Social media, texting, and personality: A test of the shallowing hypothesis

Annisette, Logan E.; Lafreniere, Kathryn D.

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Social media, texting, and personality: A test of the shallowing hypothesis

Annisette, Logan E., Lafreniere, Kathryn D.·2017·Personality and Individual Differences

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The empirical findings support Annisette and Lafreniere's (2017) Shallowing Hypothesis.
“These empirical findings support Annisette and Lafreniere's (2017) Shallowing Hypothesis, which had previously been based on self-reports.”
From Don't throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension (2018) · cites this paper as Annisette & Lafreniere, 2017
According to the shallow hypothesis, frequent use of ultra-brief social media promotes rapid and relatively shallow thought, associated with cognitive and moral shallowness.
“According to the shallow hypothesis (Annisette & Lafreniere, 2017; Carr, 2010) the frequent use of ultra-brief social media promotes rapid and relatively shallow thought, associated with cognitive and moral shallowness.”
From Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension (2025) · cites this paper as Annisette & Lafreniere, 2017
The shallowing hypothesis emphasizes that the superficial way in which people tend to interact with new forms of digital reading may not support readers' engagement or further development of higher-order cognitive skills.
“An alternative explanation could rely on the shallowing hypothesis (Annisette & Lafreniere, 2017; Carr, 2010), which emphasizes that the superficial way in which people tend to interact with new forms of digital reading may not support readers' engagement or further development of higher-order cognitive skills.”
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Authors: Annisette, L. E., & Lafreniere, K. D.
Affiliations: University of Windsor (CA)
Corresponding author: Annisette, Logan E.
ORCID: Lafreniere, Kathryn D.
Venue: Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-09
Volume: 115
Pages: 154-158
ISSN: 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.043
OpenAlex: W2288901345
Cited by: 167
References: 15
Citations by year: 2026: 15 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 7 · 2016: 2
FWCI: 17.15
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords: social media use, reflective thinking, Big Five personality traits, life goals

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