TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality Traits and Social Media Use in 20 Countries
T2 - How Personality Relates to Frequency of Social Media Use, Social Media News Use, and Social Media Use for Social Interaction
AU - Gil De Zuniga, Homero
AU - Diehl, Trevor
AU - Huber, Brigitte
AU - Liu, James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2017, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - This study examines the relationship between peoples' personality traits and social media uses with data from 20 societies (N = 21,314). A measure of the "Big Five" personality traits is tested on key social media dimensions: frequency of use, social interaction, and news consumption. Across diverse societies, findings suggest that while extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are all positive predictors of different types of social media use, emotional stability and openness are negatively related to them.
AB - This study examines the relationship between peoples' personality traits and social media uses with data from 20 societies (N = 21,314). A measure of the "Big Five" personality traits is tested on key social media dimensions: frequency of use, social interaction, and news consumption. Across diverse societies, findings suggest that while extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness are all positive predictors of different types of social media use, emotional stability and openness are negatively related to them.
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U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2017.0295
DO - 10.1089/cyber.2017.0295
M3 - Article
C2 - 28922034
AN - SCOPUS:85045860477
SN - 2152-2715
VL - 20
SP - 540
EP - 552
JO - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
JF - Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
IS - 9
ER -