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Dispositional Factors in the Use of Social Networking Sites: Findings and Implications for Social Computing Research

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Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2008)

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The paper presents findings of a study that relates dispositional factors such as extroversion, stability, self-esteem and narcissism to the use of social networking sites (SNSs). Each of these dispositional factors is shown to be related to different types of usage of SNSs. It is argued that attempts to model the use of SNSs and thereby target particular information to particular users would benefit greatly from using modeling techniques that can parameterize such dispositional factors.

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  1. School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    Peter A. Bibby

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  1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Christopher C. Yang

  2. The University of Arizona, USA

    Hsinchun Chen

  3. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Michael Chau

  4. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Kuiyu Chang

  5. University of Central Florida, USA

    Sheau-Dong Lang

  6. Tatung University, Taiwan

    Patrick S. Chen

  7. California University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Raymond Hsieh

  8. University of Arizona and Chinese Academy of Sciences, USA

    Daniel Zeng

  9. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    Fei-Yue Wang  & Wenji Mao  & 

  10. Carnegie Mellon University, USA

    Kathleen Carley  & Justin Zhan  & 

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Bibby, P.A. (2008). Dispositional Factors in the Use of Social Networking Sites: Findings and Implications for Social Computing Research. In: Yang, C.C., et al. Intelligence and Security Informatics. ISI 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5075. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69304-8_40

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