How do people compare themselves with others on social network sites?: The case of Facebook

By Sang Yup Lee. Computers in Human Behavior, 2014

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

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Upward social comparison on social network sites and depressive symptoms: A moderated mediation model of self-esteem and optimism (2017, background): “Another study found that upward social comparison on social media significantly lowered self-esteem (Lee, 2014).”
Do Social Network Sites Enhance or Undermine Subjective Well‐Being? A Critical Review (2017, positive): “Initial studies found evidence for this relationship (Chou & Edge, 2012; Jang, Park, & Song, 2016; Lee, 2014; Muise, Christofides, & Desmarais, 2009; Steers & Wickham, 2014).”
Explaining Females’ Envy Toward Social Media Influencers (2018, background): “For example, the intensity of Facebook use is positively related to the frequency of social comparison (S. Y. Lee, 2014).”
The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression (2016, background): “Some of these studies [20 ,23,24,32] have documented an association between social comparison or envy and negative affective outcomes.”
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Passive Social Networking Site (SNS) Usage and Users’ Subjective Well-Being (2018, background): “Consequently, passive SNS users may experience social comparisons that are detrimental to perceptions about self-worth and self-esteem (de Vries & Kühne, 2015; Lee, 2014) and may provoke negative feelings (Chen et al., 2016).”
Motivators of online vulnerability: The impact of social network site use and FOMO (2017, result): “This finding is in line with the previously reported associations in the FOMO literature consequences that have been identified in studies exploring the impact of individuals making frequent online social comparisons (Fox & Moreland, 2015; Lee, 2014).”
Exploring the Relationships Between Different Types of Facebook Use, Perceived Online Social Support, and Adolescents’ Depressed Mood (2016, methodology): “Due to the fact that people spend considerable time optimizing their online selfpresentation (Reich, 2010), applying various techniques, such as carefully selecting photographs (Ellison, Heino, & Gibbs, 2006), disclosing especially positive emotional experiences, as well as presenting a better impre”
Instagram #Instasad?: Exploring Associations Among Instagram Use, Depressive Symptoms, Negative Social Comparison, and Strangers Followed (2015, positive): “21 Also, looking at proﬁle pictures of attractive people triggers less positive emotions than looking at photos of less attractive people, 22 and this sort of negative comparison to others has been found to place people at risk for rumination, which can lead to depression.”
How and Why Social Media Affect Subjective Well-Being: Multi-Site Use and Social Comparison as Predictors of Change Across Time (2020, background): “Social network sites, rather than serving as facilitators of face-to-face contact, tend to promote the asynchronous posting and passive consumption of information about others—an environment that encourages upward social comparison (Lee 2014; Wise et al. 2010).”
Who compares and despairs? The effect of social comparison orientation on social media use and its outcomes. (2015, background): “…comparisons that are made using that biased information should differ from in-person social comparisons and involve mostly upward social comparisons to those who are better off on some dimension (Feinstein et al., 2013; Haferkamp & Kramer, 2011; Lee, 2014; Vogel, Rose, Roberts, & Eckles, 2014).”
Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review (2016, background): “Lee [114] found that depression and anxiety were positively related to the frequency of social comparison on Facebook.”
Passive social networking site use and well-being: The mediating roles of social comparison and the fear of missing out (2019, background): “…social comparisons on Facebook is linked with lower life satisfaction (de Vries & Kühne, 2015; Gerson, Plagnol, & Corr, 2016) and self-esteem (Lee, 2014; Vogel, Rose, Roberts, & Eckles, 2014), as well as greater anxiety symptoms (Lee, 2014) and depressive symptoms (Chow & Wan, 2017; Lee, 2014).”
Facebook and self-perception: Individual susceptibility to negative social comparison on facebook. (2015, methodology): “This social comparison is predominantly negative, that is, it is associated with the feeling that other Facebook users are better off (Lee, 2014).”
Facebook is Linked to Body Dissatisfaction: Comparing Users and Non-Users (2015, background): “Extant research from the United States has linked Facebook to upward social comparison (e.g., Feinstein et al. 2013; Lee 2014), which is a well-established mediator between media exposure and body dissatisfaction (e.”