Generational differences in content generation in social media: The roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism

By Louis Leung. Computers in Human Behavior, 2013

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Research Note - Why Following Friends Can Hurt You: An Exploratory Investigation of the Effects of Envy on Social Networking Sites among College-Age Users (2015, neutral): “negative feelings (Leung 2013)”
Anger, Fear, and Echo Chambers: The Emotional Basis for Online Behavior (2019, background): “Furthermore, as Leung (2013) shows, venting negative feelings, including discontent and anger and fighting back against perceived unfairness, are all important gratifications sought through social media use.”
Uses and Gratifications of digital photo sharing on Facebook (2016, positive): “…information seeking, entertainment, sharing personal information, affection,and social surveillance as some of the key gratifications obtained from SNS use (Cheng, Liang, & Leung, 2014; Joinson, 2008; Leung, 2013; Papacharissi & Mendelson, 2010; Quan-Haase & Young, 2010; Whiting & Williams, 2013).”
Narcissism and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analytic Review (2016, background): “In Gen Xers narcissism has been shown to be associated with Facebook use (Davenport et al., 2014), particularly the superiority (Panek, Nardis, & Konrath, 2013), vanity, exhibitionism, and exploitativeness (Leung, 2013) facets of narcissism.”