Facebook as a toolkit: A uses and gratification approach to unbundling feature use

By Andrew D. Smock, Nicole B. Ellison, Cliff Lampe, Donghee Yvette Wohn. Computers in Human Behavior, 2011

977 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/0c3b91750f88064fb7aa66d5d5bf8474abcc14b6

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Communication

In Sociology and Political Science

Citations in the corpus

The function of self-disclosure on social network sites: Not only intimate, but also positive and entertaining self-disclosures increase the feeling of connection (2015, background): “E-mail address: s.utz@iwm-kmrc.de Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Computers in Human Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate /comphumbeh proposed mechanisms and the latter two have not received attention by social media researchers yet; a major contribution of this paper is…”
Watch, Share or Create: The Influence of Personality Traits and User Motivation on TikTok Mobile Video Usage (2020, background): “These studies generally identified and profiled audience motivations for the use of the medium in question such as social networking sites [43], social media [44], Youtube [45] and Instagram [28].”
The relationships among the Big Five Personality factors, self-esteem, narcissism, and sensation-seeking to Chinese University students' uses of social networking sites (SNSs) (2012, methodology): “The number of friends was measured by the item stating ‘‘How many friends are there on your list?’’ This single item measure of SNS use has been validated in previous research (Ross et al., 2009; Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Smock et al., 2011).”
Facebook Photo Activity Associated with Body Image Disturbance in Adolescent Girls (2014, neutral): “29 Measuring FB use by total exposure time is uninformative, as user activity may vary widely in time spent posting photos, videos, status updates, chatting, private messaging, or using any of more than 10 million FB apps.”
Social media adoption: The role of media needs and innovation characteristics (2015, background): “…that social media adoption is highly related to innovation uniqueness (Chung & Austria, 2010; Drury, 2008; Park, Kee, & Valenzuela, 2009; Parra-López et al., 2011; Raacke & BondsRaacke, 2008; Smock et al., 2011; Valenzuela, Park, & Kee, 2009), which increases the speed of technology adoption.”
Facebook self-disclosure: Examining the role of traits, social cohesion, and motives (2014, background): “Additionally, research conducted by Smock et al. (2011) showed that people who use Facebook for expressive information sharing motivations were more likely to post status updates.”
Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016, positive): “, 2011), understanding the gratifications individuals seek and gain from specific activities provides a richer picture of their level of participation (Smock et al., 2011).”
How Readability Shapes Social Media Engagement (2018, background): ““ Commenting, ” where users share their thoughts on a post, has been shown to be primarily motivated by social interaction needs (Smock, Ellison, Lampe, & Wohn, 2011; Wilson, Gosling, & Graham, 2012).”