It’s just a recipe?—Comparing expert and lay user understanding of algorithmic systems.

Over the last two decades, social media has become an integral facet of modern society. Image-based networking sites such as Instagram have increasingly popular among adolescents and young adults. However, to date, there is a preponderance conflicting research regarding impact use, particularly image-based platforms, on subsequent user outcomes. Utilizing snowball sample 359 college-aged individuals from throughout United States, present study sought analyze relationship between active use its association with self-esteem well-being through data obtained survey undergraduate college students. It was hypothesized that would be positively associated self-esteem. Not only this hypothesis supported, but our findings reveal intensity serves mediating variable in Specifically, respondents who identified more users used intensely, those intensely had higher Similarly, reported levels well-being. While correlations these variables may slight, we argue they pose implications how usage patterns These illustrate role outcomes variables, where coupled intense usage, ultimately corresponds positive effectsâ??specifically elevated