, Exploration in Depth, Commitment Making, and Identification with Commitment) on their ability to predict Identity Distress. College students (N= 407) in psychology courses participated in an anonymous online survey for course credit. The results were consistent with the findings of Yang and colleagues (2018) but expands upon their model and thereby adds to the literature on the effects of social media on identity, which raises some important concerns regarding identity development among today’s youth.

Social media has found its way into almost everyone’s cellphone. Being a primary source for news, connection, and inspiration, it only continues to gain popularity. Social media, however, is not good 100% of the time. The dominant explanation for the effect of social media on wellbeing varies from digital stress, compromised sleep, and body image disturbances. This paper explores the correlation between daily time spent on social media, number of platforms used, and overall sense of wellbeing. Sleepiness is also assessed, and a correlation is explored using the previous variables. Previous research primarily focuses on the amount of time spent on social media as a whole but fails to explore the use of multiple platforms regularly. This is important in terms of digital stress and communication overload which can come from notifications from several platforms. This paper, however, focuses solely on social media in terms of daily time spent and the number of platforms utilized. Participants completed a self—paced online survey at the University of Central Florida.

Trends in self-presentation in social media (i.e., Twitter and Instagram) constantly fluctuate as fads come and go, especially when one’s image is being commodified. Specifically, numerous instances of celebrities and social media influencers altering their images to fit popular online trends and “aesthetics” contribute to increased blackfishing, Asianfishing, and Hispanicfishing. Some celebrities and influencers accused of “-fishing” in the presentation of ethnicity include the Kardashians, Ariana Grande, Addison Rae, Iggy Azalea, Selena Gomez, and Gigi Hadid. The present study (N = 685) investigated gender, personality, fame appeal, self-esteem, and need to belong in relation to attitudes towards the “-fishing” culture. Gender was a significant predictor of acceptance of this phenomenon and participation in it, with males less accepting compared to females. Higher scores in any of the Dark Triad personality types, including Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy, were significant predictors in participation in “-fishing,” but not in attitudes toward it. Fame appeal, self-esteem, and the need to belong were not predictors of either attitude toward or participation in “-fishing.”

Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Social media are technological media (websites) that create a digital environment for networking between network users who interface and share information with each other. Social media network users use these media on different platforms, such as social networking sites – to share information and network with offline and online friends; wikis – to share, modify, create and disseminate information; and blogs – to create content and interface with network followers. These three platforms of social media disseminate information that influences the self-identity formation of young people. The self-identity formation of young people is both discovered and developed. The discovery of self-identity entails an understanding of humanity as God’s created being – created for His purpose and mission. The developed identity entails that young people go through different phases of life that shape their self-identity formation. These different phases are influenced by different social institutions such as social media. Social media as a source of information dissemination influence young people’s self-identity by creating a digital continent where all sorts of uncensored information is disseminated. This digital continent is used for whatsoever purpose. This fact – that social media create a complex digital continent that influences self-identity formation – is what led to this research study to investigate how do social media influence the self-identity formation of young people? To investigate this research question, this research employed conceptual analysis to give conceptual clarity of words and concept. In situating this research study within the field of practical theology, Osmer’s theological framework was adopted to understudy the research title, social media as a source of self-identity formation: Challenges and opportunities for youth ministry. Youth ministry guides young people to discover their self-identity in God and equips them to influence their friends (offline and online friends) and fellow network users. Social media as a digital continent also creates platforms for youth ministry to incarnate and influence young people’s self-identity by disseminating biblical and theological information that has the potential to help young people create a healthy self-identity formation. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sosiale media is tegnologiese media (webblaaie) wat ’n digitale omgewing skep vir netwerking tussen netwerkgebruikers wat ’n koppelvlak skep vir hulle om met mekaar inligting te deel. Sosiale netwerkgebruikers gebruik hierdie media op verskillende platforms, soos sosiale netwerkingsruimtes – om met aflyn- en aanlynvriende inligting te deel en met hulle te netwerk; wiki’s – om inligting te deel, te modifiseer, te skep en te versprei; en webjoernale (blogs) – om inhoud te skep en netwerkvolgers van ’n koppelvlak te voorsien. Hierdie drie sosiale media platforms versprei inligting wat die selfidentiteitsvorming van jong mense beïnvloed. Die selfidentiteit van jong mense word beide ontdek en ontwikkel. Die ontdekking van selfidentiteit behels ’n begrip van mensheid as God se geskape wese – geskep vir Sy doel en missie. Die ontwikkelde identiteit behels dat jong mense deur verskillende lewensfases gaan wat hulle selfidentiteitsvorming vorm. Hierdie verskillende fases word deur verskillende maatskaplike instellings, soos sosiale media, beïnvloed. Die sosiale media as ’n bron van inligtingsverspreiding beïnvloed jong mense se selfidentiteit deur ’n digitale vasteland te skep waar ’n groot verskeidenheid van ongesensureerde inligting versprei word. Hierdie digitale vasteland word vir wat ook al doel gebruik. Hierdie feit – dat sosiale media ’n digitale vasteland vir invloed skep – is wat tot hierdie navorsing gelei het, naamlik om ondersoek in te stel na hoe jeugbediening jong mense se selfidentiteitsvorming op sosiale media as ’n bron van selfidentiteitsvorming: Uitdagings en geleenthede vir die jeugbediening. Die jeugbediening lei jong mense in die ontdekking van hulle selfidentiteit in God en rus hulle toe om hulle vriende (aflyn- en aanlynvriende) en medenetwerkgebruikers te beïnvloed. Die sosiale media as ’n digitale vasteland skep ook ’n platform vir die jeugbediening om jong mense se selfidentiteit te inkarneer en te beïnvloed deur Bybelse en teologiese inligting te versprei wat die potensiaal het om jong mense by te staan om ’n gesonde selfidentiteit te skep.

