Does Facebook make you lonely?: A meta analysis

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Highlights：

• Meta-analysis on the relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.

• Found a positive relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.

• Tested two causal models on the relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.

• Lonely people use Facebook, rather than Facebook makes its users lonely.

• Adding evidence to better understand the Internet paradox.

摘要

•Meta-analysis on the relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.•Found a positive relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.•Tested two causal models on the relationship between Facebook use and loneliness.•Lonely people use Facebook, rather than Facebook makes its users lonely.•Adding evidence to better understand the Internet paradox.

论文关键词：Facebook,Loneliness,Meta analysis,Internet,Social media,Internet paradox

论文评审过程：Available online 4 May 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.011