Lecture 12

Question 1

The seven affordance of social media

Answer 1

Social media has seven possibilities for its users, it grants the users a sense of control

Question 2

Asynchronicity

Answer 2

Communicate when it suits you, either in real-time (synchronous) or delayed (asynchronous)

Question 3

Identifiability

Answer 3

Decide to which degree content is anonymous or linked to their true identity

Question 4

Cue manageability

Answer 4

Show or hide visual or auditory cues about the self while communicating

Question 5

Accessibility

Answer 5

Easily find information and contact other persons

Question 6

Scalability

Answer 6

Choose the size and the nature of the audience

Question 7

Replicability

Answer 7

Copy or share existing online content

Question 8

Retrievability

Answer 8

Store and later retrieve posted content

Question 9

Self-presentation

Answer 9

The way in which individuals share certain aspects of themselves and shape an image

Question 10

Self-disclosure

Answer 10

The amount of personal information you give to others, depends on whom the receiver is

Question 11

Self-concept clarity

Answer 11

How clear an individual’s concept is about their own identity, and how stable those personal attributes are.

Question 12

Two hypotheses on the SSC

Answer 12

1. The fragmentation hypothesis
2. The number of different views on identity serves as a model while developing their identity

Question 13

The fragmentation hypothesis

Answer 13

There are too many identity views on the internet, along with a lot of options on identity experimentation. As a result, they are uncertain about how to integrate all these views in their already fragile identity

Question 14

Self-esteem

Answer 14

The degree to which we value ourselves. Predictors: the feeling we have control over our environment and the approval we hope to get from that environment. Social media offers both.

Question 15

Public self-awareness

Answer 15

How we think others perceive us

Question 16

Private self-awareness

Answer 16

The inner aspects of our own identity

Question 17

The routine activity theory

Answer 17

Unstructured, unsupervised time with peers is the main cause of misbehaviour

Question 18

Media practice model

Answer 18

Adolescents choose their own media, but are also interpreting media different. This depends on the ways in which the media are experienced and interpreted.

Question 19

Social media addiction

Answer 19

Defined by six or more symptoms

Question 20

Paper by Cingel et al. (2022)

Answer 20

The conclusion is that media-effects on self-esteem are person-specific and depend on the person’s characteristics

Question 21

Cingel et al. three key mechanisms on self-esteem

Answer 21

1. Social comparison negatively influences self-esteem
2. Social feedback can boost self-esteem bc. most feedback is positive
3. Self-reflection on earlier online interactions and your own profile can positively affect self-esteem

Question 22

Moderate discrepancy hypothesis (MDH)

Answer 22

Adolescents are attracted to media that only moderately deviates from the things they know, understand. This explains why media preferences differ so much among different age groups

Question 23

The uses and gratification theory

Answer 23

We use media to satisfy our needs, if done correctly we are satisfied. The needs depend on the development of the individual

Question 24

Hyperpersonal theory of communication

Answer 24

Poses that CMC is friendlier, more social, personal and intimate than FTF communication. This is bc. you miss cues

Question 25

Goldilocks-effect

Answer 25

Moderate use of social media is good, too little and too much is bad. Curvilinear relation

Question 26

Differential susceptibility to media effects model

Answer 26

States that media effects are not universal, there are individual differences that make us more dispositioned to have media effects