The dark side of social networking sites: An exploration of the relational and psychological stressors associated with Facebook use and affordances

By Jesse Fox, Jennifer Moreland. Computers in Human Behavior, 2015

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Fear of missing out: Relationships with depression, mindfulness, and physical symptoms. (2016, background): “This sense of uneasiness, popularly referred to as “FoMO,” or the fear of missing out, may drive the use of social media in an attempt to avoid negative mood states and feeling out of the loop (Fox & Moreland, 2015).”
Distinguishing technologies for social interaction: The perceived social affordances of communication channels scale (2017, background): “Privacy, or alternately visibility , is the degree to which communication is apparent to many others, whether intended or not (boyd & Ellison, 2007; Culnan & Markus, 1987; Steinfield, 1986; Treem & Leonardi, 2013; Williams & Rice, 1983).”
Heavy social networking and online compulsive buying: the mediating role of financial social comparison and materialism (2021, background): “Social Networking Sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Instagram have become a primary medium for maintaining as well as developing interpersonal relationships (Fox & Moreland, 2015; Shapiro & Margolin, 2014).”
Newsfeed native advertising on Facebook: young millennials’ knowledge, pet peeves, reactance and ad avoidance (2019, methodology): “During the interviews, we used a semistructured format to lead FGIs, which allows the natural flow of conversation and further probes (Fox and Moreland 2015).”
Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM): Validation and relationship to the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (2017, background): “…FAQ represent passive social browsing specifically through the newsfeed and the use of the newsfeed is mentioned frequently in the literature (Deters & Mehl, 2013; Fox & Moreland, 2015; Tandoc, Ferrucci, & Duffy, 2015), we added items which represent passive social browsing through the newsfeed.”
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).”
Mother, baby and Facebook makes three: does social media provide social support for new mothers? (2018, background): “(East metro FGM) The notion of users being ‘tethered’ to the site because of its affordances was noted by Fox and Moreland (2015) in their study of the ‘dark side’ of Facebook use among college students, noting the contradictions of participants wanting to leave but feeling unable to do so.”
Fear of Missing Out, online social networking and mobile phone addiction: A latent profile approach (2017, background): “…effects on the wellbeing and psychological functioning of children, adolescents, and young adults (Baker & Algorta, 2016; Brooks, 2015; Fox & Moreland, 2015; Kross et al., 2013; Lin et al., 2016; Oberst, Renau, Chamarro & Carbonell, 2016; Sampasa-Kanyinga & Lewis, 2015), as well as on their…”