There is both public and scholarly concern that (passive) social media use decreases well-
being by providing a fertile ground for harmful (upward) social comparison and envy. The …

The rise of social media influencers (SMIs) in the recent decade garnered wide interest from
academicians and marketers. Academicians try to understand the effect of influencers on …

Business firms and the public have encountered massive consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic. This pandemic has become the most significant challenge and influenced all …

Research on the dark side of social media usage has explored the fear of missing out
(FoMO), social media fatigue (fatigue), social media stalking (stalking), and online social …

Online retailers are eager to find the answers to the following questions: How relevant is
SNS usage to consumer shopping decisions? Is the information shared on SNS likely to …

Scholars have drawn increasing attention to the implications of the dark side of social media
for users' online subjective well-being (OSWB). We develop a research framework based on …

Social networking site users are constantly exposed to the glamorized lifestyles and over-
positive profiles of other people. A great deal of investigation has shown that the use of …

Introduction This article examines mediators and moderators that may explain the link
between smartphone addiction and phubbing behavior using a sample of 794 university …

People express themselves through posts or selfies with brands and activities on social
networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Instagram. This user-generated content …

Many indicators have been proposed that can contribute to impulse buying. However, few
studies have examined the role of social comparison in impulse buying, materialism, and …