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Posts Tagged 'personality'

A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage

I’ve been waiting for this one for a while – really looking forward to getting my hands on it. Such a tease of an abstract… From Computers in Human Behavior Social networking sites (SNS) are quickly becoming one of the most popular tools for social interaction and information exchange. Previous research has shown a relationship […]

6 December 2011 at 18:48 - Comments

ScienceDirect – Personality and Individual Differences : Why do people use Facebook?

Interesting new article – suggests that Facebook use is motivated from two basic needs – need to belong and need for self-presentation ScienceDirect – Personality and Individual Differences : Why do people use Facebook?.

28 November 2011 at 16:44 - Comments

Facebook and psychology: What we know so far

Here’s the presentation I gave last week in IADT. Audio didn’t work out too well, but I may re-record and add later. Video may follow later. Facebook and psychology: What we know so far View more presentations from CJAMcMahon.

4 November 2010 at 15:34 - Comments