TY - JOUR
T1 - How Affective Is a "like"?
T2 - The Effect of Paralinguistic Digital Affordances on Perceived Social Support
AU - Wohn, Donghee Yvette
AU - Carr, Caleb T.
AU - Hayes, Rebecca A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - A national survey asked 323 U.S. adults about paralinguistic digital affordances (PDAs) and how these forms of lightweight feedback within social media were associated with their perceived social support. People perceived PDAs (e.g., Likes, Favorites, and Upvotes) as socially supportive both quantitatively and qualitatively, even without implicit meaning associated with them. People who are highly sensitive about what others think of them and have high self-esteem are more likely to perceive higher social support from PDAs.
AB - A national survey asked 323 U.S. adults about paralinguistic digital affordances (PDAs) and how these forms of lightweight feedback within social media were associated with their perceived social support. People perceived PDAs (e.g., Likes, Favorites, and Upvotes) as socially supportive both quantitatively and qualitatively, even without implicit meaning associated with them. People who are highly sensitive about what others think of them and have high self-esteem are more likely to perceive higher social support from PDAs.
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U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2016.0162
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2016.0162
M3 - Article
C2 - 27635443
AN - SCOPUS:84988535691
VL - 19
SP - 562
EP - 566
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
SN - 2152-2715
IS - 9
ER -