Why do people post and read personal messages in public? The motivation of using personal blogs and its effects on users’ loneliness, belonging, and well-being

Why do people post and read personal messages in public? The motivation of using personal blogs and its effects on users’ loneliness, belonging, and well-being

The purpose of the current paper is to develop a theoretical model that identifies why people blog personal content and explains the effects of blogging in “real life.” Data from an online survey are analyzed using maximum likelihood procedures in LISREL 8.75 to test the structural model. Among 531...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jung, Younbo, Song, Hayeon, Vorderer, Peter
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
DRNTU::Social sciences::Mass media::Alternative media
DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychology
DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Audience research
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100902
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18227

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https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100902
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18227

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