Millennials, narcissism, and social networking: What narcissists do on social networking sites and why

By Shawn M. Bergman, Matthew E. Fearrington, Shaun W. Davenport, Jacqueline Z. Bergman. 2011

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Mirror or Megaphone?: How relationships between narcissism and social networking site use differ on Facebook and Twitter (2013, background): “Whereas one study found narcissism to be positively related to time spent on SNS and the number of times users logged on (Mehdizadeh, 2010), other studies have found no relationship between narcissism and time spent on the site (Bergman et al., 2011; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
Narcissism and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analytic Review (2016, background): “Studies often find no relationship between narcissism and social media use in this generation (Bergman et al., 2011; Davenport et al., 2014; Leung, 2013), although Panek et al. (2013) found a relationship between the superiority facet of narcissism and Twitter use as well as between the exhibitionis”
Is Facebook Linked to Selfishness? Investigating the Relationships among Social Media Use, Empathy, and Narcissism (2014, background): “Predictor variables were the Facebook usage questions (number of friends, time spent on Facebook per day, frequency of changing profile picture, and profile picture ratings); as well as often they posted status updates and photos of themselves [26].”
Twitter versus Facebook: Exploring the role of narcissism in the motives and usage of different social media platforms (2014, background): “Although several studies have included a ‘‘status updates’’ variable, findings with respect to narcissism have been inconsistent (Bergman et al., 2011; McKinney, Kelly, & Duran, 2012; Ong et al., 2011; Panek et al., 2013) and few have directly assessed the reason for users frequency of active usage…”
Narcissism or Openness?: College Students’ Use of Facebook and Twitter (2012, background): “(2011) found that over and above extraversion, narcissism was positively related to self-ratings of the attractiveness of Facebook profile pictures and to the frequency of status updates (in contrast to Bergman et al.’s, 2011, findings). However, narcissism was unrelated to social network size (also”
“Let Me Take a Selfie”: Associations Between Self-Photography, Narcissism, and Self-Esteem (2017, background): “Additional research has revealed that individuals scoring high on narcissism tend to post a higher quantity (Bergman et al., 2011) and more revealing (DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011) photos of themselves.”