Authenticity and well-being on social network sites: A two-wave longitudinal study on the effects of online authenticity and the positivity bias in SNS communication

By Leonard Reinecke, Sabine Trepte. Computers in Human Behavior, 2014

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Subfields: Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science

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Beyond Screen Time: Identity Development in the Digital Age (2020, background): “For example, young people who express themselves authentically to their peers, meeting their communion needs through honest communication on social media, show higher levels of psychological wellbeing over longitudinal time (Reinecke & Trepte, 2014).”
Social Comparison as the Thief of Joy: Emotional Consequences of Viewing Strangers’ Instagram Posts (2018, background): “…2016; Chou & Edge, 2012; Feinstein et al., 2013) have been attributed to the positivity bias on social media, that is, people ’ s ability and tendency to present the most positive sides of themselves and their lives on these platforms (Lin & Utz, 2015; Qiu et al., 2012; Reinecke & Trepte, 2014).”
Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp (2017, neutral): “Email: S.F.Waterloo@uva.nl toward an online “positivity bias,” referring to the majority of posted content being positively rather than negatively valenced (Reinecke and Trepte, 2014).”
Feeling Authentic on Social Media: Subjective Authenticity Across Instagram Stories and Posts (2021, background): “While this question has received considerable attention regarding users’ profiles (e.g., Back et al., 2010) or their SNS use overall (e.g., Reinecke & Trepte, 2014), it has rarely been investigated by comparing across key social media features and their affordances.”
Influence of Social Support Received in Online and Offline Contexts on Satisfaction With Social Support and Satisfaction With Life: A Longitudinal Study (2015, background): “Recent research further demonstrates that the communicative norms of the SNS environment are characterized by a ‘‘positivity bias’’ (Reinecke & Trepte, 2014, p. 95) that favors positive over negative forms of self-disclosure, making authentic requests for emotional support more difficult for SNS…”
Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness (2016, background): “In addition to relatively more frequent negative posts, people who lack individual social capital may be unable to express their true self online (Reinecke and Trepte 2014) because of the social norms on SNSs that encourage the posting of predominantly positive status updates and messages.”
Understanding the Relationship Between Perceived Authenticity and Well-Being (2019, positive): “…that these types of subjective reports of authenticity consistently predict a variety of well-being indicators (e.g., Goldman & Kernis, 2002; Reinecke & Trepte, 2014; Ryan, LaGuardia, & Rawsthorne, 2005; Sariçam, 2015; Sheldon, Ryan, Rawsthorne, & Ilardi, 1997; Smallenbroek, Zelenski, &…”
Facebook Addiction and Subjective Well-Being: a Study of the Mediating Role of Shyness and Loneliness (2019, background): “Furthermore, in their longitudinal study Reinecke and Trepte (2014) investigated the mutual interaction of authenticity and psychological well-being in the SNS context and found that authenticity on SNSs significantly contributes to subjective well-being.”
Introducing the Social Media Literacy (SMILE) model with the case of the positivity bias on social media (2020, background): “As a result, they feel even more positive about themselves over time (see the research of Reinecke and Trepte (2014) for initial support on this reasoning).”