The article Antecedents and Consequences of Online Social Networking was written by a man named Adam Acar. Adam Acar is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication Sciences at The University of Connecticut. The purpose of this article is to examine the psychological aspects that go into online social networking. How personal and environmental factors affect individuals use of all of these online social networking services. Since there hasn't been any recent studies that have explained these unknown wonders, this is Adam Acar's goal to explain these things. He looked at the way that self- esteem, body image, and anxiety all affect use of online social networks. He also wanted to strengthen our understanding on how these online social networks came about and what they are becoming.
I personally enjoyed this article because this is a topic that society now days is extensively involved in. It seems that everybody has a Facebook, Twitter, or now Instagram. I know for a fact that I myself engage in and enjoy using these social networking services very much. One study that really stood out to me was the study about the number of people an individual will send Christmas cards too in a real life social network compared to the number of people in the online social network. This study shows that there were a significant amount of people in the online social network then the real life social network. Anxiety plays a big role in this. Anxiety is less prevalent when using these online social networks. These online social networks are changing today's society. The way people communicate is changing every day and these online social networks have a big part in this change.
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