New directions in social comparison research

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Inspired by Hope, Motivated by Envy: Comparing the Effects of Discrete Emotions in the Process of Social Comparison to Media Figures (2014, background): “Much evidence in support of social comparison processes exists (see Buunk & Mussweiler, 2001; Wills, 1986), but the mechanism for action motivation is somewhat unspecified.”
I do it, but don't tell anyone! Personal values, personal and social norms: Can social media play a role in changing pro-environmental behaviours? (2016, background): “Individuals who score highly for social comparison tend to be more focused on how they are perceived by others (Buunk & Gibbons, 2007; Buunk & Mussweiler, 2001; Festinger, 1954; Gibbons & Buunk, 1999).”
The effect of social comparisons on commute well-being (2011, background): “Comparisons made for the purpose of explicit self-enhancement or self-evaluation may affect feelings of wellbeing (Buunk and Mussweiler, 2001; Taylor and Lobel, 2007).”
Social comparison and risky choices (2009, unknown): “3 See Wakker and Tversky (1993) for an axiomatization of this theory and Chateauneuf and Wakker (1999) for a specific axiomatization under risk. Wakker (2010) provides a great and extensive exposition of CPT. 4 Kahneman and Tversky speak of a value function instead of a utility function. We follow W”