Personality traits and Facebook Use

1. ทายนิสัยจาก Facebook ?!
(Personality traits and Facebook use)
@makissy
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2. CONTENT DISCLAIMER 
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4. Social Network Sites (SNSs)
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-social-media-stats-2013/
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5. Social Network Sites (SNSs) and Human Behavior
• The use of an SNSs can allow an individual to find others with
similar interests, whether it be for romantic ❤ or social purposes.
• The other major use of SNSs is to maintain pre-existing social
connections.
• Facebook is by far the most popular SNSs, making it the logical
place to begin investigating the patterns, causes, and
consequences of the social processes associated with SNSs usage.
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6. The Big Five Personality Traits
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Extraverted
Open to new experience
Conscientious
Agreeable
Neuroticism
Introverted
Closed-minded
Disorganized
disagreeable
Emotional Stability
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7.  The types of interactions which are made possible
through an SNS may actually result in a stronger
relationship than might be possible through
face-to-face methods.
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8. Online
interactions generated more selfdisclosures and fostered deeper personal questions
than did face-to-face conversations.
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9. Many
relationships formed online eventually
result in real world contact
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10.  Individuals who are low on the trait of Extraversion (i.e., are
introverted) are more likely to utilize technology such as an SNS for
their communication needs 
 Those who were high on the trait of Neuroticism were likely to
use the Internet to avoid loneliness 
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11. People who are introverts or neurotic because of
their difficulties in social interactions will locate their
REAL ME through the Internet 
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12. Extraverted
individuals generally have more
Facebook Friends, and belong to more Facebook
Groups than introverted individuals
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13. Individuals who are high in neuroticism are more
likely than emotionally stable individuals to prefer
using the Wall
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14. Those who low in Neuroticism preferred posting
photos on their Facebook wall
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15. People with high levels of narcissism engage in
frequent use of Facebook
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16. Shy people spend significantly more time using
Facebook than non-shy people 
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17. Facebook
users have higher levels of total
narcissism, exhibitionism, and leadership than
Facebook nonusers 
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18. Individuals with higher scores on exhibitionism also
have higher preferences for Photos
and Status Updates 
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19. Less
emotionally stable individuals not only
reported microblogging more frequently, but also
expressed more emotions in their microblogs 
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20. Reference
• Who uses Facebook? An investigation into the relationship between the Big Five,shyness,
narcissism, loneliness, and Facebook usage (2011)
• Personality and motivations associated with Facebook use (2009)
• A Review of Facebook Research in the Social Sciences (2012)
• Facebook Therapy: Why People Share Self-Relevant Content Online (2012)
• “On the Internet No One Knows I’m an Introvert”: Extroversion, Neuroticism, and
Internet Interaction (2002)
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