Too much social media? Unveiling the effects of determinants in social media fatigue.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With the boom in social media, many people spend a lot of time on these platforms. Among them, some developed negative emotions, such as fatigue, depression, or disinterest in communicating, and used social media temporarily or permanently. Therefore, this study aims to explore the antecedents of social media fatigue, including social media helpfulness, social media self-efficacy, online subjective well-being, social comparison, compulsive social media use, privacy concerns, fear of missing out, and information overload, and to further discuss the determinants of social media fatigue on social anxiety and lurking.

Methods

An online questionnaire was distributed to social media users, and 659 valid samples were obtained with the help of a purposive sampling strat

SUBMITTER: Qin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11300332 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature