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Variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts

Scientific reports, 2024-03, Vol.14 (1), p.6571-6571 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts
  • Author: Vaid, Sumer S ; Kroencke, Lara ; Roshanaei, Mahnaz ; Talaifar, Sanaz ; Hancock, Jeffrey T ; Back, Mitja D ; Gosling, Samuel D ; Ram, Nilam ; Harari, Gabriella M
  • Subjects: Bayes Theorem ; Bayesian analysis ; Humans ; Loneliness ; Longitudinal Studies ; Mathematical models ; Personality ; Physical context ; Social context ; Social Environment ; Social interaction ; Social Media ; Social networks ; Wellbeing ; Young adults
  • Is Part Of: Scientific reports, 2024-03, Vol.14 (1), p.6571-6571
  • Description: Social media impacts people's wellbeing in different ways, but relatively little is known about why this is the case. Here we introduce the construct of "social media sensitivity" to understand how social media and wellbeing associations differ across people and the contexts in which these platforms are used. In a month-long large-scale intensive longitudinal study (total n = 1632; total number of observations = 120,599), we examined for whom and under which circumstances social media was associated with positive and negative changes in social and affective wellbeing. Applying a combination of frequentist and Bayesian multilevel models, we found a small negative average association between social media use AND subsequent wellbeing, but the associations were heterogenous across people. People with psychologically vulnerable dispositions (e.g., those who were depressed, lonely, not satisfied with life) tended to experience heightened negative social media sensitivity in comparison to people who were not psychologically vulnerable. People also experienced heightened negative social media sensitivity when in certain types of places (e.g., in social places, in nature) and while around certain types of people (e.g., around family members, close ties), as compared to using social media in other contexts. Our results suggest that an understanding of the effects of social media on wellbeing should account for the psychological dispositions of social media users, and the physical and social contexts surrounding their use. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of social media sensitivity for scholars, policymakers, and those in the technology industry.
  • Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2045-2322
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55064-y
    PMID: 38503817
  • Source: MEDLINE
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