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Facebook is the biggest social network and therefore it is of interest to view how people get immersed into the user experience of it. Not much has been done about immersion into Facebook and how it entraps the user in a never-ending flow of impressions. Using a combination of qualitative interview studies and think-aloud walkthroughs we set out to study this phenomena. We found a varying mix of immersion, from those who couldn’t stop looking through their feeds to those who just used Facebook as a phonebook. We also found that while many wanted to reduce their usage of Facebook, none seemed able to make that plunge. From this we find design implications for both designing for immersion and avoiding entrapment. One key to the former is to have an error free environment, while the latter would be to make sure that all information is searchable.

Purpose/method: The purpose of this research is to investigate how and if football supporters’ and non-supporters’ attitude towards football clubs is affected when they read about football related events on social media. To research this phenomenon a quantitative method constituting a survey was used to find parallels and to find patterns of the impact on different persons and what situations have the greatest impact on people. Conclusion: To conclude, this research shows that posts about football related events have a strong impact on the most hardcore supporters but also on people who are not interested in football at all. Furthermore, negative events such as hooliganism during football matches are one of few incidents which have the greatest impact on people. However, there are incidents that have positive effects on people when they spread on social media as well, for example sport success. The credibility of social media was relative high which in turn leads to more people being affected of what they read since they believe that what they read is also true. Contribution: The practical contribution of this essay is to help Swedish football clubs in their work with social media and to understand the impact of social media on their club. In addition the research will guide clubs on which details are most important to work with to build a good relationship with supporters and possible supporters on social media. The theoretical contribution is to get a deeper understanding of how the attitude of supporters and non-supporters can be affected when they read different news on social media.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka om användning av sociala medier är kopplad till stress. 100 personer i åldrarna 18 till 46 år besvarade två mätinstrument angående stress och sina vanor vad gäller sociala medier. Statistiska analyser visade att ju mer användning av sociala medier och Facebook desto högre stress. Resultaten visade även en signifikant effekt av kön, där kvinnorna upplevde mer stress än männen. En sammanfattande tolkning av resultaten visade att ju mer man använder sociala medier desto mer stress man har och att kvinnor är mer stressade än män.

Richard Rodriguez's works create troubling situations for many scholars. Though numerous critics see him as the penultimate Chicano writer, many others see his writing as only pandering to the elite. However, all politics and controversies aside, he is a writer whose ideas upon language and public confession have been revolutionary. Throughout the thesis, I argue that Rodriguez's ideas upon language and identity are applicable to the social media landscape that we reside in currently, especially the public confession. Also, I use deconstructionism, along with postmodern criticism, to illustrate the changing arc of Rodriguez's confession from his first autobiography to his final one. In his first memoir, Rodriguez remains in the closet upon his sexuality, and the reader only catches glimpses of the 'real' character inside his work. In the second memoir, the reader sees a better glimpse because of his coming out; yet, even in this regard, he does not do so wholly and still leaves his confession unfinished. By the third, he applies themes and problems seen in his first and second works to discuss our browning nature, and how we are all sinners and that we desire to confess our sins. In my assessment of Rodriguez, I argue throughout all my chapters upon a measure of irreconcilability between the private world of the Hispanic immigrant family and the public sphere that they are forced to inhabit because of his citizenship and education. This irreconcilability creates a drastic limiting of identity for the author that Rodriguez is forced to navigate which creates his desire for confession.

Le budget dédié au marketing sur les réseaux sociaux est en forte croissance depuis quelques années, soulignant l‘importance du Social Media Management dans la stratégie des entreprises. Dès lors, la mise en œuvre à grande échelle de cette pratique a nécessairement des effets sur les marchés, intentionnels ou non. Par quel mécanisme la pratique routinière du Social Media Management façonne-t-elle les marchés sur lesquels elle intervient ? Nous répondons à cette problématique à l‘aide de trois approches qualitatives : une étude ethnographique et documentaire de quatre ans est complétée par une étude historique et trois séries d‘entretiens semi-directifs avec des Social Media Managers. Trois chapitres empiriques mettent successivement en évidence la constitution historique des structures de représentations mobilisées par le marketing digital ; le mécanisme par lequel les Social Media Managers enchevêtrent quotidiennement plusieurs de ces structures au sein de leur routine ; le mécanisme par lequel la pratique routinière fait évoluer ces structures. Cette recherche contribue à la littérature sur les marchés en montrant comment des marketers façonnent ces derniers à travers leurs actions routinières. Ce travail donne aux managers des outils permettant d‘étudier et de mobiliser différentes structures culturelles dans leur stratégie digitale, notamment sur les médias sociaux. / Investments dedicated to Social Media Marketing have been growing for a few years, outlining the importance of Social Media in the marketing strategy. These massive investments must cause changes on markets, either intentional or not. How are markets made up by routine marketing practices such as Social Media Management? We study the impact of routine marketing practices on markets through an application to Social Media Management. We use three qualitative methods: a four years netnographical and documentary analysis, a historical study and three sessions of interviews with Social Media Managers. Three empirical chapters outline the historical constitution of representation structures involved in digital marketing practices; the mechanism through which Social Media Manager intertwine different of these structures into their routines; the mechanism through which routines make these structures evolve. We contribute to the literature on market by showing how marketing managers enact routines that make up markets. We give managers tools to study and use different cultural structures in their digital strategy, especially on Social Media.