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The brighter side of materialism : Managing impressions on social media for higher social capital
2022
Individuals adjust their behavior on social media to varying extent, and commonly in their idealized way. Most studies have focused on the problems associated with materialism and social media use, yet their potential positive contributions remain less clear. In fact, impression management holds potential for both negative and positive: it has been linked with materialistic attitudes, but also increased amounts of self-reported social capital. This study examines how young people's materialistic values connect with status-seeking impression management on social media, and subsequently to social capital, within the same model. Eight hundred Finnish participants aged 15–19 participated in our…
INFLUENCIA DE LA TEORÍA DE IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT EN LOS COMPORTAMIENTOS QUE AFECTAN A LA RELACIÓN ENTRE PERSONAS Y ORGANIZACIONES / The influence of …
2013
El proceso por el que las personas intentan, de modo más o menos consciente controlar las impresiones que otros se forman de ellos, impression management (IM), juega un papel importante en la relación entre las personas y las organizaciones. Este artículo revisa la literatura existente sobre el concepto, de forma multidisciplinar y sistematizada, analizando y aunando los distintos enfoques desde los que ha sido estudiado: comportamiento social; comportamiento organizativo y los recursos humanos; y comportamiento ético. Ofrece una definición integral y propia teniendo en cuenta las tres dimensiones del comportamiento individual y sus implicaciones para la organización de empresas. Trata fina…
The social significance of the Facebook Like button
2015
In this paper we study social aspects of using the Like button for purposes of impression management, identity construction, and maintenance of social ties online. On the theoretical level our investigation combines Goffman’s notion of face-work with concepts of social network analysis, shedding light on what we dub ‘nano-level’ interaction and sociality on social networking sites. Our data come from a 2013 classroom survey in which 26 Finnish university students were asked about their motives for and ways of using the Like button. Our results show that though the Like button was designed to allow users to express their positive evaluations of the contents of Facebook posts, comments, and p…