Despite wide recognition that youth spend a significant amount of time communicating on
social media, the literature is mixed when assessing the offline interpersonal impact of such …

“Musicians often pay a high price for sharing their art with us. Underneath the glow of
success can often lie loneliness and exhaustion, not to mention the basic struggles of paying …

This chapter offers a strategic perspective on self-disclosure by highlighting the motivations
and means by which people manage the disclosure of information in personal and in work …

Social media interventions are a growing area of internet research, particularly for
adolescent health. Researchers developing social media intervention approaches face the …

After relationship breakups, people must make difficult decisions about whether and how to
convey this change in a networked environment. To understand and characterize behaviors …

Social media has been extensively researched, and its impact on well-being is becoming
more clear. What is less clear, however, is the role of social media on romantic relationships …

Facebook plays a role in the development and maintenance of romantic relationships.
Theoretically, individuals are motivated to use Facebook in their relationships to increase …

Highlights•Facebook depression research has yielded mixed findings.•This may be because
connection and disconnection drive Facebook use and vice versa.•Facebook use related to …

Most research on the effects of disclosure on close relationships have been done using
offline disclosure. However, disclosure done online has disparate features and thus its …

Cell phone and social media use have become so pervasive throughout the world that the
hand-held minicomputers we call cell phones or mobile phones have been referred to as a …