The "Me" I Want You to See: Personal Expression Across Social Media Platforms
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Psychology
Minor
Music
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Dr. Sean Rife
Presentation Format
Oral Presentation
Abstract/Description
Personality is widely assumed to be stable within individuals. However, one’s personality may manifest differently across different social situations in order to achieve specific goals – a concept known as self-presentation. The present study will use a word-counting approach to analyze data from over 30,000 Facebook and Twitter social media accounts to determine if people express themselves differently across the two venues. Given the social norms of each platform, it is hypothesized that there will be a greater number of negative emotion and swear words on Twitter than on Facebook, and a greater number of positive emotion words on Facebook than on Twitter.
Keywords: self-presentation, expression, social media, personality
Spring Scholars Week 2018 Event
Honors College Senior Thesis Presentation
The "Me" I Want You to See: Personal Expression Across Social Media Platforms
Personality is widely assumed to be stable within individuals. However, one’s personality may manifest differently across different social situations in order to achieve specific goals – a concept known as self-presentation. The present study will use a word-counting approach to analyze data from over 30,000 Facebook and Twitter social media accounts to determine if people express themselves differently across the two venues. Given the social norms of each platform, it is hypothesized that there will be a greater number of negative emotion and swear words on Twitter than on Facebook, and a greater number of positive emotion words on Facebook than on Twitter.
Keywords: self-presentation, expression, social media, personality