“I see you, I know you, it feels good” – Qualitative and quantitative analyses of ambient awareness as a potential mediator of social networking sites usage and well-being

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Highlights:

• Intensity of Facebook usage is positively related to the feeling of ambient awareness (i.e. peripheral social awareness).

• Ambient awareness is positively related to well-being.

• Ambient awareness is beneficial especially for those who do not feel socially connected.

摘要

•Intensity of Facebook usage is positively related to the feeling of ambient awareness (i.e. peripheral social awareness).•Ambient awareness is positively related to well-being.•Ambient awareness is beneficial especially for those who do not feel socially connected.

论文关键词:Social networking sites,Well-being,Facebook intensity,Social connectedness,Ambient awareness

论文评审过程:Received 23 May 2017, Revised 23 July 2017, Accepted 19 August 2017, Available online 23 August 2017, Version of Record 1 September 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.08.024