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SELF-DISCLOSURE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: FACEBOOK

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 86 - 91, 22.04.2016

Aysen Temel Eginli S. Didem Özsenler

Abstract

Facebook is still the most popular social media tool among all types of social networks. Besides having an influence on managing online relationships, Facebook may also be determinative of people’s relationships and interactions in their daily lives. Self-disclosure underpins the establishment and maintenance of interpersonal communication. Social networks, especially Facebook, allow people to comfortably self-disclose. The Uses and Gratifications Theory, which focuses on motives and gains related to the use of media, suggests that the use of social networks also motivates people in terms of meeting some of their social and psychological needs. In this sense, the most important motive may be described as self-disclosure. With its various spaces, Facebook allows people to share their emotions and thoughts about themselves and other people, and this gives them a sense of gratification by creating a real relationship perception in everyday life. As a result of self-disclosure behaviour, various needs, such as information sharing, entertainment, relaxation and social interactions, are satisfied through virtual environment. According to Social Information Theory, the rate of sharing personal information on social networks may be similar to/more than their everyday face-to-face interactions. This study analyzes different methods and ways of self-disclosure through Facebook. With this purpose in mind, the researchers aim to reveal the self-disclosure behaviours through the profiles of their Facebook friends based on pre-designated codes by utilizing qualitative content analysis method.

Keywords: Facebook, self-disclosure, virtual environment. 

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Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 4, 86 - 91, 22.04.2016

Aysen Temel Eginli S. Didem Özsenler

Abstract

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  • Kaplan, A. M& Haenlein, M. (2010). Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of Social Media. Business Horizons. 53.
  • Collins, N.L & Miller, L.C. (1994). Self-Disclosure and Liking: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychological Bulletin. Vol. 116. No. 3.
  • Liu, Y. (2010). Social media tools as a learning resource. Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange. 3(1).
  • Boyd,D.M. & Ellison, N.B. (2007). Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.13.
  • Bumgarner, B. A. (2007). You have been poked: Exploring the uses and grati cations of Facebook among emerging adults. 12(11). http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2026/1897 . Erişim tarihi: 10/02/2015.
  • Day, S. (2013). Self-disclosure on Facebook: How much do we really reveal?. Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology. Volume 17. Issue 1.
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  • Qiu,L., Lin,H., Leung,A.K.& Tov,W.(2012). Putting Their Best Foot Forward: Emotional Disclosure on Facebook., Cyberpsychology, Behavior And Social Networking. Volume 15. Number 10.
  • Siibak A. (2009). Constructing the self through the photo selection visual impression management on social networking, websites. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 3.article 1.
  • Walther J. (2007). Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition. Computers in Human Behavior. 23.
  • Waters, S.& Ackerman, J. (2011). Exploring Privacy Management on Facebook: Motivations and Perceived Consequences of Voluntary Disclosure. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 17.
  • Lee, D. H., Im, S., & Taylor, C. R. (2008). Voluntary self-disclosure of information on the internet: A
  • multimethod study of the motivations and consequences of disclosing information on blogs. Psychology & Marketing. 25(7).
  • Bazarova, N.N. & Choi,Y.H. (2014). Self-Disclosure in Social Media: Extending the Functional Approach to Disclosure Motivations and Characteristics on Social Network Sites. Journal of Communication, 64.
  • Jourard, S. M. (1971). Self-disclosure: An experimental analysis of the transparent self. NY:Wiley-Interscience.
  • Stutzman,F., Grossy, R. & Acquistiz,A. (2012). Silent Listeners: The Evolution of Privacy and Disclosure on Facebook. Journal of Privacy and Condentiality. 4. Number 2.
  • Xie, W. & Kang, C. (2015). See you, see me: Teenagers’ self-disclosure and regret of posting on
  • social network site. Computers in Human Behavior.52.
  • Christensen,K.(2011). You’re the Only Person I Can Talk To” The Role of Self-Disclosure in the Social Construction of Friendship. Journal of Undergraduate Research. XIV.
  • Macnamara, J. (2005). Media content analysis: Its uses; benefits and best practice methodology. Asia Pacific Public Relations Journal. 6(1).
  • Lincoln, S.R. (2009). Mastering Web 2.0 Transform Your Business Using Key Website and Social Media Tools. London: Kogan Page Publishing.
  • Knight, C. (September 2012). Social Workers’ Attitudes Towards and Engagement in Self-Disclosure, Clinical Social Work Journal. Volume 40. Issue 3.
  • Tornoe, R. (July 2015). Instant news: How Facebook’s Instant feature is changing the mobile publishing game. Editor&Publisher. 148 (7).
There are 24 citations in total.

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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Aysen Temel Eginli

S. Didem Özsenler

Publication Date April 22, 2016
Submission Date April 21, 2016
Published in Issue Year 2016 Volume: 2 Issue: 4

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EndNote Eginli AT, Özsenler SD (April 1, 2016) SELF-DISCLOSURE IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT: FACEBOOK. IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences 2 4 86–91.

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