A Review of Facebook Research in the Social Sciences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23320137 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Wilson (0000-0003-1800-0183, Washington University in St. Louis), Samuel D Gosling (0000-0001-8970-591X, The University of Texas at Austin), Lindsay T Graham (0000-0001-7325-5926, The University of Texas at Austin) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 203-220 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Psychological Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1745-6916 • E-ISSN: 1745-6924 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1745691612442904 |
| PMID | 26168459 |
| OpenAlex | W2151570541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 235 |
| References cited | 78 |
With over 800 million active users, Facebook is changing the way hundreds of millions of people relate to one another and share information. A rapidly growing body of research has accompanied the meteoric rise of Facebook as social scientists assess the impact of Facebook on social life. In addition, researchers have recognized the utility of Facebook as a novel tool to observe behavior in a naturalistic setting, test hypotheses, and recruit participants. However, research on Facebook emanates from a wide variety of disciplines, with results being published in a broad range of journals and conference proceedings, making it difficult to keep track of various findings. And because Facebook is a relatively recent phenomenon, uncertainty still exists about the most effective ways to do Facebook research. To address these issues, the authors conducted a comprehensive literature search, identifying 412 relevant articles, which were sorted into 5 categories: descriptive analysis of users, motivations for using Facebook, identity presentation, the role of Facebook in social interactions, and privacy and information disclosure. The literature review serves as the foundation from which to assess current findings and offer recommendations to the field for future research on Facebook and online social networks more broadly.
Cyberpsychology · Internet privacy · Naturalism · Naturalistic observation · Presentation (obstetrics) · Social media · Variety (cybernetics) · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
Facets of Facebook
Intellectual, narcissistic, or Machiavellian? How Twitter users differ from Facebook-only users, why they use Twitter, and what they tweet about
Language Use on Social Media
Exploring the relationship between frequency of Instagram use, exposure to idealized images, and psychological well-being in women
The effects of Facebook on mood in emerging adults
Facebook as an Information Management Tool – In Light of the Research Conducted Among Polish Students
Big data
Passive social networking site use and well-being
The Impact of Culture and Gender on the Production of Online Speech Acts among Jordanian Facebook Users
The Impact of Information Sources on Covid-19-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) among University Students
Promoting Positive Psychology Using Social Networking Sites
I ♥ Skagens Museum
A review of social networking service (SNS) research in communication journals from 2006 to 2011
Different spaces
Dialogical Sense-Making in the Digital Public Sphere
Pedagogia 2.0 Na Web Social E O Seu Impacto No Autoconceito De Estudantes De Pós-Graduação
Pedagogia 2.0 Na Web Social E O Seu Impacto No Autoconceito De Estudantes De Pós-Graduação
Social network changes and life events across the life span
Influence of indirect information on interpersonal trust despite direct information
When every day is a high school reunion
Facebook as a research tool for the social sciences
It Takes at Least Two to Tango
Ethical Challenges in Digital Psychology and Cyberpsychology
Technological Change and the Sociotechnical System, Applied Psychology of
Data Mining
Media and the Development of Identity
GIS as Media?
Online Communities
Computer‐Mediated Communication
Demographic, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Community Structure in Social Networks
Studying Facebook via data extraction
NetGirls
Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence
Social Networking Sites, Depression, and Anxiety
The Multipurpose Application WeChat
Social Media and Well-Being
Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence
Twitter versus Facebook
Social Comparison, Envy, and Depression on Facebook
Social Media Elements, Ecologies, and Effects
Internet Research in Psychology
Facebook’s emotional consequences
Correlates of Facebook usage patterns
Shared identity and shared information in social media
The Emerging Neuroscience of Social Media
From Editors to Algorithms
Growing Up Wired
Personality Traits and Personal Values
The uses and abuses of Facebook
Machine Learning, Sentiment Analysis, and Tweets
Digital Competence, Use, Actions and Time Dedicated to Digital Devices
The effect of light triad on online prosocial behavior in college students
Public Response on Social Media to a Social Marketing Campaign for Influencing Attitudes towards Boating Safety
Making Sense of ‘Facebook Murder'? Social Networking Sites and Contemporary Homicide
Social Media Translational Action
Hurry up and ‘like’ me
How Does Social Comparison Influence Chinese Adolescents’ Flourishing through Short Videos
Affective Experience on Social Networking Sites Predicts Psychological Well-Being Off-Line
