Make new friends or keep the old: Gender and personality differences in social networking use
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Women tend to engage in more emotionally driven social media behaviors.
“Women also tend to engage in more emotionally driven social media behaviors (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012; Tifferet, 2020), which may increase cognitive load and attentional vulnerability.”
From Problematic social media use and cognitive performance in young adults: Associations with selective attention and inhibitory control (2026) · cites this paper as Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012
Males are more likely to engage in playing games on SNS more often than females.
“On the other hand, males are more likely to engage in playing games on SNS more often than females (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012).”
From Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016) · cites this paper as Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012
Females are more likely to use Facebook for sharing content, viewing photos and videos, sending friend requests, and posting public messages.
“Likewise, females are more likely to use Facebook for sharing content, viewing photos and videos, sending friend requests, and posting public messages (Hargittai, 2007;Madden et al., 2013;Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012).”
From Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016) · cites this paper as Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012
Compared to older users, younger users spend more time on Facebook, have more friends, and generally engage more through different Facebook activities.
“The literature suggests that, compared to older users, their younger counterparts spend more time on Facebook, have more friends, and generally engage more through different Facebook activities (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012).”
From Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016) · cites this paper as Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012
Older people engage mostly in online family activity.
“Older people engage mostly in online family activity (Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012), while the younger ones engage with Facebook to pass the time (Hollenbaugh & Ferris, 2014).”
From Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016) · cites this paper as Muscanell & Guadagno, 2012
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- Authors
- Muscanell, N. L., & Guadagno, R. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Alabama (US)
- Corresponding author
- Muscanell, Nicole L.
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 107-112
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2015801922
- Cited by
- 649
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 27 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 63 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 61 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 97.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- social networking sites, gender differences, personality, Big Five personality traits, Facebook, MySpace, relationship formation, relationship maintenance, agreeableness, openness to experience, instant messaging, online games, undergraduate students
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