Do social media foster or curtail adolescents’ empathy? A longitudinal study

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Highlights：

• Social media use is related to an increase in empathy over a 1-year period.

• This effect holds for both the affective and the cognitive component of empathy.

• Sympathy is not related to social media use.

摘要

•Social media use is related to an increase in empathy over a 1-year period.•This effect holds for both the affective and the cognitive component of empathy.•Sympathy is not related to social media use.

论文关键词：Social media,Affective empathy,Cognitive empathy,Sympathy,Adolescents

论文评审过程：Received 17 February 2016, Revised 9 May 2016, Accepted 13 May 2016, Available online 20 May 2016, Version of Record 20 May 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.040