Social comparison on Facebook: Motivation, affective consequences, self-esteem, and Facebook fatigue
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Almost 70% of American college students engage in social comparison on Facebook.
“Cramer et al. (2016) confirms this suggestion by showing that almost 70% of American college students engage in social comparison on Facebook.”
From The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction (2017) · cites this paper as Cramer et al., 2016
Visual content, such as profile pictures, can be easily edited and selectively presented to feature the self in the most favorable manner.
“Scholars argue that visual content, such as profile pictures, can be easily edited and 'selectively presented to feature the self in the most favorable manner' (e.g., untagging oneself in unflattering photos) (Cramer et al., 2016, p. 740).”
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Motives of self-improvement (linked to upward comparison) diminish college students' intentions to use Facebook.
“In line with this expectation, Cramer et al. (2016) showed that motives of self-improvement (which are linked to upward comparison) diminish college students' intentions to use Facebook.”
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- Authors
- Cramer, E. M., Song, H., & Drent, A. M.
- Affiliations
- North Central College (US)
- Gachon University (KR)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Cramer, Emily M.
- Song, Hayeon
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-11
- Volume
- 64
- Pages
- 739-746
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2494590907
- Cited by
- 240
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 30 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 34.31
- 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 › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- social comparison, Facebook, self-esteem, self-enhancement, human development, self-assessment, self-destruction, positive affect, university students, self-presentation
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