Add to ORKGWe demonstrate that people neglect the probability of observing ostentatious information in online social networks, which reduces their satisfaction with life when they have many friends (high probability) but increases satisfaction with life when people have few friends (low probability). This occurs because knowledge of the relationship between number of friends and probability of observing ostentatious posts is not accessible at the time of judging satisfaction with life. We contribute to the social comparison literature by focusing on the representativeness of the information that engenders comparison
Newcomers to a social network show preferential attachment, a tendency to befriend those with many f...
A robust finding in social psychology is that people judge negative events as less likely to happen ...
Social desirability seems to enhance well-being measures because individuals tend to increase the de...
Contrary to prior research and convention we demonstrate that a large friend network on social netwo...
Most individuals in social networks experience a so-called Friendship Paradox: they are less popular...
Because of the rise of social networking sites (SNSs), social comparisons take place at an unprecede...
Most individuals in social networks experience a so-called Friendship Paradox: they are less popular...
Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information a...
In the pursuit of happiness, it has been conventionally accepted that more friends would bring us a ...
Social networks tend to disproportionally favor connections between individuals with either similar ...
Social comparison is the process through which people compare their opinions, abilities, behaviours ...
Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information a...
The social comparison theory explains some negative effect of social networking sites (SNSs) use. Th...
Although past research has shown that social comparisons made through social media contribute to neg...
Social networking sites, such as Facebook, offer adolescent users an ideal platform for negative co...
Newcomers to a social network show preferential attachment, a tendency to befriend those with many f...
A robust finding in social psychology is that people judge negative events as less likely to happen ...
Social desirability seems to enhance well-being measures because individuals tend to increase the de...
Contrary to prior research and convention we demonstrate that a large friend network on social netwo...
Most individuals in social networks experience a so-called Friendship Paradox: they are less popular...
Because of the rise of social networking sites (SNSs), social comparisons take place at an unprecede...
Most individuals in social networks experience a so-called Friendship Paradox: they are less popular...
Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information a...
In the pursuit of happiness, it has been conventionally accepted that more friends would bring us a ...
Social networks tend to disproportionally favor connections between individuals with either similar ...
Social comparison is the process through which people compare their opinions, abilities, behaviours ...
Online social networks, such as Facebook, disclose an unprecedented volume of personal information a...
The social comparison theory explains some negative effect of social networking sites (SNSs) use. Th...
Although past research has shown that social comparisons made through social media contribute to neg...
Social networking sites, such as Facebook, offer adolescent users an ideal platform for negative co...
Newcomers to a social network show preferential attachment, a tendency to befriend those with many f...
A robust finding in social psychology is that people judge negative events as less likely to happen ...
Social desirability seems to enhance well-being measures because individuals tend to increase the de...