Passive Facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Passive Facebook Usage Undermines Affective Well-Being: Experimental and Longitudinal Evidence

The Facebook Experiment: Quitting Facebook Leads to Higher Levels of Well-Being

Most people use Facebook on a daily basis; few are aware of the consequences. Based on a 1-week experiment with 1,095 participants in late 2015 in Denmark, this study provides causal evidence that Facebook use affects our well-being negatively. By comparing the treatment group (participants who took a break from Facebook) with the control group (participants who kept using Facebook), it was dem...

Facebook advertising's influence on intention-to-purchase and purchase amongst Millennials

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of behavioural attitudes towards the most popular social medium in the world, Facebook, amongst Millennials in South Africa (SA), and to determine whether various usage and demographic variables have an impact on intentionto-purchase and purchase perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative research was conducted by ...

Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Current Research and Future Directions

This paper provides an overview of research on social media and body image. Correlational studies consistently show that social media usage (particularly Facebook) is associated with body image concerns among young women and men, and longitudinal studies suggest that this association may strengthen over time. Furthermore, appearance comparisons play a role in the relationship between social med...

A Sociological Study on the Effect of the Facebook for Bounding Social Capital among the Youth

Face book is virtual and cybernetic network which causes an effective force and among the youth. It shows that if the usage of the face book network increases at home the rate of the interaction and the bounding social capital decreases as well. It also indicates that the effect of face book usage among the young people has increased already. Through a questionnaire by a survey method, more tha...