Does ostracism/rejection impact self-disclosures? Examining the appeal of perceived social affordances after social threat
两项实验研究了社会需求威胁(排斥与拒绝)如何影响人们向不同数字受众自我披露的偏好,发现威胁对隐私偏好无显著影响,但改变了分享对象的选择,且排斥与拒绝的影响模式不同。
Abstract Two studies examine how experiencing a social need threat (ostracism and rejection) impacts subsequent preferences for self-disclosure to various digital audiences. Findings consider how contextual/situational factors like need threats may impact the appeal of two established perceived social affordances of media: personalization and privacy/visibility. Participants took part in a (bogus) social media activity to elicit feelings of inclusion/ostracization/rejection and then were asked about sharing their media preferences with various potential audiences. Results show that social need threats have no significant impact on privacy preferences but do affect preferences for sharing with some audiences and not others. Notably, ostracized and rejected participants show different patterns of preferences, suggesting these forms of social need threat may have distinct impacts on future self-disclosures. Implications for online relationship development and community building are considered in the discussion.