The internet and social life.

By John A. Bargh, Katelyn Y. A. McKenna. Annual Review of Psychology, 2004

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use (2009, methodology): “The modern Internet has been presented as a combination of all previous communication technologies (Bargh & McKenna, 2004).”
Interactive Digital Advertising vs. Virtual Brand Community (2011, background): “Studies of the Internet also indicate that its use enhances online social interactions, helps create and maintain social connections, and improves user psychological well-being (e.g., Bargh and McKenna 2004; Bargh, McKenna, and Fitzsimons 2002; Hampton and Wellman 2003).”
Using Mechanical Turk to Study Clinical Populations (2013, neutral): “Though surprising, this finding mirrors other research on Internet usage patterns suggesting that people with social anxiety disorder have a greater online presence than people without social anxiety (Bargh & McKenna, 2004; Shepherd & Edelmann, 2005; Stevens & Morris, 2007; Weidman et al., 2012).”
Self-presentation and belonging on Facebook: How personality influences social media use and motivations (2013, background): “Introduction cial disconnection (Sheldon, Abad, & Hirsch, 2011), as it enables The Internet has had a major impact on social life (see Bargh & McKenna, 2004 for review).”
`IM me': Instant messaging as relational maintenance and everyday communication (2009, background): “Moreover, the fact that participants substituted (or even supplemented) telephone calls with e-mail as means of sustaining their relationships was largely ignored in the analyses (see also Bargh & McKenna, 2004 for a discussion).”
Emotional Expression Online (2007, neutral): “The present component of this research program about the effect of medium on affective communication examines emotional expression in typed, text messages posted on English-language websites (Bargh & McKenna, 2004).”
Degree and Reciprocity of Self-Disclosure in Online Forums (2007, neutral): “33,34 The aim of this study was to examine processes related to self-disclosure in a virtual environment based on computer-mediated, textual communication.”
Social Connectivity in America: Changes in Adult Friendship Network Size From 2002 to 2007 (2010, background): “Hua Wang is currently a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California and will join the faculty of the Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York starting in August 2010.”
Character strengths in fifty-four nations and the fifty US states (2006, background): “We also looked at the longitude–latitude interaction as a predictor of each character strength.”
The Mediating Path to a Stronger Citizenship: Online and Offline Networks, Weak Ties, and Civic Engagement (2011, background): “Researchers have found that some individuals rely on online networks to overcome barriers to the formation of interpersonal networks (Bargh & McKenna, 2004).”
The role of security, privacy, usability and reputation in the development of online banking (2007, background): “Indeed, Bargh and McKenna (2004) state that purchasing through the internet requires consumer trust, since consumers have to provide their credit card numbers and other personal information.”
Who blogs? Personality predictors of blogging (2008, background): “No other communications technology has facilitated such widespread social interaction with such relative anonymity ( Bargh & McKenna, 2004; McKenna & Bargh, 2000).”
The future of mental health care: peer-to-peer support and social media (2016, neutral): “This is also important because self-expression may help protect against harmful effects of stigma (Bargh & McKenna, 2004; Whitley & Campbell, 2014).”