Tara C. Marshall, Katharina Lefringhausen, Nelli Ferenczi
Status updates are one of the most popular features of Facebook, but few studies have examined the traits and motives that influence the topics that people choose to update about. In this study, 555 Facebook users completed measures of the Big Five, self-esteem, narcissism, motives for using FaceboThe Big Five, self-esteem, and narcissism as predictors of the topics people write about in Facebook status updates
Keywords:
Facebook, Social networking, Social media, Status updates, Big five, Self-esteem, Narcissism