TY  - GEN
A1  - Krause, Hannes-Vincent
A1  - Baum, Katharina
A1  - Baumann, Annika
A1  - Krasnova, Hanna
T1  - Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem
BT  - a systematic literature review
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Previous research offers equivocal results regarding the effect of
social networking site use on individuals’ self-esteem. We con-
duct a systematic literature review to examine the existing litera-
ture and develop a theoretical framework in order to classify the
results. The framework proposes that self-esteem is affected by
three distinct processes that incorporate self-evaluative informa-
tion: social comparison processes, social feedback processing,
and self-reflective processes. Due to particularities of the social
networking site environment, the accessibility and quality of self-
evaluative information is altered, which leads to online-specific
effects on users’ self-esteem. Results of the reviewed studies
suggest that when a social networking site is used to compare
oneself with others, it mostly results in decreases in users’ self-
esteem. On the other hand, receiving positive social feedback
from others or using these platforms to reflect on one’s own self is
mainly associated with benefits for users’ self-esteem.
Nevertheless, inter-individual differences and the specific activ-
ities performed by users on these platforms should be considered
when predicting individual effects.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 567 
KW  - facebook use
KW  - life satisfaction
KW  - college-students
KW  - body-image
KW  - time spent
KW  - media use
KW  - online
KW  - validation
KW  - friends
KW  - impact
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-435037
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 567
ER  -