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Ugh, Can You Believe This? Examining Relationships Between Channel Publicness, Accounts, and Attributions on Facebook

Sun, May 27, 12:30 to 13:45, Hilton Prague, Floor: LL, Congress Hall II - Exhibit Hall/Posters

Abstract

When posting to Facebook, individuals must balance their want to share information, with their desire to maintain a positive impression. When providing an explanation for a stressful situation on a social network site, these two desires come into conflict. This study, conducted with a community sample (N =139), seeks to assess how the publicness of a channel and severity of a situation affect message features, and the degree to which those features may predict an individual’s level of frustration. The specific message features we seek to examine include the type of account used and the valence of the account. We also intend to assess how channel publicness may affect the discrepancies between self-reported attributions, and the attributions present in a message.

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