How we share our good news with people can have a significant effect on our
lives. Sharing good news on social media sites involves a process called capitalization.
Capitalization has been shown to increase well-being when others provide appropriate
responses in face-to-face interactions. To see if this effect on well-being extends to our
online presence, this study utilized the social media site Facebook to observe if
capitalization predicted well-being and relationship satisfaction. This study used data
collected from 137 participants recruited from an undergraduate participant pool and
from Amazon Mechanical Turk. Consistent with hypotheses, participants who reported
receiving active and constructive responses after sharing a positive event on Facebook
also reported greater personal well-being and relationship satisfaction. Although future
experimental research is needed to establish causality, the current results suggest that the ways in which friends respond to social media posts are associated with personal and
relationship well-being. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_33461 |
| Contributors | Hanrahan, Jeffrey (author), Maniaci, Michael (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 46 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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