Refine
Has Fulltext
- yes (1)
Year of publication
- 2019 (1)
Document Type
- Postprint (1) (remove)
Language
- English (1)
Is part of the Bibliography
- yes (1) (remove)
Keywords
- body-image (1)
- college-students (1)
- facebook use (1)
- friends (1)
- impact (1)
- life satisfaction (1)
- media use (1)
- online (1)
- time spent (1)
- validation (1)
Institute
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.