Review of social media fatigue literature
| Study | Platform | Sampling | Theoretical framework | Antecedents | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhir et al. (2018) | Two datasets (N = 1,144, 1,554), aged 12–18 years, students in India (56%, 54.5% males) | SSO | Compulsive SNS use, FoMo | Depression, anxiety | |
| Lim and Choi (2017) | Facebook, Twitter, Kakao Talk | 446 university students in South Korea aged 19–34 years (56.3% males) | Not specified | Social comparison, social overload, biased opinions, privacy | Emotional exhaustion, switch intentions, resistance |
| Luqman et al. (2017) | 306 university students in Pakistan aged 19–44 years (62.8% females) | SOR framework | Excessive social, hedonic, and cognitive use | Discontinuance usage intentions | |
| Pontes (2017) | Social media in general | 509 school students in Portugal aged 10–18 (53.5% males) | Not specified | Addiction | Depression, anxiety, stress |
| Salo et al. (2017) | Social media in general | 32 social media users in Finland aged 20–80 (50% females) | Transaction theory of stress | Social media overdependence, information overload, life comparison discrepancy, online discussion conflict, privacy uncontrollability | Concentration, sleep, identity, and social relation problems |
| Sun et al. (2017) | MIM in general | 240 MIM users in China (54.6% females) | Push-pull-mooring (PPM) | – | Switching intentions |
| Beyens et al. (2016) | 402 school students in Belgium aged 16.41 years* (57% females) | Not specified | Need for popularity, need to belong, fear of missing out | – | |
| Cramer et al. (2016) | 267 university students in USA aged 18–51 years (67% females) | Motives for social comparison | Social comparison, self-esteem, | – | |
| Lee et al. (2016) | Social media in general | 201 university students in South Korea (59.2% males) | Person-environment (P-E) fit model | Information, communication, and system features overload | |
| Shin and Shin (2016) | Kakao Talk | 334 Kakao Talk users in South Korea (50.3% males) | Stress-coping model | Mobile messenger overload, relational self | Mobile shunning behaviors |
| Zhang et al. (2016) | Qzone | 525 Qzone users in China (52.4% males) | SSO | Information, social, and system features overload | Discontinuous usage intentions |
| Bright et al. (2015) | 747 Facebook users in USA aged 18–49 years (52.5 % females) | Limited capacity model (LCM) | SM confidence, SM self-efficacy, SM helpfulness, privacy concerns, | – | |
| Ravindran et al. (2014) | 34 Facebook users aged 18–55 years (52.9% males) | – | Social dynamics, content, immersive tendencies, and platform related factors | Short breaks, controlled activities, suspended activities |
| Study | Platform | Sampling | Theoretical framework | Antecedents | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two datasets ( | SSO | Compulsive SNS use, FoMo | Depression, anxiety | ||
| Facebook, Twitter, Kakao Talk | 446 university students in South Korea aged 19–34 years (56.3% males) | Not specified | Social comparison, social overload, biased opinions, privacy | Emotional exhaustion, switch intentions, resistance | |
| 306 university students in Pakistan aged 19–44 years (62.8% females) | SOR framework | Excessive social, hedonic, and cognitive use | Discontinuance usage intentions | ||
| Social media in general | 509 school students in Portugal aged 10–18 (53.5% males) | Not specified | Addiction | Depression, anxiety, stress | |
| Social media in general | 32 social media users in Finland aged 20–80 (50% females) | Transaction theory of stress | Social media overdependence, information overload, life comparison discrepancy, online discussion conflict, privacy uncontrollability | Concentration, sleep, identity, and social relation problems | |
| MIM in general | 240 MIM users in China (54.6% females) | Push-pull-mooring (PPM) | – | Switching intentions | |
| 402 school students in Belgium aged 16.41 years* (57% females) | Not specified | Need for popularity, need to belong, fear of missing out | – | ||
| 267 university students in USA aged 18–51 years (67% females) | Motives for social comparison | Social comparison, self-esteem, | – | ||
| Social media in general | 201 university students in South Korea (59.2% males) | Person-environment (P-E) fit model | Information, communication, and system features overload | ||
| Kakao Talk | 334 Kakao Talk users in South Korea (50.3% males) | Stress-coping model | Mobile messenger overload, relational self | Mobile shunning behaviors | |
| Qzone | 525 Qzone users in China (52.4% males) | SSO | Information, social, and system features overload | Discontinuous usage intentions | |
| 747 Facebook users in USA aged 18–49 years (52.5 % females) | Limited capacity model (LCM) | SM confidence, SM self-efficacy, SM helpfulness, privacy concerns, | – | ||
| 34 Facebook users aged 18–55 years (52.9% males) | – | Social dynamics, content, immersive tendencies, and platform related factors | Short breaks, controlled activities, suspended activities |
Note(s): *Mean age
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