The positivity bias and prosocial deception on facebook

2016
Publisher
Computers in Human Behavior
The positivity bias and prosocial deception on facebook

Abstract: Can the positivity bias, observed across various Social Network Sites (SNSs), predict the use of prosocial lies in a SNS such as Facebook? The positivity bias may be a product of politeness norms (ie, positive face concern) that have influenced communication phenomena before these sites existed. In addition, positive face concern may also be affected by unconscious cues or primes that promote prosocial behavior on Facebook. We conducted an online experiment using current Facebook users to examine how positive ...