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DTSTART:20151201T180500Z
DTEND:20151201T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260419T111034Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Effects of Facebook self-presentation on individual and relati
 onal well-being\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Catalina Toma\, UW
  Department of Communication Arts
DESCRIPTION:Facebook invites users to compose detailed personal profil
 es\, where they describe their activities\, interests\, and values\; e
 xpress daily thoughts and musings\; and articulate "friendships" with 
 other users in the system. Research shows that users engage in copious
  yet careful self-disclosure in their own profiles\, and that they fre
 quently provide positive feedback ("likes\," "comments") to friends' p
 ostings. What are the psychological implications of constructing and e
 ngaging with this socially connected\, online version of self? I will 
 first discuss the emotional well-being effects of engaging with one's 
 own profile. In a suite of studies\, we found that users experience se
 lf-affirmation\, increased positive affect\, and increased self-esteem
  after examining their own profiles. They also gravitated towards thes
 e profiles when feeling badly about themselves\, in an effort to repai
 r feelings of self-worth. I will then discuss the effects of profile s
 elf-presentation on users' romantic relationships. Data show that user
 s who publicly declare their involvement with a romantic partner (by l
 isting themselves as "in a relationship\," posting couple photographs\
 , etc.) experience increased commitment towards that partner and are l
 ess likely to break up after 6 months. I will end by discussing future
  research avenues on the psychological effects of Facebook self-presen
 tation.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3815
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