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. 2020 Dec:55:102188.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102188. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

Inside out and outside in: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects self-disclosure on social media

Teagen Nabity-Grover  1 , Christy M K Cheung  2 , Jason Bennett Thatcher  3
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Inside out and outside in: How the COVID-19 pandemic affects self-disclosure on social media

Teagen Nabity-Grover et al. Int J Inf Manage. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

As social distancing and lockdown orders grew more pervasive, individuals increasingly turned to social media for support, entertainment, and connection to others. We posit that global health emergencies - specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic - change how and what individuals self-disclose on social media. We argue that IS research needs to consider how privacy (self-focused) and social (other-focused) calculus have moved some issues outside in (caused by a shift in what is considered socially appropriate) and others inside out (caused by a shift in what information should be shared for the public good). We identify a series of directions for future research that hold potential for furthering our understanding of online self-disclosure and its factors during health emergencies.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Other-focus; Research agenda; Self-disclosure; Self-focus; Social media.

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Pandemic-Related Self-Disclosure.
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