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Outlining Experience and Well-Being in the Interaction with Social Media Apps

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Abstract

Social media apps (SMAs), like Instagram or Facebook, are actively used by one-in-three people in the world. The vast adoption of these technologies is changing multiple aspects of peoples’ lives. Through the means of meaning and emotional experiences, the products people use every day have the potential of influencing their happiness and wellbeing. The present work points and discusses which themes are more prominent and relevant regarding how users engage with SMAs and how it can relate to their wellbeing. Through the discussion of a systematic literature review and other seminal works, the study proposes four main channels the interaction with SMAs can relate to users’ wellbeing: interpersonal relationships, information consumption, self-image, and relationship with technology. The study also hypothesizes on how SMAs as interactive products can deliver experiences that nurture users’ wellbeing, on top of being pleasurable and usable.

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Metadata
Title
Outlining Experience and Well-Being in the Interaction with Social Media Apps
Authors
Beatriz de Paulo
Manuela Quaresma
Copyright Year
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74614-8_2