Manifestations of Personality in Online Social Networks: Self-Reported Facebook-Related Behaviors and Observable Profile Information

Despite the enormous popularity of Online Social Networking sites (OSNs; e.g., Facebook and Myspace), little research in psychology has been done on them. Two studies examining how personality is reflected in OSNs revealed several connections between ...

Over the past 5 years, Online Social Networking sites (OSNs) like Facebook and ... demonstrate that social and personality processes are alive and well in OSNs, and parallel the processes in nonvirtual environments. ... Pennebaker JW.

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