Social media and loneliness: Why an Instagram picture may be worth more than a thousand Twitter words
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Highlights：
• Loneliness remains pervasive in societies where social media usage is highest.
• Interconnectedness offered by social media usage should attenuate loneliness.
• Image-based social media may attenuate loneliness due to increased social presence.
• We examine psychological well-being of a sample of young adult social media users.
• Only image-based social media usage attenuates loneliness in a linear pattern.
摘要
•Loneliness remains pervasive in societies where social media usage is highest.•Interconnectedness offered by social media usage should attenuate loneliness.•Image-based social media may attenuate loneliness due to increased social presence.•We examine psychological well-being of a sample of young adult social media users.•Only image-based social media usage attenuates loneliness in a linear pattern.
论文关键词：Social media,Loneliness,Happiness,Instagram,Snapchat,Social presence
论文评审过程：Received 18 August 2015, Revised 2 March 2016, Accepted 31 March 2016, Available online 7 April 2016, Version of Record 7 April 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.084
