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Facebook’s emotional consequences: Why Facebook causes a decrease in mood and why people still use it

Sagioglou, Christina, Greitemeyer, Tobias·2014·Computers in Human Behavior

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Authors: Sagioglou, C., & Greitemeyer, T.
Affiliations: Universität Innsbruck (AT)
Corresponding author: Sagioglou, Christina
ORCID: Sagioglou, Christina
Greitemeyer, Tobias
Venue: Computers in Human Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-06
Volume: 35
Pages: 359-363
ISSN: 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.003
OpenAlex: W2072037113
Cited by: 387
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 18
FWCI: 94.45
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Communication › Digital Media and Philosophy
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
Keywords: Facebook, social media use, mood, emotional impact, meaningfulness, social networking sites

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