Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
6-2010
Abstract
This research aims to understand the psychological motives behind microblogging. We conducted two studies to investigate if social exclusion and existential anxiety would lead to a high tendency to microblog. Our results show that participants did not use microblogging to satisfy their needs for social connection and affiliation, but highly extraverted participants did use it to relieve their existential anxiety.
Keywords
Microblogging, motive, ostracism, social exclusion, existential anxiety
Discipline
Communication | Social Media | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine
Volume
154
Editor
B. K. Wiederhold, G. Riva & Kim Sun-I
First Page
140
Last Page
144
ISBN
9781607505617
Identifier
10.3233/978-1-60750-561-7-140
Publisher
IOS Press
City or Country
Washington DC
Citation
Qiu, Lin, Angela K. Y. Leung, Ho Jun Hao, Yeung Qi Min, Kevin J. Francis and Chua Pei Fen. 2010. "Understanding the Psychological Motives Behind Microblogging." In Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine, 140-144. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-561-7-140