Inside out and outside in: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects self-disclosure on social media

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Highlights:

• People engage in self-disclosure on social media to stay connected with others during the pandemic.

• We observe a shift in which disclosures serve the public good and which are considered socially inappropriate.

• We propose using the self-focus and other-focus perspectives to explain pandemic-related self-disclosure on social media.

• We present a research agenda and discuss practical insights.

摘要

•People engage in self-disclosure on social media to stay connected with others during the pandemic.•We observe a shift in which disclosures serve the public good and which are considered socially inappropriate.•We propose using the self-focus and other-focus perspectives to explain pandemic-related self-disclosure on social media.•We present a research agenda and discuss practical insights.

论文关键词:Self-disclosure,COVID-19 pandemic,Social media,Self-focus,Other-focus,Research agenda

论文评审过程:Received 16 June 2020, Accepted 16 June 2020, Available online 28 June 2020, Version of Record 19 October 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102188