Freedom and Constraint in Digital Environments
Esm 2.0
Standard English and the Distortion Introduced by Social Media Short Messages
More than just a tree
Data selection and collection for constructing investor sentiment from social media
A Pragmatic Analysis of Reactions to Rumors on Covid-19 in Iraq
A study on the emotional and attitudinal behaviors of social media users under the sudden reopening policy of the Chinese government
An Overview of Social Media Apps and their Potential Role in Geospatial Research
Vulnerable populations and social media use in disasters
The mediating role of emotional experience in the happiness of digital face beautification based on self-discrepancy theory
Public Space at the “Palm of a Hand”
Aggression and Consistency of Self in Cybertrolling Behavior
Deviation from Design
If the Mask Fits
Identifying the Different Approaches in Use of Social Media Outlets
Key Concepts and Research Methods to Analyze TikTok Journalism
Feeling ambivalent while using instant messaging
Digital Pulse
Analysis of religious ritual behaviours on the Facebook group ‘Trust Jesus’ in relation to Pascal Boyer’s concept of the religions ‘in the wild’ and interaction rituals theory by Randall Collins [Analiza religijnych zachowań rytualnych na grupie facebookowej "Zaufaj Jezusowi" w odniesieniu do koncepcji religii "na wolności" Pascala Boyera oraz teorii rytuałów interakcyjnych Randalla Collinsa]
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Exposure to Upward Comparison Targets on Self-Evaluations and Emotions
Offline and online discrimination and mental distress among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals
Building trust, resilient regions, and educational narratives
Building heritage brand equity through social media sales promotion
Adaptation of the Bergen Instagram addiction scale in Argentina
How we use Facebook to achieve our goals
Internet altruistic behavior and self-consistency and congruence among college students
Social media stress and mental health
Advertising Appeals in Health Communication
Facebook use and body dissatisfaction moderate the association between discrimination and suicidality among LGBQ individuals
Having options alters the attractiveness of familiar versus novel faces
Social achievement goals and social media
The association between self-esteem and dimensions and classes of cross-platform social media use in a sample of emerging adults – Evidence from regression and latent class analyses
Self-disclosure on social media
A feminine burden of perfection? Appearance-related pressures on social networking sites
Décentrer l’énonciation numérique. De l’acception universelle aux pratiques africanisées du trolling et du « grammar nazisme »
Social Media, Work and Nonwork Interface
Driving organizational communication impact on social media
Like It or Not
A Decade of Research on K–12 Teaching and Teacher Learning with Social Media
Communicating Commitment
Personality traits, psychological well-being, Facebook addiction, health and performance
Facebook usage patterns looking into the mind via the Icap engagement framework
A face(book) in the crowd
Looking at, looking up or keeping up with people?
Narcissism and Social Networking Web Sites
Psychology as the Science of Self-Reports and Finger Movements
Facebook's Privacy Trainwreck
Social network activity and social well-being
A familiar face(book)
Cultural Psychopathology
Information revelation and privacy in online social networks
Internet social network communities
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Grooming, Gossip, Facebook and Myspace
Imagined Communities
Students’ and teachers’ use of Facebook
College students' social networking experiences on Facebook
Social capital, self-esteem, and use of online social network sites
The Relationship Between Unwillingness-to-Communicate and Students’ Facebook Use
Facebook , social integration and informal learning at university
“But the data is already public”
Facebook Profiles Reflect Actual Personality, Not Self-Idealization
Older Adolescents' Motivations for Social Network Site Use
Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use
The Writing on the (Facebook) Wall
Self-Generated Versus Other-Generated Statements and Impressions in Computer-Mediated Communication
Information Disclosure and Control on Facebook
Tastes, ties, and time
Friending the Virgin
Aliases, creeping, and wall cleaning
Friending’
The Faces of Facebookers
Too Much of a Good Thing? The Relationship Between Number of Friends and Interpersonal Impressions on Facebook
Facebook and Online Privacy
The Taste for Privacy
From Friday to Sunday
Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language
Are Mexicans more or less sociable than Americans? Insights from a naturalistic observation study
On being liked on the web and in the “real world”
Person perception by active versus passive perceivers
Multicultural minds
Using thematic analysis in psychology
What's wrong with cross-cultural comparisons of subjective Likert scales
Social Network Sites
"The Benefits of Facebook "Friends
Identity and the Definition of the Situation in a Mass-Mediated Context
Paradox Lost
The Role of Friends' Appearance and Behavior on Evaluations of Individuals on Facebook
The Strength of Weak Ties
| Unique citing works | 235 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 16,79 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 214 |