The extended ‘chilling’ effect of Facebook: The cold reality of ubiquitous social networking

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 60; pp. 582 - 592
• Main Authors: Marder, Ben, Joinson, Adam, Shankar, Avi, Houghton, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Autonomy; Chilling; Cooling; Facebook; Human behavior; Impression management; Management; Online; Privacy; Self-awareness; Social networks; Surveillance; Self-awareness; Privacy; Surveillance; Facebook; Impression management

Prior research has established the phenomenon of the ‘Chilling Effect’ where people constrain the self they present online due to peer-to-peer surveillance on Social Network Sites (SNS). However currently uninvestigated is the possibility that the threat of such surveillance on these sites might con...