Threats to belonging on Facebook: Lurking and ostracism
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We examined two threats to belonging and related needs on Facebook: lurking (Study 1) and ostracism (Study 2). In Study 1, participants were either allowed or not allowed to share information on Facebook for 48 hours. Those who were not allowed to share information had lower levels of belonging and meaningful existence. In Study 2, participants engaged in a laboratory-based Facebook activity. Half of the profiles were set up so that participants would not receive any feedback on their status updates. Participants who did not receive feedback on their updates had lower levels of belonging, self-esteem, control, and meaningful existence. Together, these findings indicate that a lack of information sharing and feedback can threaten belonging needs.
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Individuals engage more in passive Facebook use than in active Facebook use.
“Studies have shown that individuals engage more in such passive Facebook use or 'the monitoring of other people's lives by viewing the content of others' profiles without direct exchanges between the users' (Frison & Eggermont, 2015, p. 4), than in active Facebook use (Pempek, Yermolayeva, & Calvert, 2009; Tobin, Vanman, Verreynne, & Saeri, 2014; Verduyn et al., 2015).”
From The reciprocal and indirect relationships between passive Facebook use, comparison on Facebook, and adolescents' body dissatisfaction (2017) · cites this paper as Tobin et al., 2014
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- Burke, M. (2011). Reading, writing, relationships: The impact of social network sites on relationships and well-being (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA .
- Authors
- Tobin, S. J., Vanman, E. J., Verreynne, M., & Saeri, A. K.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Tobin, Stephanie J.
- Venue
- Social Influence
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-03-07
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 31-42
- ISSN
- 1553-4510 (ISSN-L)
- 1553-4529
- OpenAlex
- W2051637474
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 21.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Social Influence (publishedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- Facebook, sense of belonging, lurking, ostracism, information sharing, social feedback, meaningful life, self-esteem, social control, social media
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