A social identity perspective of social media's impact on satisfaction with life

Social media platforms have become an (almost) obligatory part of our lives and activities. However, many disadvantages have emerged such as an increase in dependency on social media owing to addictions known as the dark side of social media. The current research seeks to understand the impact of sp...

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Published in:	Psychology & marketing Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 759 - 772
Main Author:	Dutot, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Periodicals Inc 01-06-2020
Subjects:	addiction collective self‐esteem fear of missing out individual self‐esteem narcissism satisfaction with life social identity theory Social networks
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Summary:	Social media platforms have become an (almost) obligatory part of our lives and activities. However, many disadvantages have emerged such as an increase in dependency on social media owing to addictions known as the dark side of social media. The current research seeks to understand the impact of specific aspects of this dark side, viz. social media addiction, fear of missing out, and narcissism, on self‐esteem, and their links with an individual's satisfaction with life (SwL). The results of a quantitative survey (n = 260) show the salient impact of these aspects on self‐esteem as well as the preponderant role of collective self‐esteem in SwL. Academic and managerial implications are discussed.
ISSN:	0742-6046 1520-6793
DOI:	10.1002/mar.21333