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Effects of Self-Presentation Strategy and Tie Strength on Facebook Users’ Happiness and Subjective Vitality

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  • Wonseok Eric Jang

    (Sungkyunkwan University)

  • Jung Won Chun

    (Sejong University)

  • Jihoon Jay Kim

    (University of Alabama)

  • Erik Bucy

    (Texas Tech University)

Abstract

The current study examines how strategic versus true self-presentation strategies affect Facebook (FB) users’ subjective well-being (SWB) depending on their tie strength with existing FB friends. Results of a two-experiment study of FB users aged 18 to 67 demonstrate that users report greater happiness (Experiment 1) and higher degrees of subjective vitality (Experiment 2) when adopting a strategic self-presentation style to post content on FB, rather than a true self-presentation style, while imagining weak tie friends as the target audience. When targeting weak tie friends, strategic self-presentation helps FB users fulfill relationship maintenance goals, which in turn enhances SWB. When imagining posts to strong tie friends, both strategic and true self-presentation strategies had similar effects on FB users’ SWB.

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  • Wonseok Eric Jang & Jung Won Chun & Jihoon Jay Kim & Erik Bucy, 2021. "Effects of Self-Presentation Strategy and Tie Strength on Facebook Users’ Happiness and Subjective Vitality," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 22(7), pages 2961-2979, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:22:y:2021:i:7:d:10.1007_s10902-020-00348-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10902-020-00348-z
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