Esteem issues determine how people put their best Facebook forward
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By Matthew Swayne
How social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem and self-determination, according to an international team of researchers.
‘The types of actions users take and the kinds of information they are adding to their Facebook walls and profiles are a reflection of their identities,’ said S. Shyam Sundar, Distinguished Professor of Communications and co-director of the Media Effects Research Laboratory, Penn State. ‘You are...
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