The dark side of social media: a consumer psychology perspective - New York Routledge 2018 - xxiii, 246 p.

Part I: A Framework for The Dark Side of Social Media

A Framework for The Dark Side of Social Media: From Digital Drama to Digital Over-Engagement
Angeline Close Scheinbaum

Part II: Unfortunate Areas of Digital Drama

Social Media, Online Sharing, and the Ethical Complexity of Consent in Revenge Porn
Scott R. Stroud and Jonathan A. Henson

Powerful Bullies and Silent Victims in Cyber Space: The Darkness of Social Media
Marla B. Royne, Claudia Rademaker, and Gerard E. Kelly, III

Crossing the #BikiniBridge: Exploring the Role of Social Media in Propagating Body Image Trends
Jenna Drenten and Lauren Gurrieri

Cheaters, Trolls, and Ninja Looters: The Dark Side of Psychological Ownership
Keith Marion Smith, John Hulland, Scott A. Thompson

Part III: Some Unintended Consequences for Consumers

Being Yourself Online: Why Facebook Users Display their Desired Self
Adriana M. Bóveda-Lambie and Kaci G. Lambeth

Emotional Intelligence, Behavioral Procrastination, and Online (Over)consumption
Paula C. Peter and Heather Honea

Part IV: Some Unintended Consequences for Brands/Business

When Corporate Partnerships are NOT Awesome: Leveraging Corporate Missteps and Activist Sentiment in Social Media.
B. Yasanthi Perera, Ryan E. Cruz, Pia A. Albinsson, and Sarita Ray Chaudhury

Is More Less, or Is Less More?: Social Media’s Role in Increasing (and Reducing) Information Overload from News Sources
David G. Taylor, Iryna Pentina and Monideepa Tarafdar

Part V: New Opportunities & Challenges for Social Media

Consumer Privacy and The New Mobile Commerce
Alexandra M. Doorey, Gary B. Wilcox, and Matthew S. Eastin

Exploring the Challenges of Social Media Use in Higher Education
Linda Tuncay Zayer, Stacy Neier Beran and Purificación Alcaide-Pulido

Mommy Blogs and Online Communities: Emotions and Cognitions of Working Mothers
Angeline Close Scheinbaum, Anjala S. Krishen, Axenya Kachen, Amanda Mabry-Flynn, Nancy Ridgway

The Dark Side of Social Media takes a consumer psychology perspective to online consumer behavior in the context of social media, focusing on concerns for consumers, organizations, and brands. Using the concepts of digital drama and digital over-engagement, established as well as emerging scholars in marketing, advertising, and communications present research on some unintended consequences of social media including body shaming, online fraud, cyberbullying, online brand protests, social media addiction, privacy, and revenge pornography. It is a must-read for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in consumer psychology, consumer behavior, social media, advertising, marketing, sociology, science and technology management, public relations, and communication.

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