Hi Galen If you're getting responses to this question off-list, I'd be interested in seeing them, as this idea seems to echo a popular (negative) frame for social media and I've often wondered what's cause and effect here. (Especially given that many studies use US college students as their sole respondents...) Below are the closest citations in my list (Sure someone in this group will have better ones...) Plus -you might want to ask this question in the group Facebook in the social sciences https://www.facebook.com/groups/218411394935203/ (if you're on Facebook) Oldmeadow, J.A., Quinn, S. and Kowert, K. (2012). Attachment style, social skills, and Facebook use amongst adults. Computers in Human Behavior, xxx (2012) xxx–xxx Schwartz, H., Eichstaedt, J., Kern, M., Dziurzynski, L., Ramones, S. et al. (2013). Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73791. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073791 De Choudhury, M., Monroy-Hernández, A. and Mark, G. (2014). “Narco” Emotions: Affect and Desensitization in Social Media during the Mexican Drug War. To be presented at CHI 2014, April 26 - May 01 2014, Toronto, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557197 I hope this provokes a better rewsponse to your query -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith@napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 17:47:54 -0700 From: Galen Panger <gpanger@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Looking for research on the negative well-being effects of News Feed browsing Message-ID: <CAKK1QYUug=SAEPZpVyr9YCX6zHfNw3YZCF-TnBg+2WGCt1h9aQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi everyone (this is my first post to air-l!), I've been doing a bit of work looking into the finding by a few researchers including Burke et al. that News Feed browsing (and other forms of passive consumption in social networks) leads to lower well-being outcomes. Am trying to expand my horizons on the work that's been done exploring the possible causes of this effect; in interviews with Facebook users, for example, I've heard people talk about feeling like time on FB is wasted, or like they're seeing another (unattractive, irritating) side of their friends. Then, more academically, are suggestions that social comparison (everyone's cheery and accomplished and I compare unfavorably with that) or social transparency (I can see when my friends are hanging out without me) might also play a role. Google Scholar searches and the like haven't turned up much for me, but maybe (probably) I'm missing something?does anyone have work in this area that they can point me to, or suggestions of good work by others? I'd greatly appreciate some help expanding my understanding of the literature in this area. Thanks and best regards, Galen -- galen@ischool.berkeley.edu Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith@napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Edinburgh Napier University offers industry informed courses and 92.3% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. With over 17,000 students from over 110 countries, we are an international university and are also proud to be the largest UK provider of higher education in Hong Kong. In 2014, we are celebrating 50 years since we opened our doors as Napier Technical College. This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373