Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a unique term introduced in 2004 to describe a phenomenon
observed on social networking sites. FoMO includes two processes; firstly, perception of …

Highlights•Facebook use has recently been linked to depression and negative
affectivity.•Unflattering social comparison and envy are common experiences for Facebook …

Emotions are centered in subjective experiences that people represent, in part, with
hundreds, if not thousands, of semantic terms. Claims about the distribution of reported …

The sharing of travel experiences has become ubiquitous in today's era. This study focuses
on a pervasive trend among Millennial consumers: the experience of benign envy toward …

A growing body of research finds social network sites (SNS) such as Instagram to facilitate
social comparison and the emotional experience of envy in everyday life, with harmful …

A recurring hypothesis in the literature is that “passive” social media use (browsing) leads to
negative effects on well-being. This preregistered study investigated a rival hypothesis …

In an examination of influencer success, the current research draws from brand personality
literature and identifies social media influencers (SMIs) as human brands. Specifically, this …

Socioeconomic differences in behaviour are pervasive and well documented, but their
causes are not yet well understood. Here, we make the case that a cluster of behaviours is …

Passive exposure to others' positive self-presentations on social network sites (SNS) such
as Instagram has been repeatedly associated with reduced well-being, particularly by …

Previous research has conceptualized dispositional envy as a unitary construct. Recently
however, episodic envy has been shown to emerge in two qualitatively different forms …