Are Close Friends the Enemy? Online Social Networks, Self-Esteem, and Self-Control

By Keith Wilcox, Andrew T. Stephen. 2013

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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The future of social media in marketing (2019, background): “2007; Toubia and Stephen 2013; Wilcox and Stephen 2012) , what does it mean for the future if consumers can create who they want to be?”
Products as Pals: Engaging with Anthropomorphic Products Mitigates the Effects of Social Exclusion (2017, positive): “Specifically, we examined the effect of product anthropomorphism on perceived number of Facebook friends, a timely measure of social connection and affiliation (Ellison, Steinfield, and Lampe 2007; Wilcox and Stephen 2013).”
Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review (2019, background): “Further, browsing one’s SNS feed with a focus on one’s selfpresentation on this platform leads to higher self-esteem (Wilcox & Stephen, 2013).”
Drivers of brand community engagement (2020, background): “Consumers experience enhancement in their self-esteem in OBCs as brand communities facilitate the identification with the community/brand and facilitate customer-customer interactions (Hogg, 2001; Wilcox and Stephen, 2012).”
A Thematic Exploration of Digital, Social Media, and Mobile Marketing: Research Evolution from 2000 to 2015 and an Agenda for Future Inquiry (2016, background): “…some psychological aspects about how people behave on social media platforms and why they do what they do (Toubia and Stephen 2013; Naylor, Lamberton, and West 2012) or how using a social media platform affects seemingly unrelated psychology such as self-control (Wilcox and Stephen 2012).”
Exploring the credibility of online celebrities' Instagram profiles in influencing the purchase decisions of young female users (2017, background): “The degree to which social media enhances one's self-esteem depends upon whom users follow on their social network (Wilcox & Stephen, 2013).”
Sharing with Friends versus Strangers: How Interpersonal Closeness Influences Word-of-Mouth Valence (2016, background): “However, with few notable exceptions (Frenzen and Nakamoto 1993; Wilcox and Stephen 2013), subsequent empirical work has primarily viewed and assessed tie strength in terms of frequency of observable interactions between both sides of a social dyad (Bakshy et al. 2012; Brown and Reingen 1987; Godes…”